Canada is on it:
https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/critical-thinking-pseudoscience/who-likely-believe-conspiracy-theories
Hed: Who Is Likely to Believe in Conspiracy Theories?
Subhed: After nearly 30 years of research, we finally have a portrait of
the typical conspiracy theorist, although many of the details are still fuzzy
A massive metastudy inspired by recent events.
"So, who believes these large conspiracy theories, often built on
surprising allegations with little evidence behind them? A team of researchers from Emory University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the University of Regina undertook a colossal effort recently. They grabbed every English-language study ever conducted to
look at belief in conspiracy theories and its potential link to
personality and motivation in order to conduct a meta-analysis of this
data. In total, there were 170 studies involving over 158,000 research participants.
They crunched the numbers to see what was strongly associated with
believing conspiracy theories and what wasn’t. Many of their results
were to be expected, but some were quite surprising.
Three tendencies were strongly correlated with conspiracy ideation,
which is the inclination to endorse conspiracy theories. They were: perceiving threat and danger; relying on intuition and having odd
beliefs and experiences; and being antagonistic and feeling superior.
You can think of each as a pillar that supports conspiracy ideation
and/or is nurtured by it, and each pillar can be looked at in more detail."
Do tell more about "being antagonistic and feeling superior."
"Being antagonistic and feeling superior
This association with abnormal personality traits also brings forward
two traits that tend to be associated with conspiracy ideation:
antagonism and a feeling of superiority.
Conspiracy theorists often think very highly of their in-group. People
who are not like them are held accountable for the ills of the world,
while their own community of like-minded conspiracy theorists is seen as blameless and exceptional.
This feeling of superiority touches upon the only normal personality
trait that has been strongly linked to conspiracy ideation: reduced humility. There is an unwarranted assurance that often comes with
believing in all-powerful cabals. It leads adherents of the theory to believe in the moral supremacy of their own group of rebels.
As for antagonism, the authors define it as having an exaggerated sense
of self, a callous disregard for the feelings and needs of others, being manipulative and aggressive."
Look! A new acronym: "Belief in conspiracy theories also suffers from
having been studied mostly in what are known as WEIRD populations. This
is not to say that conspiracy theorists are weird, but that their
beliefs have been examined mostly in Westernized, Educated,
Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic populations."
That's the McGill University article. The study is here:
https://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/releases/bul-bul0000392.pdf
On Saturday, July 29, 2023 at 1:25:06 PM UTC-4, mINE109 wrote:
Canada is on it:
https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/critical-thinking-pseudoscience/who-likely-believe-conspiracy-theories
Hed: Who Is Likely to Believe in Conspiracy Theories?
Subhed: After nearly 30 years of research, we finally have a portrait of
the typical conspiracy theorist, although many of the details are still
fuzzy
A massive metastudy inspired by recent events.
Do tell more about "being antagonistic and feeling superior."
"Being antagonistic and feeling superior
This association with abnormal personality traits also brings forward
two traits that tend to be associated with conspiracy ideation:
antagonism and a feeling of superiority.
As for antagonism, the authors define it as having an exaggerated sense
of self, a callous disregard for the feelings and needs of others, being
manipulative and aggressive."
That's the McGill University article. The study is here:
https://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/releases/bul-bul0000392.pdf
you provided a very perceptive analysis of yourself.
On Saturday, July 29, 2023 at 1:25:06 PM UTC-4, mINE109 wrote:
Canada is on it:
https://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/releases/bul-bul0000392.pdf
you provided a very perceptive analysis of yourself.
"To address this possibility, scholars have directed attention toward
the relation between intelligence and conspiratorial ideation. Across
studies and measures of intelligence, there appears to be a consistent negative relation between conspiratorial ideation and general cognitive ability, although the magnitude of these relations ranges from small to large. Thus, it seems that conspiratorial ideation may be related to
reduced tendencies and motivations to pursue complexity and a reduced
ability to make sense of complex information."
Then why are there still monkeys?
