Speaking of intuition... I don't get it how a conspiracy theorist can look at the most dodgy and poorly made websites, with some really poorly written articles, and not have his gut instinct scream at him: "this is not the work of someone I should immediately trust!".

I immediately get that feeling any time I end up on some dodgy blog. It's partly why I never understood the "fake news" fear mongering, because I knew exactly the types of half-assed blogs the hysteria was initially targeting (right before mainstream conservative publications started being brandished with the label by borderline communists), and I thought one doesn't need more than 2 brain cells to get that gut feeling that a "news" website is just click bait farm, and not a reliable source of knowledge.