Why people believe in conspiracy theories, with Karen Douglas, PhD
Karen Douglas, PhD, discusses psychological research on how conspiracy theories start, why they persist, who is most likely to believe them and whether there is any way to combat them effectively.
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Everybody does it at some point in time. Here are some good answers as to why, and also some answers on why people feel the need to promote and believe in conspiracy theories.
And much more!
Nobody wants to appear guilty of promoting conspiracy theories and so they invariably believe their personal conspiracy theories are the true account.
Can a few answers, as are contained in this piece serve to dissaude some from promoting the own conspiracy theories?
note to moderator: I was just about to post the personal content. Sorry for the delay,