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…...

5+ mon, 3+ 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…...

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…...

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…...

5+ mon, 1+ 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…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago   (414+ words) Conspiracy theories are too often treated as if they are confined to some distant corner of the internet. But new research shows this content is proliferating online and spilling into the real world. Schools are now on the frontline of…...

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…...

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…...

6+ mon, 14+ hour ago   (1877+ words) Follow our Iran coverage By Dawn Stover | March 12, 2026 It might seem like conspiracy theories are everywhere today, and that people are more inclined to believe them than in the past. But that isn’t true, says Joseph Uscinski, a political science…...

6+ mon, 4+ day ago   (684+ words) During the pandemic some conspiracy theorists claimed vaccines were part of a ploy to depopulate the world (Pic: Flickr) There is a conspiracy theory to explain every major world event. People who rightly hate the genocidal state of Israel see…...