Over half of a century after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, investigation files regarding arguably the world’s most prominent conspiracy theory were released on Thursday.

Since there were few revelations in the release of these files, the multiple variations in this Kennedy conspiracy theory are likely to live on. Some claim the involvement of the CIA or the Mafia, while other more reasonable theories focus on the possible presence of a second shooter.

While other conspiracies may not have as many variations, they are still well known, such as the Moon Landing supposedly being fake, or 9/11 allegedly being an inside job.

One thing that most conspiracy theories do have in common, however, is that they all ultimately relate back to the government hiding information from the public.

So the most common question that follows the discussion of conspiracy theories is why would the government be keeping information from the public? Another one would be: Who first came up with the idea that the government would be hiding this information?

Although there is not a crystal clear answer as to why conspiracy theorists come to these conclusions, an assumption can be made that these people have way too much time on their hands.

Most studies show that conspiracy theorists are mostly those who distance themselves from politics, or refuse to tie themselves to a political party. People without power need a reason to obtain power.

All in all, conspiracy theories do not seem to be going away anytime soon, so people might as well learn to live with them.