Understanding conspiracy theories is crucial for engaging individuals who spread them. Countering conspiracy theories without challenging a person’s identity can be an effective strategy, as it encourages analytic thinking. Conspiracy theorists often claim to be “skeptics” and think critically, but research suggests that belief in conspiracy is influenced by psychological and political characteristics.
A national survey of 2021 U.S. adults was used to assess 15 psychological and political characteristics and beliefs in 39 different conspiracy theories. Fake Plots! can be used to raise awareness of the mechanisms responsible for the generation and spreading of misinformation. The era of Donald Trump’s presidency has seen numerous unfounded conspiracy theories enter the mainstream, from anti-vaxxers fueling measles outbreaks to a new review finding that only some methods to counteract conspiracy beliefs are effective.
Conspiracy theories explain distressing events as malevolent actions by powerful groups. People believe in secret plots when other explanations are less convincing. Artificial intelligence (AI) could be a valuable tool in the fight against conspiracy theories, as researchers have designed a chatbot that can help counter these theories.
Kurtis Hagen argues that significant aspects of the literature, especially the psychological study of conspiracy theorists, have turned out to be flawed. Studies have shown that beliefs in COVID-19 conspiracy theories and misinformation are related to vaccine hesitancy and refusal, as well as strongly related to hatred towards Jews and Muslims. In this scenario, right-wing extremist groups played a major role in spreading hatred towards Jews and Muslims, as well as anti-elite, racist, and anti-racist groups.
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Conspiracy theories used to be silly & goofy but now they’re scary and bad let’s talk about it for 51 minutes (from 13:30-13:58 i had …
Buzz aldren was supposed to be the first on the moon but then Neal was “a better fit” so they chose him to say the iconic line. So Buzz being petty decided supposedly he’d still be the first to do something on the moon which happened to be the first communion and while staring straight at the camera took a piss on the moon
About the moon landing, it was also only possible thanks to a lot of women given the job title “human computers” back then ofc just known as primarily “computers”. A huge part of the success of the moon landing is thanks to Katherine Johnson and the rest of the computers, she calculated the shuttles trajectory to the moon then as well as the return to earth.
I have a conspiracy about my life, I think my docters that I went to for my kidneys were trying to kill me when I was in the coma because I had a stroke, and they knew they caused it by letting me go home early so my blood pressure could cause a stroke so when I was in the coma they fed me dairy formula despite knowing I’m lactose intolerant and I think they were hoping that I would throw up and choke and die on my throw up so I couldn’t sue them when I woke up, which I’m going to do