“But It’s the Only Possible Explanation” 0
Rebecca Watson takes a look at the psychology of persons who fall for embrace conspiracy theories. A quote:
He (Cornell University Professor Gordon Pennycook–ed.) found that, as Jamie (Bernstein–ed.) put it, “people who are more likely to rate a meaningless statement as profound are the same people who are more likely to have high religiosity, believe in the supernatural, believe in conspiracy theories, and think that alternative medicines such as homeopathy and reiki are totally legit. Additionally, the people who generally do better on analytical tests also tend to be more skeptical when presented with meaningless sentences made up of buzzwords.”
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