Conspiracy theories are not self-proclaimedThe term "conspiracy theory" is not used by the person saying it. The person themselves calls it "the truth" or "the result of my research." It is always ...

I recently was invited back to The Lisa Show at BYU Radio to talk about conspiracy theories. You can listen to the interview here. What follows below are some of the questions and my answers in ...

Whether it’s believing Area 51 is rife with alien species courtesy of the U.S. government, or thinking that the world is, in fact, flat, conspiracy theories tend to follow the same pattern. When an ...

They're not just gullible. There are deep psychological reasons involved. Conspiracy theories have been with us for ages, and they seem to be becoming more absurd as time goes on. But how and why do ...

A five-year study dispels the stereotype of conspiracy theorists as angry loners or keyboard warriors. Rather, social and emotional connections provided by conspiracy theorists are recruiting diverse ...

About 20%-30% of the population express belief in at least one conspiracy theory, according to Thomas Fuchs, MD, PhD, psychiatrist and philosopher, Karl Jaspers Professor of Philosophy and Psychiatry ...

Korey Rowe was on his first day of basic training for the United States Army when planes struck the World Trade Center on 11 September 2001. Initially, he thought the attacks were part of a training ...

Mike Rothschild has spent years studying the rise of QAnon and antivaccine conspiracism. After his house in Altadena, California, burned down, he found himself mired in similarly sticky webs of ...

A new experimental study has found that fostering critical thinking can be an effective method to reduce people's tendency to believe in conspiracy theories. Led by researchers at University College ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...