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While right-wingers are more likely to believe in conspiracy theories than left-wingers, new findings suggest that this effect is weaker in countries with high corruption. Presumably, corrupt environments increase the plausibility of conspiracies so that all citizens are more likely to endorse them, regardless of their politics. ...

People who believe that the moon landings were faked, vaccines cause autism, and other conspiracy theories, just want to be unique, psychologists have revealed.

“It is too soon to say whether this delegitimization is permanent,” one scholar says.

A large study published in the journal Political Psychology suggests that the link between conspiracy belief and religiosity is rooted in cognitive similarities between the two beliefs. The overall findings suggest that people with higher conspiracy belief also tend to be more religious, and this is likely driven by overlapping ideological and political worldviews. ...

Conspiracy theories have circulated at all times, in all cultures, and among all populations.

There is a lot of information out there about the pandemic, COVID-19 and the virus that causes it, but also a lot of mis- and disinformation. To tell one from the other, it helps to understand how science works.

Conspiracy theories are coming in hard and fast during the COVID-19 pandemic. Some of them even sound plausible. So it's important to know: what makes a conspiracy theory? And why are they so popular?

Science shows that those who adhere to far-out beliefs, even if they're not about medical "hoaxes," are at greater physical and emotional risk.

In How to Talk to a Science Denier, Lee McIntyre examines the phenomenon of denialism and explains how you can most effectively address your relatives misplaced concerns over everything from mRNA vaccines to why the Earth isnt actually flat..

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