yet because some americans do not understand science they believe the conspiracy theorists who claim that scientists have worked together to falsify their conclusions -- and again the conspiracy theorists have created a wide range of motivations for the collaborators such as ( 1 ) an attempt by shrewd politicians to target a common enemy after the cold war ( 2 ) an attempt by americas executive branch to propagate socialism and ( 3 ) an attempt by the super-rich to drum-up support for nuclear power .