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Why People Fall For Conspiracy Theories | FiveThirtyEight
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26/06/2021 from
fivethirtyeight.com/features/why-people-fall-for-conspiracy-theories/
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"There are traits that likely prime people to be more prone to holding these beliefs", and you may not be so different. Nice use of interactive games to find out.
- people with jumping-to-conclusions bias "more likely to endorse conspiracy beliefs ... also correlated with harboring delusions."
- people with "illusory pattern perception: the tendency to see patterns where there are none... more likely to believe conspiracy theories."
- people who naturally think analytically are less likely.
But cognitive biases dont explain everything: are you exposed to conspiratorial ideas? " social media plays a significant role in getting these theories in front of the people who might be susceptible to them. "
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