What Is a Crackpot Theory?

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After the first eight episodes of “Westworld” there are some unanswered questions:

• Why did Ford create the Wyatt story?
• Why are Wyatt’s men immune to bullets?
• What did Arnold do?
• What is the maze?
• Why is Dolores retracing her steps?
• Why was the church and town buried?
• Why is Ford digging a canyon?
• Is William the Man in Black?
• Why is the Man in Black in a hurry?

A crackpot theory is a partial theory, which answers only some of the questions. It’s akin to shipping in fan fiction. It is incomplete, unbalanced, distorted. It imposes a worldview on the story. It says more about the theorist than the world.

A correct theory answers all the questions. It’s complete, balanced, objective. It’s free of a world view. It has the “ring of truth.”

In fiction, the writers’ intention forms a “Meinongian truth“. If the writers are careful, it should be possible to discover it, and it will answer all the above questions. – Chris C.

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