Conspiracy theorists are creating and training their own artificial intelligence models to create chatbots that help spread their extreme beliefs, as tech companies grapple with fears that the new technology is prompting delusions in some users. Once created, these chatbots…[Continue Reading...]
A series of eight studies has uncovered a consistent pattern among people who believe in conspiracy theories: they tend to be overconfident in their cognitive abilities and significantly overestimate how much others agree with them. The findings, published in Personality…[Continue Reading...]
The prime suspect in the Shakahola massacre, Paul Nthege Mackenzie, used scripture and conspiracy theories to radicalise his followers and advance a doomsday ideology that resulted in the deaths of more than 400 people, a court has heard. Testifying before…[Continue Reading...]
People who believe in conspiracy theories may be more likely to exhibit specific cognitive biases also found in individuals with subclinical delusional thinking, according to a pair of new studies published in Applied Cognitive Psychology. The research found that cognitive…[Continue Reading...]
Model and actress Chrissy Teigen published a seven-post Twitter rant, Tuesday, slamming fringe QAnon supporters for suggesting that she and her husband John Legend run a “pedo ring.” “u know what is not great? I still have to read on…[Continue Reading...]
David Icke is one of the most well-known and controversial conspiracy theorists in the world, gaining popularity back in the 90s. At the time, he’d started spewing theories about “shape-shifting lizards” who present themselves as presidents and monarchs in the…[Continue Reading...]
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...]
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...]
Implicit antisemitism is present in the content of over a third of the users of subreddits popular with QAnon members, a new study carried out by seven US universities revealed this week. Overall, more than one-third - 34.79% - of…[Continue Reading...]
There really was a secret society called the Illuminati that aimed to create a New World Order. In this episode of After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal, The team lifts the curtain and discovers the real life secrets of…[Continue Reading...]
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