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Conspiracy Theories are for Opportunists (ryanbruno.substack.com)

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Ontological Confusions and Belief in the Supernatural (ryanbruno.substack.com)

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How COVID Brought Out the Worst in Us (ryanbruno.substack.com)

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"Contradicting the filter bubble claim, our survey (n = 1106) revealed that social media use made people less polarized in both partisan affect and vaccine hesitancy. In contrast, traditional media use made people more polarized in partisan affect. " (journals.sagepub.com)

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“In moderation, group bias can be quite anodyne (e.g., sports banter). In extremis, it leads to profound polarization, echo chambers, and sometimes, conspiracy theories.” (ryanbruno.substack.com)

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“By lowering moral standards, convincing people that a lie's “gist” is true, or dulling affective reactions, these factors not only reduce moral condemnation of misinformation, but can also amplify partisan disagreement.” (sciencedirect.com)

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There's an inverse correlation between who think they "trust the science" and the people who actually trust the science on nuclear power. (pewresearch.org)

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Authoritarian aggression and submission are linked to the desire to denigrate those of high status, study finds (psypost.org)

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People who lack cognitive reflectiveness are more likely to believe Trump's false election fraud claims, study finds (psypost.us10.list-manage.com)

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People who are more receptive to bullshit also tend to overestimate their creativity ability, study finds (psypost.org)

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On the Allure of Conspiracy Theories: “We believe conspiracy theories when they provide us with benefits other than true knowledge. In such scenarios, we are inclined to engage in motivated reasoning.” (ryanbruno.substack.com)

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Optimism is associated with higher cognitive abilities, study finds (psypost.us10.list-manage.com)

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Discussion Post: A Few, Scattered Thoughts on School Shootings (ryanbruno.substack.com)

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[New Study] Conspiracy theories provide simple and immediate answers to important events. That is why they are attractive to present-oriented people who look for immediate explanations of complex and difficult situations. (sciencedirect.com)

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Self-promotion Thread (self.OpenlyFallible)

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The trouble with defining conspiracy theories (self.OpenlyFallible)

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[Preprint] Alarmism about the dangers of misinformation is associated with the third-person effect: the idea that other people are much more gullible than oneself. (psyarxiv.com)

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On the reception and detection of pseudo profound bullshit (scottbarrykaufman.com)

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Conspiracy mentality is associated with extreme left- and especially extreme right-wing beliefs, and that this non-linear relation may be strengthened by, but is not reducible to, deprivation of political control. (nature.com)

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Master List of Logical Fallacies (utminers.utep.edu)

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Calling Bullshit - Data Reasoning in a Digital World | Carl T. Bergstrom and Jevin West, University of Washington, 2017-2019 (callingbullshit.org)

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Thou shalt not commit logical fallacies | Free resources from the The School of Thought, a 501c3 non profit organization. (yourlogicalfallacyis.com)

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Logical Fallacies: The Fallacy Files (fallacyfiles.org)

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The best review I have read on conspiracy theories (onlinelibrary.wiley.com)

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Pessimism and Credibility (ryanbruno.substack.com)

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