Conspiracy theorists may not really believe their outlandish ideas
An anti-lockdown protest in Trafalgar Square, London, in August 2020Richard Baker/Getty Images Many people who…
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Chatbots can persuade conspiracy theorists their view might be wrong
Disinformation fuels conspiracy theories that can be hard to dismantleSkorzewiak/Shutterstock Large language model chatbots like…
Backlash builds after Elon Musk called an antisemitic conspiracy theory the ‘actual truth’
Elon Musk has encouraged extremists and white supremacists throughout his yearlong tenure as the owner…
IBM pulls ads from X / Twitter as Elon Musk promotes anti-Semitic conspiracy
Just hours after Elon Musk endorsed an anti-Semitic conspiracy theory on Wednesday night, a new…
Here’s the Proof There’s No Government Alien Conspiracy Around Roswell
Across the 75 years since something—something—crashed outside Roswell in early July 1947, the very name…
Morbid Curiosity Is Linked to Conspiracy Theories
The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the…
Moon Landing Denial Fired an Early Antiscience Conspiracy Theory Shot
I was recently in the attic of my house, going through old possessions in preparation…
Believing in personal gut feelings and falling for conspiracy theories
People who primarily use their own gut feeling to determine what is true and false…