Category Archives: Conspiracy

Why Do People Believe In Conspiracy Theories?

Posted on February 3, 2021 by Luke Ford

Thomas Edsall writes for the New York Times: * “people are attracted to conspiracy theories when important psychological needs are not being met.” She identified three such needs: “the need for knowledge and certainty”; the “existential need” to “to feel … Continue reading →

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Explaining Conspiracy Theories About Bullied 9-Year-Old Quaden Bayles (1-31-21)

Posted on January 31, 2021 by Luke Ford

https://www.buzzfeed.com/cameronwilson/quaden-bayles-conspiracy-viral-bullying-dwarfism-age https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-53673934 Not Born Yesterday: The Science of Who We Trust and What We Believe, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=130046 https://thelogicalindian.com/fact-check/australia-quaden-bayles-bullying-go-fund-me-19903 Marjorie Taylor Greene touts Trump call amid growing backlash https://www.abc.net.au/austory/about-a-boy/12803110: Quaden Bayles is a nine-year-old boy with dwarfism who just wants to fit … Continue reading →

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Conspiracy Theories

Posted on December 20, 2020 by Luke Ford

Novelist James Meek writes for the London Review of Books: * In the spring​ of 2020, while the world stayed indoors to suppress Covid-19, arsonists attacked mobile phone masts in Britain, Ireland, the Netherlands, Australia and New Zealand. They set … Continue reading →

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Conspiracy Theories & The JFK Assassination

Posted on February 9, 2020 by Luke Ford
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Conspiracy Theories & The JFK Assassination

Posted on January 19, 2020 by Luke Ford
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