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Your Brain Passionately Hates the Truth
3+ mon, 5+ day ago (155+ words) Because it wasn’t built to find the truth. It was built to keep you alive. Those are two very different jobs. Let’s start with something uncomfortable. You …...
Psychology study finds sharing conspiracy theories sabotages early romantic connections
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (721+ words) Voicing these beliefs can strain established social connections and alienate peers. Family members and friends often report reduced satisfaction in their relationships when a loved one begins endorsing hidden plots. Romantically, having a partner who adopts these worldviews often precedes…...
New study reveals how political bias conditions the impact of conspiracy thinking
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (841+ words) Previous work has identified two separate predictors of these beliefs. First, people have varying levels of “conspiracy thinking,” which is a general psychological tendency to assume that secret, sinister forces control world events. Second, people tend to favor their own…...
Reality is real: Believe in fewer conspiracy theories
5+ mon, 4+ day ago (460+ words) There are plenty of valuable things to spend your time on. Conspiracy theories aren’t one of them. My family and I often poke good-natured fun at this, but even with the humor, it can get tiring when a new conspiracy…...
New Study Explains Why Some People Are More Likely To Believe In Conspiracy Theories
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (423+ words) Whether it’s an uncle’s weird posts that you see every time you have to log back into Facebook, or a friend who keeps wittering on down the pub, most of us have someone in our lives who is obsessed with…...
Put your tinfoil hat on: You shouldn’t dismiss conspiracy theories - The Miami Hurricane
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (846+ words) When you think about conspiracy theories or theorists, you probably imagine a crazy person with a tin foil hat going on about how people in the government are lizards. You might also think about that meme from “It’s Always Sunny…...
Arthur Brooks: Why Your Neighbor Became a Conspiracy Theorist. And Maybe You, Too.
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (136+ words) The Free Press They were “kidnapping our loved ones and replac[ing] them with a bitter hollow shell of what they once were.” This sounds like a line from the campy 1978 sci-fi horror flick Invasion of the Body Snatchers, about…...
Why Corrigibility Matters (If It Matters At All) — LessWrong
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (1914+ words) In this note I’ll try and lay out briefly some thoughts about corrigibility and why it matters. First, some housekeeping. When I say “corrigibility”, I mean “correctable” as per the original sense of the term—etymologically derived from corrigible, of…...
What Are Conspiracy Theories — And Why Do They Keep Appearing?
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (215+ words) Perfect — Medium is where you build Google authority fast. Here are 3 high-ranking, SEO-optimized Medium articles ready to post. What Are Conspiracy Theories — And Why Do They Keep Appearing? Conspiracy theories have existed for as long as power structures have shaped…...
Why We Keep Believing Conspiracy Theories
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (1133+ words) Not every conspiracy theory is false. Some are rooted in real deception. The problem is that most of them ask us to believe in levels of coordination … Why We Keep Believing Conspiracy Theories Not every conspiracy theory is false. Some…...