At first I thought you were editorializing a little bit; I expected to see conspiracy theories discussed objectively, with theoretical solutions. But you're right, it does seem like they are seriously arguing in favor of eliminating conspiracy theories as a way of protecting society.

Some of the suggestions seem reasonable and beneficial, but they seem to have missed the grand irony in suggesting things like "cognitive infiltration of conspiracy theorist communities by government agents" as a way of somehow making conspiracy theorists trust the government before... Nor did they discuss what would happen to their debunking effort if the scheme was somehow leaked or discovered.

edit: I am definitely not the first person to notice this irony: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cass_Sunstein#.22Conspiracy_The...