On 7/29/23 2:06 PM, Art Sackman wrote:
On Saturday, July 29, 2023 at 1:25:06 PM UTC-4, mINE109 wrote:
Canada is on it:
https://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/releases/bul-bul0000392.pdf
you provided a very perceptive analysis of yourself.That's harsh:
"To summarize across all epistemic motives, conspiratorial ideation
appears to be related to inflexible cognitive styles, including reliance
on intuition, identifying patterns and agency in their absence, and maintaining one’s views while being close minded to alternative views. Still, individuals prone to conspiratorial ideation may also lack the cognitive abilities to evaluate information accurately and critically."
That is a possibility.
On Saturday, July 29, 2023 at 2:38:31 PM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
On 7/29/23 2:06 PM, Art Sackman wrote:
On Saturday, July 29, 2023 at 1:25:06 PM UTC-4, mINE109 wrote:That's harsh:
Canada is on it:
https://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/releases/bul-bul0000392.pdf
you provided a very perceptive analysis of yourself.
"To summarize across all epistemic motives, conspiratorial ideation
appears to be related to inflexible cognitive styles, including reliance
on intuition, identifying patterns and agency in their absence, and
maintaining one’s views while being close minded to alternative views.
Still, individuals prone to conspiratorial ideation may also lack the
cognitive abilities to evaluate information accurately and critically."
That is a possibility.
and then there's the conspirators of conspiracy theorists.....
The creators of obfuscations and misdirection to deflect attention from their beloved god party and the true demons within.
I need to start saving this stuff for my thesis and phd.
On 7/30/23 10:57 AM, ScottW wrote:
On Saturday, July 29, 2023 at 2:38:31 PM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
On 7/29/23 2:06 PM, Art Sackman wrote:
On Saturday, July 29, 2023 at 1:25:06 PM UTC-4, mINE109 wrote:That's harsh:
Canada is on it:
https://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/releases/bul-bul0000392.pdf
you provided a very perceptive analysis of yourself.
"To summarize across all epistemic motives, conspiratorial ideation
appears to be related to inflexible cognitive styles, including reliance >> on intuition, identifying patterns and agency in their absence, and
maintaining one’s views while being close minded to alternative views. >> Still, individuals prone to conspiratorial ideation may also lack the
cognitive abilities to evaluate information accurately and critically." >>
That is a possibility.
and then there's the conspirators of conspiracy theorists....."An overreliance on intuition coupled with a drive to find meaning can contribute to identifying patterns where none exist or identifying
The creators of obfuscations and misdirection to deflect attention from their
beloved god party and the true demons within.
agency where none exists (i.e., hypersensitive agency detection). People prone to conspiratorial ideation are presumably also prone to such patternicity; after all, conspiracy theories entail identifying secret plotting by nefarious individuals. Bearing out this possibility,
illusory pattern perception tends to manifest large, positive
correlations with conspiratorial ideation
Since conspiracy theories sometimes have the façade of being evidence-based and can be supported by a variety of misleading arguments
, they may be particularly appealing to those who are prone to maintain their worldviews in the face of new evidence and tend to not think effortfully. In support of these suppositions, conspiratorial ideation
is weakly-to-moderately and positively linked with dogmatism (e.g., and moderately and negatively linked with actively open-minded thinking."
I need to start saving this stuff for my thesis and phd.You'll find IKYABWAI is not a recognized thesis defense.
On Sunday, July 30, 2023 at 1:05:12 PM UTC-4, mINE109 wrote:
On 7/30/23 10:57 AM, ScottW wrote:
On Saturday, July 29, 2023 at 2:38:31 PM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
On 7/29/23 2:06 PM, Art Sackman wrote:
On Saturday, July 29, 2023 at 1:25:06 PM UTC-4, mINE109 wrote:
Canada is on it:
https://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/releases/bul-bul0000392.pdf
I need to start saving this stuff for my thesis and phd.You'll find IKYABWAI is not a recognized thesis defense.
