Conspiracy theory quiz: Test your knowledge of unfounded beliefs, from flat Earth to lizard people By Lydia Smith published 18 hours ago How much do you know about conspiracy theories? Take our quiz to find out. Conspiracies & Paranormal What's the scientific explanation for 'ghost encounter...
Conspiracy theories that have taken hold range from a faked moon landing to Barack Obama's birthplace to chemtrails.
At the time, I noted how in 2014, when the whole "CDC whistleblower" conspiracy theory was first hatched, antivaxers were so bad at Twitter, so obvious, so naive. The Tweeted inane claims at government officials, scientists, legislators, and whoever… more Technology Crowdsourced Geospatial ...
3.4. Belief in conspiracy theories We explored why people might believe in these theories and found that reasons vary by the type of misinformation or conspiracy theory people subscribe to. For example, participants reported that some people did not believe in the existence of COVID-19 because th...
Altogether, in terms of the potential causes of conspiracy theories, there are differing views within the literature. On the one hand, a large body of evidence suggests that conspiracy theory beliefs are best accounted for by durable predispositions, worldviews, and identities [1], which predate ...
Antarctica 'pyramid': The strangely symmetrical mountain that sparked a major alien conspiracy theory There's a speed limit to human thought — and it's ridiculously low 'The Majoran' — a bizarre particle that's its own opposite — could explain the biggest mysteries of the universe, scientist...
So what should we do about this CO2 control-knob theory? Do we say "It's what the science says, so we must accept it since we are scientists.", or do we do some critical thinking and say "It took several false assumptions to make the control knob argument, so there are very likely...
I have taught the Salem incident in past conspiracy theory courses. I tend to put a lot of weight on the theological background that made witchery seem like a plausible explanation. In really, truly unacceptably rough terms, the social order was thought to reflect a divine order. The maintena...
This theory is complete in its own right, but it raises many questions, and in particular I am concerned to know when the denizens of that other world will find a way through the shroud of night, so that I must fight them. Others, such as the renegade Astrologer Zenobix, have ...
TWFA, in this thread please do not raise all that Conspiracy Theory stuff ~ it is difficult to have an intelligent discussion about real things, if you choose instead to wander off into Conspiracy Crazy Land. The phase out of Fossil Fuels is not (and cannot) be carried out "overnight"....