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- Why do people believe in conspiracy theories? Here's what the science says https://www.psypost.org/2024/01/why-do-people-believe-in-conspiracy-theories-heres-what-the-science-says-220856 26 comments
- Where do people believe in conspiracy theories? https://yougov.co.uk/topics/international/articles-reports/2021/01/18/global-where-believe-conspiracy-theories-true 17 comments europe
- Bruce Schneier: Why people believe conspiracy theories http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2007/08/conspiracy_theo.html 100 comments reddit.com
- Why do people believe in conspiracy theories in Pakistan during Covid-19? https://dailytimes.com.pk/643302/why-do-people-believe-in-conspiracy-theories-in-pakistan-during-covid-19/?fbclid=IwAR2Vw0h9M__4G2nKouPbwIMlbvabNcwGs0Kupr2n7xQXNn-DtOy3uilVy7Y 11 comments pakistan
- Why Do People Believe In Conspiracy Theories? Maybe They Aren’t Very Smart, Science Warns http://www.newsweek.com/2016-election-hillary-clinton-conspiracy-theory-973245 9 comments politics
- The psychology behind why people believe conspiracy theories about Scalia's death https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2016/02/19/the-psychology-behind-why-people-believe-conspiracy-theories-about-scalias-death/ 6 comments politics
- 8 in 10 French people believe a conspiracy theory: survey - France 24 https://www.france24.com/en/20180108-8-10-french-people-believe-conspiracy-theory-survey 18 comments europe
- Why people believe conspiracy theories like 'pizza gate' http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/05/politics/pizza-gate-conspiracy-theories-why-believe/index.html 12 comments politics
- Why people believe conspiracy theories like 'pizza gate' http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/05/politics/pizza-gate-conspiracy-theories-why-believe/index.html?mc_cid=98b7ddee30&mc_eid=a0fd2a2cee 36 comments politics
- Why do people believe the moon landing hoax or other conspiracy theories? https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2018/07/20/why-do-people-believe-the-moon-landing-hoax-or-other-conspiracy-theories/?utm_term=.dd42cabe0eb4&wpisrc=nl_rainbow&wpmm=1 3 comments politics
- Why do people believe the moon landing hoax or other conspiracy theories? https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2018/07/20/why-do-people-believe-the-moon-landing-hoax-or-other-conspiracy-theories/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.568a453b58b3 47 comments politics
- The psychology of Qanon: Why do seemingly sane people believe bizarre conspiracy theories? https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/psychology-qanon-why-do-seemingly-sane-people-believe-bizarre-conspiracy-ncna900171 65 comments politics
- The ‘antifa super-soldier’ conspiracy theory is dangerous because people want to believe it https://www.theverge.com/2017/11/3/16602158/antifa-super-soldier-refuse-fascism-conspiracy-theory 54 comments politics
- People on the extreme left and right are more likely to believe in conspiracy theories https://digest.bps.org.uk/2022/01/21/people-on-the-extreme-left-and-right-are-more-likely-to-believe-in-conspiracy-theories/ 231 comments science
- People who believe COVID-19 conspiracy theories tend to struggle with scientific reasoning, study finds https://www.psypost.org/2021/02/people-who-believe-covid-19-conspiracy-theories-tend-to-struggle-with-scientific-reasoning-study-finds-59801 1996 comments science
- The more people need routine in their daily lives, the more likely they are to believe in conspiracy theories. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11002-014-9332-z 8 comments science
- People who overestimate their understanding of political issues are more likely to believe conspiracy theories, according to new research. http://www.psypost.org/2018/06/people-overestimate-political-knowledge-likely-believe-conspiracy-theories-51447 2489 comments science
- Young people may be more likely to believe in conspiracy theories that deny COVID facts, research finds https://theconversation.com/young-people-may-be-more-likely-to-believe-in-conspiracy-theories-that-deny-covid-facts-heres-how-to-respond-188318 10 comments science
- The Infinite Monkey Cage (Podcast) discussing why people believe in conspiracy theories: "They ask whether being irrational is our default setting" https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000dfqn 17 comments cogsci
- Trump Says He Never Believed JFK-Rafael Cruz Conspiracy Theory, Only Wanted People to Read It http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2016/05/04/trump-says-he-never-believed-jfk-rafael-cruz-conspiracy-theory-only-wanted-people-to-read-it/ 8 comments politics
- People on the left and right of the political spectrum are just as likely to believe conspiracy theories. The content of the theories matter, although some are just as likely to be believed by both sides https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11109-022-09812-3 369 comments science
- 'Anti-vaxxers' often believe other conspiracy theories, a survey of more than 5,300 people in 24 countries on five continents found that people who believe in conspiracy theories are more likely to believe that vaccines aren't safe. https://www.upi.com/health_news/2018/02/02/study-anti-vaxxers-often-believe-other-conspiracy-theories/2661517576892/ 1736 comments worldnews
- Compared to non-dehumanizers, people who dehumanized Asians and Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic also perceived the virus as less risky to human health, were more likely to be ideologically Conservative and believe in conspiracy theories about the virus. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.634543/full 484 comments science
- Entitled people with low humility and low inquisitiveness are more prone to believe in conspiracy theories. These individuals tend to exhibit heightened narcissism and antagonism along with reduced intellectual humility, impulse control, and inquisitiveness. https://www.psypost.org/2021/01/entitled-people-with-low-humility-and-low-inquisitiveness-are-more-prone-to-conspiratorial-ideation-59157 1270 comments science
