#conspiracytheories
Psychology | Psychology
Power And Pitfalls Of Analogies In Modeling Belief Dynamics
From polarization to conspiracy theories, Mirta Galesic and Henrik Olsson explore how methods from other disciplines can help us understand belief dynamics
Politics | Op-Ed
Victor Davis Hanson: How Left-wing Conspiracies Work
Since 2016, there has been a clear pattern to left-wing conspiracies—beyond the obvious fact that they traffic in lies, stereotypes, and paranoia to serve…
History | History
8 Shakespeare Conspiracy Theories
Discover the controversial conspiracy theories that challenge Shakespeare’s authorship, from the Baconian Theory to the Alien Theory and beyond.
Politics | Debunking Lies
No, Israel Did Not Rig the 2016 Election
Journalists' writing about American intelligence is fraught with danger. They usually have few, if any, unauthorized, active-duty sources. Rarely do they have access to working-level officials, especially within the Central Intelligence Agency, the D
News | Antisemitism Watch
Exhausting, never-ending job of debunking antisemitic conspiracy theories
Opinion: While modern antisemitism may be less blatant than how it used to be, people today use conspiracy theories and tall tales to make Jews be seen in a negative light, but in a more subtle and cunning manner
Politics | Interesting Links
KICK-A*S thread points out ‘yesterday’s conspiracy theories’ that were TRUE all along (and boom)
Funny how so many conspiracy theories are turning out to be TRUE, eh media?
Politics | POLITICS
Kamala Harris Appears To Endorse MLK Assassination Conspiracy Theory
Vice President Kamala Harris this month echoed the conspiracy theory that the U.S. government assassinated Martin Luther King Jr. to halt his labor activism, a move that could further undermine the Biden administration's efforts to battle misinformation.
Psychology | Psychology
Labelling something a “conspiracy theory” does little to stop people from believing it – Research Digest
By Emma Young. People call ideas they already consider unbelievable "conspiracy theories", rather than being influenced by the label to stop believing them.
Politics | POLITICS
Victor Davis Hanson: Conspiracies as Realities, Realities as Conspiracies
American politics over the last half decade has become immersed in a series of conspiracy charges leveled by Democrats against their opponents that, in fact…
Politics | Leftists Are Insane
Three Crazy Conspiracy Theories Promoted by the Democratic National Convention
The media had a collective hissy fit over the Kamala Harris birther conspiracy theory and President Trump’s failure to adequately dismiss QAnon, but they did nothing to condemn the 2020 Democratic National Convention, which spent four days hyping bogus conspiracy theories.
