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Believing in hidden plots is associated with decreased behavioral trust: Conspiracy belief as greater sensitivity to social threat or insensitivity towards its absence?

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He who does not know the truth is merely a fool. But he who knows it and calls it a lie is a criminal.

Inventions for people are suppressed, inventions against them are promoted.

Bank robbery: an initiative of dilettantes. True professionals found a bank.

Writers cannot write as fast as governments make wars; for writing requires thinking.

He who says A does not have to say B. He can also realise that A was wrong.

First comes the food, then comes the morale.

No advance is as difficult as the return to reason.

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Confirmation bias

Confirmation bias is the tendency to search for, interpret, favor, and recall information in a way that confirms or supports one's prior beliefs or values. People display this bias when they select information that supports their views, ignoring contrary information, or when they interpret ambiguous evidence as supporting their existing attitudes. The effect is strongest for desired outcomes, for emotionally charged issues, and for deeply entrenched beliefs. Confirmation bias cannot be eliminated,

Cognitive Biases

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Decision-making, belief, and behavioral biases
Many of these biases affect belief formation, business and economic decisions,

Believing in hidden plots is associated with decreased behavioral trust: Conspiracy belief as greater sensitivity to social threat or insensitivity towards its absence?

Meuer, M., & Imhoff, R.. (2021). Believing in hidden plots is associated with decreased behavioral trust: Conspiracy belief as greater sensitivity to social threat or insensitivity towards its absence?. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 93, 104081.
Plain numerical DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2020.104081
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The conspiracy theory meme as a tool of cultural hegemony: A critical discourse analysis

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Rankin Jr., J. E.. (2018). The conspiracy theory meme as a tool of cultural hegemony: A critical discourse analysis. Dissertation Abstracts International: Section B: The Sciences and Engineering

“Those rejecting the official accounts of significant suspicious and impactful events are often labeled conspiracy theorists and the alternative explanations they

Publications 2021

Pisl, V., Volavka, J., Chvojkova, E., Cechova, K., Kavalirova, G., & Vevera, J.. (2021). Dissociation, cognitive reflection and health literacy have a modest effect on belief in conspiracy theories about covid-19. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Plain numerical DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18105065
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