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    Pre-pandemic, the question I would most often get was, “How do I know whom to trust when it comes to health and science information?” Over three years after a new virus began sweeping the globe, the question I hear again and again is, “Why is it that my husband/sister/aunt/father believes in all this conspiratorial nonsense?” As it turns out, the two questions are related (more on that later),…

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    • Interesting article in today's McGill OSS Weekly Digest on people who believe in conspiracy theories. https://t.co/EQqBZ8m2Fd #conspiracy #conspiracytheory https://t.co/O4OWGbjnl6

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    The Department of Homeland Security launched a failed operation that ensnared hundreds, if not thousands, of U.S. protesters in what new documents show was as a sweeping, power-hungry effort before the 2020 election to bolster President Donald Trump’s spurious claims about a “terrorist organization” he accused his Democratic rivals of supporting.

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    • This is the real government #conspiracy--Chad Wolf and his goons tried to frame Portlanders for nonexistent crimes. #DHS Homeland Security Admits It Tried to Manufacture Fake Terrorists for Trump https://t.co/MzsEYPJ2Im

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    New findings published in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology indicates that economic inequality increases susceptibility to belief in conspiracy theories. The research provides evidence that the perception of societal breakdown is a key pathway between inequality and conspiracy beliefs. …

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    • Makes sense. Study finds economic inequality promotes belief in conspiracy theories https://t.co/TSLHjKLAfG @psypost with @jetten_j et al. cc @VoiceOfFranky "...participants who envisaged their life in a highly unequal society were more likely to endorse #conspiracy beliefs."

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    • The @US_FDA’s release of the #PfizerDocuments about @pfizer’s #COVID19 #vaccine triggered a swath of #conspiracy theories, and @RockyJedickMD says they’re intellectually dishonest and do not reflect a genuine desire to understand the data. https://t.co/LWJ1rHbbjU https://t.co/nskvyFYWXH