The Social Chemist

The Transactional Relationship Between Conspiracy Theory Producer & Consumer


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 Everyone loves a good conspiracy theory, but why are people so attractive to them? What occurs psychologically to people who engage in some of the most outlandish claims. Researchers have form three explanations about how people and even you process conspiracy theories when you're introduced to them. Host Nelson Perez breaks down the Herd Behavior, Follow-the-Leader, and Preference Falsification model of how people developed conspiratorial ideologies. It is common to ask why people believe in conspiracy theories, but we hardly ask why people spread them? What do conspiracy theorist gain off their message of being "woke"? 

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