I searched. Nobody has ever done a thesis on iKYABWAIs
The academic record is thin
The potential is great.
Somebody in Academia needs to get on this right now.
On 7/30/23 10:57 AM, ScottW wrote:
On Saturday, July 29, 2023 at 2:38:31 PM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
On 7/29/23 2:06 PM, Art Sackman wrote:
On Saturday, July 29, 2023 at 1:25:06 PM UTC-4, mINE109 wrote:That's harsh:
Canada is on it:
https://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/releases/bul-bul0000392.pdf
you provided a very perceptive analysis of yourself.
"To summarize across all epistemic motives, conspiratorial ideation
appears to be related to inflexible cognitive styles, including reliance >> on intuition, identifying patterns and agency in their absence, and
maintaining one’s views while being close minded to alternative views. >> Still, individuals prone to conspiratorial ideation may also lack the
cognitive abilities to evaluate information accurately and critically." >>
That is a possibility.
and then there's the conspirators of conspiracy theorists....."An overreliance on intuition
The creators of obfuscations and misdirection to deflect attention from their
beloved god party and the true demons within.
On Sunday, July 30, 2023 at 10:05:12 AM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
On 7/30/23 10:57 AM, ScottW wrote:
On Saturday, July 29, 2023 at 2:38:31 PM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:"An overreliance on intuition
On 7/29/23 2:06 PM, Art Sackman wrote:
On Saturday, July 29, 2023 at 1:25:06 PM UTC-4, mINE109 wrote:That's harsh:
Canada is on it:
https://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/releases/bul-bul0000392.pdf
you provided a very perceptive analysis of yourself.
"To summarize across all epistemic motives, conspiratorial ideation
appears to be related to inflexible cognitive styles, including reliance >>>> on intuition, identifying patterns and agency in their absence, and
maintaining one’s views while being close minded to alternative views. >>>> Still, individuals prone to conspiratorial ideation may also lack the
cognitive abilities to evaluate information accurately and critically." >>>>
That is a possibility.
and then there's the conspirators of conspiracy theorists.....
The creators of obfuscations and misdirection to deflect attention from their
beloved god party and the true demons within.
Nah, tons of documented direct evidence right here in the archives.
You'll be Subject A as leader of the rejection of truth as conspiracy. Refusal to adapt to changing generally accepted knowledge while clinging to claims of conspiracy.
How many topics can we assign to you?
- Surveillance of Trump campaign
- Russia collusion
-Covid origins
- Lockdowns
- Mask mandates
- Vaccine efficacy
- Vaccine side effects
- Hunter Influence peddling
- Joe's dementia
Wow....and that's in 30 seconds off the top of my head. A group search is gonna be....
well....embarrassing.
On 7/30/23 5:11 PM, ScottW wrote:
On Sunday, July 30, 2023 at 10:05:12 AM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
On 7/30/23 10:57 AM, ScottW wrote:
On Saturday, July 29, 2023 at 2:38:31 PM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:"An overreliance on intuition
On 7/29/23 2:06 PM, Art Sackman wrote:
On Saturday, July 29, 2023 at 1:25:06 PM UTC-4, mINE109 wrote: >>>>>> Canada is on it:That's harsh:
https://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/releases/bul-bul0000392.pdf
you provided a very perceptive analysis of yourself.
"To summarize across all epistemic motives, conspiratorial ideation >>>> appears to be related to inflexible cognitive styles, including reliance
on intuition, identifying patterns and agency in their absence, and >>>> maintaining one’s views while being close minded to alternative views.
Still, individuals prone to conspiratorial ideation may also lack the >>>> cognitive abilities to evaluate information accurately and critically." >>>>
That is a possibility.
and then there's the conspirators of conspiracy theorists.....
The creators of obfuscations and misdirection to deflect attention from their
beloved god party and the true demons within.
Nah, tons of documented direct evidence right here in the archives.Declaring your conspiracies to be generally accepted knowledge shows dogmatism.
