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How the Quest for Significance Fuels Conspiracy Beliefs

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Summary: A deep psychological need to feel significant drives much of human behavior, and can also lead people toward conspiracy theories and extremist beliefs. Drawing from decades of research and real-world examples, experts explain how feelings of insignificance, especially in…[Continue Reading...]

The Oklahoma City bombing was 30 years ago. Some survivors worry America didn’t learn the lesson

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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Thirty years after a truck bomb detonated outside a federal building in America’s heartland, killing 168 people in the deadliest homegrown attack on U.S. soil, deep scars remain. From a mother who lost her first-born baby,…[Continue Reading...]

People Are Sharing The Final Straws That Made Their Ex-QAnon Loved Ones See The Light, And I’m Truly Shocked By Some Of These

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If you also haven't heard that name since way back when (well, 2020), let me refresh you. It's a conspiracy theory alleging that President Donald Trump is waging a secret war against the "deep state," or "a cabal of Satan-worshipping…[Continue Reading...]

Spitefulness linked to belief in conspiracy theories

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Why do people believe in conspiracy theories? New research has highlighted an important factor: spite. Conspiracy theories—alternative explanations for major events that reject well-evidenced explanations in favor of implausible, illogical, or fantastical secret plots—have surged in popularity, particularly in times…[Continue Reading...]

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