The Psychology of Conspiracy Theorists

There’s a reason why we avoid the comments section of sites like Fox News and Reddit’s r/worldnews: rampant conspiracy theorists. Actually, there are a bunch more reasons (rampant racism, rampant dickery, rampant homophobia), but we’re most annoyed by the conspiracy theorists. Fortunately, researchers Michael Wood and Karen Douglas were willing … Read More

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What is the BBC thinking, discussing the political and economic ramifications of Barack Obama’s visit to South East Asia? Why didn’t they just say Barack Obama and Yingluck Shinawatra were flirting and pretend that counts as reporting,  like Gawker, the Daily Mail, and the ever-respectable Drudge Report? [More nonsense at … Read More

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