Why Do Some People Believe Conspiracy Theories?
BrainStuff
English - April 25, 2023 09:00 - 7 minutes - 6.87 MB - ★★★★ - 1.6K ratingsNatural Sciences Science Technology Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Buying into disproven conspiracy theories has been scientifically linked with a few unhelpfully human patterns of thought, including illusory pattern perception and confirmation bias. Learn more in this episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://science.howstuffworks.com/life/inside-the-mind/human-brain/conspiracy-theorists-brains-really-are-different.htm
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