Problem:
Blending Quote with your Language: The first dilemma is that either ignoring or rebutting a conspiracy theory has distinctive risks and costs. Ignoring the theory allows its proponents to draw ominous inferences from the government's silence. If the theory stands unrebutted, people may pay less attention to it, and even when they notice it, natural inference from the government's silence is that the theory is too ludicrous to need rebuttal. But another possibility is that the government is silent because it cannot offer relevant evidence to the contrary. The suppliers of the conspiracy theories will propose the second inference.