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Recent Posts
- How to dissuade parents from believing in anti-vaxxer conspiracy theories
- Introducing the Adolescent Conspiracy Beliefs Questionnaire (ACBQ)
- 5G COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs and support for violence
- Coronavirus is a breeding ground for conspiracy theories – here’s why that’s a serious problem
- If others are conspiring, then why should I be well-behaved?
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Tag Archives: government
21% of US voters believe Obama is the Anti-Christ : The problem with conspiracy polling
A recent poll by ‘Public Polling Policy’, (despite the name, a private US polling company) conducted an automated telephone poll of 1247 registered US voters and asked respondents a variety of questions about their belief in various popular conspiracy theories. The … Continue reading
Posted in 9/11, Round-Ups, Social psychology, What's the harm, World events
Tagged 9/11, 9/11 Truth, aliens, anti-christ, democrat, government, obama, polls, public polling policy, republican, roswell, US, USA
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28% of US voters believe in a ‘New World Order’ – Infographic
A short post today to bring you a great info-graphic detailing the poll results from the recent Public Policy Polling data. Click to enlarge for the best view!
Posted in 9/11, Round-Ups, World events
Tagged 9/11, 9/11 Truth, aliens, government, psychology
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Alex Jones and the “Monological Belief System”
In the recent weeks following the tragedy of the Sandy Hook shooting, we have seen many different viewpoints expressed regarding the fiercely debated issue of US gun control. In particular, one of the most controversial and volatile interviews came from … Continue reading
Posted in Social psychology, World events
Tagged alex jones, cnn, government, gun-control, monological belief, newtown shooting, piers morgan, politics, psychology, sandy hook
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Conspiracy theorising in the wake of the Newtown shooting
On December 14th, 2012, 26 people, most of them young children, were killed in a shooting spree at Sandy Hook elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut. Unconfirmed rumours about the identity and motives of the person responsible immediately began to be … Continue reading
Posted in World events
Tagged alex jones, government, gun-control, newtown shooting, politics, psychology
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