Many crazy ideas seem to go hand in hand. If you’re into flat earth nonsense, there’s a pretty good chance you also oppose vaccines, drink colloidal silver and believe in intergalactic lizards.
Seems to be an emotional/psychological thing. People end up in conspiracy circles for a variety of reasons, and stupidity isn’t the dominant one. Some psychologists speak of subclnical psychosis, paranoid ideation etc. if you have those kinds of symptoms, conspiratorial thinking begins to seem increasingly appealing.
Many crazy ideas seem to go hand in hand. If you’re into flat earth nonsense, there’s a pretty good chance you also oppose vaccines, drink colloidal silver and believe in intergalactic lizards.
It actually matches a specific personality type, and is sometimes not even related to general intelligence.
Some of these people are choosing dumb, and are not born with it.
Seems to be an emotional/psychological thing. People end up in conspiracy circles for a variety of reasons, and stupidity isn’t the dominant one. Some psychologists speak of subclnical psychosis, paranoid ideation etc. if you have those kinds of symptoms, conspiratorial thinking begins to seem increasingly appealing.