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Thomas
@aviationdoctor.eth
How is it that the “do your own research” crowd (e.g., conspiracy theorists) also tend to be the ones who get to the wrong conclusions?
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Brad Rumbl
@rumblart
Belief in conspiracy is often driven by a deep idea that the individual has no control over their own life, thus a belief in some outside, super powerful cabal becomes the scapegoat for lack of responsibility. If things fail it's because "they" have made it so. Once this idea becomes entrenched any idea outside of this belief is from people working in league with "them" I used to be one of them, a full blown truther, then I got out by educating myself on psychology and sociology. It took awhile to crawl back out of the rabbit hole once you get deep enough to realise it's all nonsense
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Roni_travis🎭Ⓜ️🎩✨
@mfa
Maybe it's not about research but confirmation bias? What do you think drives it?
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Reeeny
@reeeny
https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/strange-journeys/202308/why-narcissists-love-conspiracy-theories
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cqb
@cqb
Almost like they don't know how to do research or how to do (approximate) bayesian reasoning
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Rafi
@rafi
being right v thinking right Different goals
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Ed O'Shaughnessy
@eddieosh
But all my theories keep coming true!
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aferg
@aaronrferguson
they’re seeking out confirmation bias, not researching
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Reeeny
@reeeny
Because they are more likely to be narcissistic and therefore not critical of their own thought process. I'll try to find a source for that.
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underthesea
@underthesea
Appeal to conspiracy leads to inability to see face value
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