While the person experiencing rage is in the midst of this rage blackout, the theory goes, they are more or less a victim of their own disassociated state, just as those around them are subject to a visceral tirade of abuse, and sometimes physical violence too.
One member of the task force, David J. O'Brien, who is the chief consumer advocate for electric customers in Vermont, said, "Anyone with a cause in this matter is already pointing to the blackout as evidence of their theory".
The leading theory now is that the blackout began with the sudden failure of several transmission lines in Ohio controlled by First Energy.
Sure, today's massive SOPA protest blackout sounded like a good idea in theory.
As the Dodgers' TV blackout extends into its fifth month, this theory has been floated: The Dodgers are at risk of losing fans for good.
This was evidence enough to get Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis to later float out the conspiracy theory that the NFL plotted the blackout in order to encourage a San Francisco comeback and thus ensure a closer game.
Although Zoe, 11, agreed in theory to restrictive conditions that included "blackout dates" on holidays, negotiations threatened to break down last week after an allegation of an unauthorized glide around a Dead End sign.
Beyond that, American Electric officials said they would not discuss theories about the cause of the blackout.
Theories abound in Venezuela regarding Tuesday's blackout which affected more than two-thirds of the country.
(The "Revolution" writers did call on the physicist David Saltzberg, a consultant on the CBS sitcom "The Big Bang Theory," scientifically to assess their secret rationale for the blackout.
