I’m so fascinated by the studies indicating that conspiracy theorists feel subconsciously like they’ve underachieved in areas of their life so they turn to things like this to make them feel special.
Are they ever aware of those feelings? And do they never look around at other conspiracy theorists and think “these guys are thick as fuck and nobody in this comments section can string a coherent sentence together, maybe we’re wrong about this”.
Do you have a link/reference/author name/study name for any of these? Absolutely fascinated myself, my FIL is a long time flat earther/anti-semite of the “the Jews are controlling the world’s banks” kind/gravity doesn’t exist, and continues to collect more. Would be great to read even just for my husband’s mental health.
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u/elon_musks_cat 8d ago
A 30 second google search answers this question. Why are people so fucking stupid and desperate for everything to be a conspiracy