The psychology of conspiracy theories

‘There’s a conspiracy theory for just about everything, from 9/11 to the Moon landing. It’s not just the paranoid fringe who believe in them, either. How do we decide what’s reasonable and what’s ridiculous? Lynne Malcolm and Olivia Willis examine the psychology of conspiracy thinking.

September 11 was an inside job. Princess Diana was murdered in a government plot. The Apollo 11 Moon landing was faked. The New World Order is taking over.

Conspiracy theories are rife, and entertaining them is in our nature. But how do we decide what’s crazy and what’s a sign of something sinister actually taking place?’

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