Why Do Some People Believe Conspiracy Theories?
BrainStuff
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🗓️ 25 April 2023
⏱️ 10 minutes
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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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| 0:00.0 | Hey everybody, I'm Coach Bill Courtney from the Oscar-winning documentary, Undefeated. |
| 0:04.7 | I believe that our country's problems can never be solved by a bunch of fancy people |
| 0:09.0 | and nice suits talking big words that nobody ever uses on CNN and Fox, but rather bang |
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| 0:30.2 | They say history is written by the victors, but you know what? |
| 0:34.0 | They've left out a hell of a lot of juicy stuff. |
| 0:37.5 | Ah, we all know who invented that, right? We'll think again. |
| 0:41.2 | Truth is, Alexander Graham Bell stole the idea for the telephone and then claimed it as his own. |
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| 1:40.2 | 9-11 was an inside job. The moon landing was faked. |
| 1:44.5 | These are just a couple of the most well-known conspiracy theories out there. |
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