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Conspiracy Theories: Why the Rational Believe the Irrational | Michael Shermer

Hidden Forces

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Political Orientation Directs You to Believe Certain Conscience Theories More Than Others

How important is political affiliation in predicting either general willingness to believe? Are more educated people more likely to believe in a conspiracy that the Founding Fathers set up the country to privilege white people? That's interesting because we asked that question in our survey. And yes, well, so they're probably your political orientation. Liberals are more likely to think that, right? And conservatives are less likely to thought that.

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