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A conspiracy theory is an explanation for an event or situation that asserts the existence of a conspiracy by powerful and sinister groups, often political in motivation, when other explanations are more probable.
Conspiracy theories that have taken hold range from a faked moon landing to Barack Obama's birthplace to chemtrails.
Conspiracy theory, an attempt to explain harmful or tragic events as the result of the actions of a small powerful group. Such explanations reject the accepted narrative surrounding those events; indeed, the official version may be seen as further proof of the conspiracy.
Conspiracy theories are more prevalent than they’ve ever been. It can sometimes seem like every major news event is accompanied by an online chorus of cynics and trolls who insist things are not as they seem, and that ominous puppet-masters are manipulating events in the shadows.
People believe in conspiracy theories for a variety of reasons—to explain random events, to feel special or unique, or for a sense of social belonging, to name a few.
Conspiracy theories are the new pandemic infecting public life. It is easy to dismiss conspiracy theories as unhinged beliefs held by a small number of paranoid idiots, but that seriously...
From political upheavals to anxieties about sex, technology and women, it turns out conspiracy theories can tell us a lot about what’s going on in our societies – and how to fix them.
