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@jacobgudiol@mastodonsweden.se
2025-05-15 19:01:49

"Conspiracy thinking is also a trap because it contains feedback loops of positive reinforcement. If you reject authoritative sources of information as part of a conspiracy, then you will likely reject any information that can disprove the conspiracy. Any information that contradicts the conspiracy, or lack of information that would prove the conspiracy, are part of the conspiracy."

Conspiracy Thinking And Alternative Medicine
Just recently, in casual conversation, someone commented to me that "they" already have a cure for cancer but are hiding it. This is a claim I frequently encounter. One survey, from 2005, found that

@jacobgudiol@mastodonsweden.se
2025-05-13 15:57:14

"Conspirituality is a kind of crowd-sourced knowledge, where the spread of a belief is taken to be support for its content."
independent.co.uk/life-style/w

Wellness is turning people into right-wing conspiracy theorists – here’s how
As a surge of New Age influencers perpetuating right-wing ideologies swarms the internet, Olivia Petter asks how wellness became a gateway to conspiratorial thinking

@sofia@chaos.social
2025-04-29 19:33:30
Content warning: conspiracism and authoritarianism

ContraPoints' conspiracy video reminded me how conspiracy theories are an outgroth of authoritarian thinking. for an antiauthoritarian, it's often pretty straighforward to look at social dysfunction and see power relations that seem to cause it. but an authoritarian can't do that, they by-and-large drank the kool-aid of government legitimacy. for them, the power itself can't be the problem. the problem must be _who_ is in power.