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Conspiracy theories, supernatural stories
Why we are all attracted
to
conspiracy theories
G 10 March 2021
Why we are all attracted to conspiracy theories
Video G
10 March 2021
Belief in conspiracy theories is far more widespread
than the stereotypes that dominate pop culture.
Recently, QAnon, Covid-19 and 5G theories
have gained traction
and criticism
while less controversial conspiracies
like the faked moon
landing
have persisted for decades.
We all share hardwired evolutionary traits
that make us
vulnerable to them,
from the way we assign truth to new information
to our tendency to find patterns in unrelated phenomena.
But if we're all potentially susceptible to conspiracy
theories,
how can we manage these cognitive shortcuts?
YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9xtpqXzyfA
conspiracy theories
UK
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/audio/2023/nov/24/
did-the-assassination-of-jfk-kickstart-the-conspiracy-theory-movement-
podcast
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/video/2021/mar/10/
why-we-are-all-attracted-to-conspiracy-theories-
video
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/may/05/
osama-bin-laden-conspiracy-theories
USA > conspiracy theories
UK / USA
2023
https://www.npr.org/2023/11/27/
1215372533/how-the-roswell-ufo-spurred-our-modern-age-of-conspiracy-theories
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/audio/2023/nov/24/
did-the-assassination-of-jfk-kickstart-the-conspiracy-theory-movement-
podcast
https://www.npr.org/2023/02/28/
1159819849/fox-news-dominion-voting-rupert-murdoch-2020-election-fraud
2022
https://www.npr.org/2022/11/03/
1133686674/how-documentary-style-films-
turn-conspiracy-theories-into-a-call-to-action
https://www.npr.org/2022/11/02/
1133477897/reawaken-america-brings-together-
some-of-the-u-s-most-prolific-conspiracy-theori
https://www.npr.org/2022/02/09/
1076529761/right-wing-conspiracies-have-a-new-target-
a-tool-that-fights-actual-voter-fraud
2021
https://www.npr.org/2021/04/15/
987182241/the-most-popular-j-j-vaccine-story-on-facebook-a-conspiracy-theorist-posted-it
https://www.gocomics.com/mattdavies/2021/04/13
https://www.npr.org/2021/03/03/
971457702/exit-counselors-strain-to-pull-americans-out-of-a-web-of-false-conspiracies
https://www.npr.org/2021/03/01/
971436680/from-the-u-s-capitol-to-local-governments-disinformation-disrupts
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/03/
opinion/qanon-conspiracy-theories.html
https://www.npr.org/2021/01/25/
960354929/in-tiny-kansas-town-pandemic-skeptics-abound-amid-false-information-and-politics
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/07/
us/who-was-ashli-babbitt.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/06/
opinion/trump-qanon-georgia-call.html
https://www.npr.org/sections/congress-electoral-college-tally-live-updates/2021/01/06/
953634750/to-cast-doubt-on-election-results-republicans-lean-on-conspiracy-theories
2020
https://www.npr.org/2020/12/30/
951095644/even-if-its-bonkers-poll-finds-many-believe-qanon-and-other-conspiracy-theories
https://www.npr.org/2020/12/23/
948828692/the-toll-of-conspiracy-theories-a-voting-security-expert-lives-in-hiding
https://www.npr.org/2020/12/15/
946381523/right-wing-embrace-of-conspiracy-is-mass-radicalization-experts-warn
https://www.npr.org/2020/11/19/
936248527/covid-19-denial-still-rampant-in-some-virus-hotspots
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/15/
technology/youtube-bans-qanon-violence.html
https://www.npr.org/2020/10/08/
921506695/conspiracy-theories-such-as-qanon-appear-to-gain-ground-in-britain
https://www.npr.org/2020/08/26/
906333307/why-many-people-are-drawn-to-conspiracy-theories
2017
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/25/
us/jfk-assassination-files-questions.html
2011
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/apr/28/
jfk-oliver-stone-john-f-kennedy
1991
https://www.nytimes.com/1991/12/20/
movies/review-film-jfk-when-everything-amounts-to-nothing.html
https://www.nytimes.com/1991/12/15/
movies/film-does-jfk-conspire-against-reason.html
right-wing conspiracy theories
USA
https://www.npr.org/2022/02/09/
1076529761/right-wing-conspiracies-have-a-new-target-a-tool-that-fights-actual-voter-fraud
conspiracy theories / false information
USA
the federal government
"invented" the coronavirus
so that it could force people to take
a vaccine containing a microchip
that could track their movements
https://www.npr.org/2021/01/25/
960354929/in-tiny-kansas-town-pandemic-skeptics-abound-amid-false-information-and-politics
conspiracy theorist USA
https://www.npr.org/2022/11/02/
1133477897/reawaken-america-brings-together-some-of-the-u-s-most-prolific-conspiracy-theori
https://www.npr.org/2021/04/15/
987182241/the-most-popular-j-j-vaccine-story-on-facebook-a-conspiracy-theorist-posted-it
What Can You Do About QAnon?
NYT 27 October 2020
What Can You Do About QAnon?
Video
NYT Opinion NYT 27 October 2020
A global cabal of celebrity pedophiles?
Trafficked children being sold online through a furniture
website?
And Donald Trump about to rescue us from it all?