You'll be Subject A as leader of the rejection of truth as conspiracy. Refusal to adapt to changing generally accepted knowledge while clinging to
claims of conspiracy.
How many topics can we assign to you?These are examples of you insisting on patterns in the face of credible contrary evidence. Several of them are topics I don't comment on, so
- Surveillance of Trump campaign
- Russia collusion
-Covid origins
- Lockdowns
- Mask mandates
- Vaccine efficacy
- Vaccine side effects
- Hunter Influence peddling
- Joe's dementia
that speaks to you making stuff up. Others I cite authorities while you
cite crackpots. Most importantly, these are *not* generally accepted knowledge except in your cohort group.
Wow....and that's in 30 seconds off the top of my head. A group search is gonna be....I don't mind as a group search will show me citing credible sources and
well....embarrassing.
you spewing insults and tautologies.
You score high in "antagonism and a feeling of superiority."
On 7/30/23 5:11 PM, ScottW wrote:
On Sunday, July 30, 2023 at 10:05:12 AM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
On 7/30/23 10:57 AM, ScottW wrote:
On Saturday, July 29, 2023 at 2:38:31 PM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:"An overreliance on intuition
On 7/29/23 2:06 PM, Art Sackman wrote:
On Saturday, July 29, 2023 at 1:25:06 PM UTC-4, mINE109 wrote: >>>>>> Canada is on it:That's harsh:
https://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/releases/bul-bul0000392.pdf
you provided a very perceptive analysis of yourself.
"To summarize across all epistemic motives, conspiratorial ideation >>>> appears to be related to inflexible cognitive styles, including reliance
on intuition, identifying patterns and agency in their absence, and >>>> maintaining one’s views while being close minded to alternative views.
Still, individuals prone to conspiratorial ideation may also lack the >>>> cognitive abilities to evaluate information accurately and critically." >>>>
That is a possibility.
and then there's the conspirators of conspiracy theorists.....
The creators of obfuscations and misdirection to deflect attention from their
beloved god party and the true demons within.
Nah, tons of documented direct evidence right here in the archives.Declaring your conspiracies to be generally accepted knowledge shows dogmatism.
You'll be Subject A as leader of the rejection of truth as conspiracy. Refusal to adapt to changing generally accepted knowledge while clinging to
claims of conspiracy.
On Monday, July 31, 2023 at 5:42:00 AM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
On 7/30/23 5:11 PM, ScottW wrote:
On Sunday, July 30, 2023 at 10:05:12 AM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:Declaring your conspiracies to be generally accepted knowledge shows
On 7/30/23 10:57 AM, ScottW wrote:
On Saturday, July 29, 2023 at 2:38:31 PM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:"An overreliance on intuition
On 7/29/23 2:06 PM, Art Sackman wrote:
On Saturday, July 29, 2023 at 1:25:06 PM UTC-4, mINE109 wrote: >>>>>>>> Canada is on it:That's harsh:
https://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/releases/bul-bul0000392.pdf
you provided a very perceptive analysis of yourself.
"To summarize across all epistemic motives, conspiratorial ideation >>>>>> appears to be related to inflexible cognitive styles, including reliance >>>>>> on intuition, identifying patterns and agency in their absence, and >>>>>> maintaining one’s views while being close minded to alternative views. >>>>>> Still, individuals prone to conspiratorial ideation may also lack the >>>>>> cognitive abilities to evaluate information accurately and critically." >>>>>>
That is a possibility.
and then there's the conspirators of conspiracy theorists.....
The creators of obfuscations and misdirection to deflect attention from their
beloved god party and the true demons within.
Nah, tons of documented direct evidence right here in the archives.
You'll be Subject A as leader of the rejection of truth as conspiracy.
Refusal to adapt to changing generally accepted knowledge while clinging to >>> claims of conspiracy.
dogmatism.
Says the guy who admits to considering them all...."conspiracies".
Says the guy who admits to considering them all...."conspiracies".You just posted a nice list of right-wing conspiracy theories.
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