- Belief in conspiracy theories is associated with anti-vaccination attitudes: People who believe conspiracies surrounding JFK's assassination, Princess Diana's death, and the 9/11 attacks are more likely to think vaccines are unsafe, despite scientific evidence to the contrary. https://gizmodo.com/scientists-shocked-shocked-to-learn-anti-vaxxers-tend-1822664709 43 comments science
- “So Many Great, Educated, Functional People Were Brainwashed”: Can Trump’s Cult of Followers Be Deprogrammed? As the president’s conspiracy theories start to unspool with his departure from office, cult expert Steven Hassan, a former Moonie and the author of The Cult of Trump, believes there’s hope https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/01/can-trumps-cult-of-followers-be-deprogrammed 42 comments politics
- People who believe in COVID-19 conspiracy theories have the following cognitive biases: jumping-to-conclusions bias, bias against disconfirmatory evidence, and paranoid ideation, finds a new German study (n=1,684). https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/psychological-medicine/article/coronavirus-conspiracy-beliefs-in-the-germanspeaking-general-population-endorsement-rates-and-links-to-reasoning-biases-and-paranoia/1fd2558b531b95140c671dc0c05d5ad0 3392 comments science
- Bill Gates denies conspiracy theories that say he wants to use coronavirus vaccines to implant tracking devices - 28% of U.S. adults believed a debunked conspiracy theory suggesting Gates planned to use a vaccine to implant microchips in billions of people to monitor their movements https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/22/bill-gates-denies-conspiracy-theories-that-say-he-wants-to-use-coronavirus-vaccines-to-implant-tracking-devices.html 4272 comments worldnews
- People who believe in conspiracy theories are more likely to accept or engage in everyday criminal activity, according to new research published in the British Journal of Social Psychology. https://www.psypost.org/2019/12/belief-in-conspiracy-theories-may-play-a-unique-role-in-predicting-everyday-crime-55099 17 comments science
- People who believe in conspiracy theories are also more likely to believe in pseudoscience and paranormal phenomena, according to new research, which indicate that some people appear to have a general susceptibility to believing unsubstantiated claims. https://www.psypost.org/2019/07/study-conspiracy-theory-believers-tend-to-endorse-other-unsubstantiated-beliefs-as-well-54151 3 comments science
- The brain science behind inaccurate information. Feeling ostracized helps people believe in conspiracy theories. The more intensely they feel the need to quickly identify potential risks and dangers, the more likely they may be to endorse them https://www.damemagazine.com/2020/04/06/the-brain-science-behind-conspiracy-theories/ 13 comments science
- People who believe in conspiracy theories are also more likely to believe in pseudoscience and paranormal phenomena, according to new research, which indicate that some people appear to have a general susceptibility to believing unsubstantiated claims. https://www.psypost.org/2019/07/study-conspiracy-theory-believers-tend-to-endorse-other-unsubstantiated-beliefs-as-well-54151 2888 comments science
- U.S. study says people are hesitant to believe good news from scientists: This is one reason why conspiracy theories spread so easily on the Internet http://www.canada.com/health/public+hesitant+believe+scientists+says+study/3483984/story.html 4 comments science
- New psychology research uncovers why people with “Dark Tetrad” personality traits are more likely to believe conspiracy theories, with the three mediators being a tendency to uphold odd beliefs, a tendency to distrust others, and a fatalistic attitude.. https://www.psypost.org/2021/06/new-psychology-research-uncovers-why-people-with-dark-tetrad-personality-traits-are-more-likely-to-believe-conspiracy-theories-61088 5 comments science
- People who relied on conservative or social media in the early days of the COVID-19 outbreak were more likely to be misinformed about how to prevent the virus and believe conspiracy theories about it, a study of media use and public knowledge has found. https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/use-conservative-and-social-media-linked-covid-19-misinformation 144 comments science
- Distrust of power influences choice of medical procedures - People who resort to complementary and alternative medicine, even though they may have been expressly warned against these, may have an underlying predisposition to believe in conspiracy theories, a trait known as a conspiracy mentality. https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-08/jgum-dop080118.php 8 comments science
- Millions of people are buying into bogus science, paranoia, pseudo-history and conspiracy theories. Damian Thompson believes the consequences can be serious http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php?/site/reviewofbooks_article/4705/ 16 comments reddit.com
- People who believe in conspiracy theories are more likely to accept or engage in everyday criminal activity, such as trying to claim for replacement items, refunds or compensation from a shop when they were not entitled to do so, suggests a new study (n total = 373). https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-02/uok-bic022519.php 159 comments science
- People who believe in conspiracy theories has a cognitive bias known as the jumping to conclusion (JTC) bias, the tendency to perform hasty decisions based on little evidence, and a preference for an intuitive general thinking style, as opposed to analytical thinking. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.568942/full 2 comments science
- The number of people who believe conspiracy theories is staggering. According to various recent surveys, a third of Brits believe Princess Diana was murdered, a quarter believe the moon landings were faked, and 84 percent of Americans believe 9/11 was an inside job. http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/features/truth-and-lies-conspiracy-theories-are-running-rampant-thanks-to-modern-technology-6260128.html 48 comments politics