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From the New York Times;
"While psychologists cant know exactly what goes on inside our heads, they have, through surveys and laboratory studies, come up with a set of traits that correlate well with conspiracy belief. In 2010, Swami and a co-author summarized this research in The Psychologist, a scientific journal. They found, perhaps surprisingly, that believers are more likely to be cynical about the world in general and politics in particular. Conspiracy theories also seem to be more compelling to those with low self-worth, especially with regard to their sense of agency in the world at large. Conspiracy theories appear to be a way of reacting to uncertainty and powerlessness. "
Read all about it!
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/26/m...people-buy-into-conspiracy-theories.html?_r=0
However, be advised that this article was probably secretly written by a government officiial bent of diverting you from knowing the truth about the JFK assassination!
"While psychologists cant know exactly what goes on inside our heads, they have, through surveys and laboratory studies, come up with a set of traits that correlate well with conspiracy belief. In 2010, Swami and a co-author summarized this research in The Psychologist, a scientific journal. They found, perhaps surprisingly, that believers are more likely to be cynical about the world in general and politics in particular. Conspiracy theories also seem to be more compelling to those with low self-worth, especially with regard to their sense of agency in the world at large. Conspiracy theories appear to be a way of reacting to uncertainty and powerlessness. "
Read all about it!
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/26/m...people-buy-into-conspiracy-theories.html?_r=0
However, be advised that this article was probably secretly written by a government officiial bent of diverting you from knowing the truth about the JFK assassination!