These QAnon conspiracy theories are so outlandish
— not to mention demonstrably untrue —
it feels like the natural response … is laughter and mockery.
But according to documentary filmmaker Kirby Ferguson,
that’s the opposite of what you should do.
Dunking on fools may feel good,
but humiliating QAnoners
risks driving them further down the
rabbit hole.
And you should care
because you might have a QAnon believer
among your friends or
family
— and on Nov. 3,
it’s possible several will be elected to
Congress.
Q is not going anywhere soon.
So what can you do?
YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lg6cZmfpeM
USA > online conspiracy theory network > QAnon UK,
USA
2023
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/16/
qanon-conspiracy-theory-sound-of-freedom-trump-desantis
https://www.npr.org/2023/01/02/
1146318331/yoga-guru-qanon-conspiracy-theories
2021
https://www.npr.org/2021/11/17/
1056225488/self-styled-qanon-shaman-is-sentenced-to-41-months-in-capitol-riot
https://www.npr.org/2021/08/13/
1027133867/children-dead-father-claims-qanon-conspiracy-led-him-to-kill
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/30/
us/capitol-riot-boyland-qanon.html
https://www.npr.org/2021/05/18/
997559036/americas-satanic-panic-returns-this-time-through-qanon
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/05/
opinion/qanon-hillary-clinton.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/03/
opinion/qanon-conspiracy-theories.html
https://www.npr.org/2021/01/31/
962104747/unwelcome-on-facebook-twitter-qanon-followers-flock-to-fringe-sites
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/29/
us/leaving-qanon-conspiracy.html
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/01/26/
opinion/trump-qanon-washington-capitol-hill.html
https://www.npr.org/sections/inauguration-day-live-updates/2021/01/20/
958907699/the-qanon-storm-never-struck-some-supporters-are-wavering-others-steadfast
https://www.gocomics.com/mattdavies/2021/01/15
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/07/
us/who-was-ashli-babbitt.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/06/
opinion/trump-qanon-georgia-call.html
2020
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/15/
technology/youtube-bans-qanon-violence.html
Jacob Chansley,
the self-styled "QAnon shaman"
who became one of the faces
of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol
after storming the building
in a fur headdress with horns,
has been sentenced
to nearly three and a half years in prison
for his role in the riot.
Photographs of a bare-chested Chansley
carrying a bullhorn and a spear
adorned with the American flag
while howling in halls of the Capitol
became some of the iconic images
of that violent, chaotic day.
https://www.npr.org/2021/11/17/
1056225488/self-styled-qanon-shaman-is-sentenced-to-41-months-in-capitol-riot
https://www.npr.org/2021/11/17/
1056225488/self-styled-qanon-shaman-is-sentenced-to-41-months-in-capitol-riot
online falsehoods about coronavirus / viral conspiracy theories >
Covid misinformation UK
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jan/27/
covid-lies-cost-lives-right-clamp-down-misinformation
https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-55355911 - 26 December 2020
Covid-19 > vaccines > Misinformation and mistrust
USA
https://www.npr.org/2021/03/07/
974383411/misinformation-and-mistrust-
among-the-obstacles-latinos-face-in-getting-vaccinat
conspiratorial thinking
USA
https://www.npr.org/2021/03/05/
971767967/trump-is-no-longer-tweeting-but-online-disinformation-isnt-going-away
USA > cover up
UK
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/audio/2023/nov/24/
did-the-assassination-of-jfk-kickstart-the-conspiracy-theory-movement-
podcast
misinformation USA
https://www.npr.org/2023/02/18/
1154867064/solar-power-misinformation-activists-rural-america
https://www.npr.org/2022/11/08/
1134550280/stories-about-crime-are-rife-with-misinformation-and-racism-
critics-say
https://www.npr.org/2021/03/07/
974383411/misinformation-and-mistrust-
among-the-obstacles-latinos-face-in-getting-vaccinat
https://www.npr.org/2021/03/06/
974394783/far-right-misinformation-is-thriving-on-facebook-
a-new-study-shows-just-how-much
https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2017/03/20/
520845007/the-earth-is-flat-check-wikipedia
disinformation USA
https://www.npr.org/series/973275370/
untangling-disinformation
outright falsehoods UK
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jan/27/
covid-lies-cost-lives-right-clamp-down-misinformation
fringe conspiracy
USA
https://www.npr.org/2020/10/30/
929200098/andrew-marantz-
what-happens-when-fringe-conspiracy-theories-become-mainstream
believe
USA
https://www.npr.org/2020/12/30/
951095644/even-if-its-bonkers-poll-finds-many-believe-qanon-and-other-conspiracy-theories
believer
belief
USA
https://www.npr.org/2021/03/12/
976337203/useful-delusions-examines-
how-beliefs-can-be-powerful-in-positive-and-negative-w
flat earth
USA
https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2017/03/20/
520845007/the-earth-is-flat-check-wikipedia
flat-eartherism
USA
https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2017/03/20/
520845007/the-earth-is-flat-check-wikipedia
supernatural stories
UK
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/feb/26/
supernatural-stories-seem-to-make-sense-in-these-inexplicable-times
perception of reality
USA
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/29/
us/leaving-qanon-conspiracy.html
delusion
USA
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/03/
opinion/qanon-conspiracy-theories.html
debunk
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