Science may have discovered why people believe in conspiracies

[Art Haberland]

An interesting read, Narcissism, psychopathy, and seeing the world in black and white terms play a bit part into it.. but so does Overconfidence.

https://www.businessinsider.com/why-people-believe-conspiracy-theory-overconfidence-2023-1?utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=topbar

[JimD]

Re: Science may have discovered why people believe in conspiracies

People are idiots. I suppose there's some comfort in knowing why.

[LeeG]

Re: Science may have discovered why people believe in conspiracies

I’ll read it. I figure it’s the same reason Pless gave for dogs eating chit. They like it.

[Landrith]

Re: Science may have discovered why people believe in conspiracies

Being an individualist, I do not accomplish as much as people cooperatively working together to accomplish a common goal. When it is part of a competition for economic success or political control, the successful often employ secrecy to some degree. In other words, conspiracies are very common. It is not against the social good to question activities and to be occasionally on the lookout for improper influence and control. It is a duty of being a citizen.

[LeeG]

Re: Science may have discovered why people believe in conspiracies

Being an individualist, I do not accomplish as much as people cooperatively working together to accomplish a common goal. When it is part of a competition for economic success or political control, the successful often employ secrecy to some degree. In other words, conspiracies are very common. It is not against the social good to question activities and to be occasionally on the lookout for improper influence and control. It is a duty of being a citizen.

“questioning” is not the same as accepting or creating conclusions with flawed or no reasons.

[Peerie Maa]

Re: Science may have discovered why people believe in conspiracies

Conspiracies are dumb. People gossip, politicians leak information, it is nigh on impossible to maintain secrecy.

[Canoeyawl]

Re: Science may have discovered why people believe in conspiracies

Conspiracy theories are for the functionally illiterate



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[Landrith]

Re: Science may have discovered why people believe in conspiracies

“questioning” is not the same as accepting or creating conclusions with flawed or no reasons.

Flawed conclusions with no reasons include the populist reaction to the suffering of World War I. We are taught it is flawed or simplistic that when the losses to family members and the destruction became too great to bear, criticism of the international banking that made war on such a massive scale possible for the profit of a few was misplaced.

Let the questioning continue...

[johnw]

Re: Science may have discovered why people believe in conspiracies

The story misstates the nature of the dark triad.