Research offers helpful insights into the conspiratorial mind.
Conspiracy theories impute highly antisocial and cynical motives to other individuals.An acquaintance of mine has warned me many times of impending doom and gloom. He warned, for instance, “On March 3rd, Biden will nationalize all the banks. You will lose all your money in Canada and the US.” March 3rd came and went. No such thing happened. John, assured me that the event had been postponed but would occur soon.
Conspiracy theories are widespread, can significantly affect people’s lives, and are largely driven by negative emotions. The profusion of sympathetic websites and the sheer number of credulous user posts dealing with a particular conspiracy topic reinforce the impression that a credible claim has been made. As Robert Caldini, puts it in his excellent book,, “we determine what is correct by finding out what other people think is correct.
Researchers at Emory University reviewed 170 studies, encompassing 158,473 participants, and found that the strongest correlates of conspiratorial ideation pertained to five identifiable traits: perceiving danger and threat in their world, following their, having odd beliefs and experiences, being antagonistic, and acting superior. Conspiracy followers were also more likely to be insecure, emotionally volatile, impulsive, suspicious, withdrawn, manipulative, egocentric, and eccentric.
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