Talk:Conspiracy theory

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Darren Walsh (comedian) quoted in The Daily Telegraph and requoted in The Week:

• 'How many conspiracy theorists does it take to change a light-bulb?'
• 'Do your own research.'

Anna Livia (talk) 23:27, 26 August 2023 (UTC)

Mohammed Al Fayed

Died practically on the anniversary of 'Diana and Dodi's' deaths. How soon before the conspiracy theories get involved? Anna Livia (talk) 23:34, 1 September 2023 (UTC)

He died on August 30th, which isn't the anniversary of their deaths. A somebody. (talk) 23:39, 1 September 2023 (UTC)

Close enough for certain people to make a connection. Anna Livia (talk) 10:00, 2 September 2023 (UTC)

Red Caesar

My usual source of strange stories came up with this. Suitable topic for RW? Anna Livia (talk) 17:13, 6 October 2023 (UTC)

Page since deleted. Anna Livia (talk) 10:50, 20 February 2024 (UTC)

Judgement and theory

Where is a better source than [1] Anna Livia (talk) 10:50, 20 February 2024 (UTC)

Willingness to conspire predicted belief in conspiracy

https://bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.2044-8309.2010.02018.x

"In two studies, we found that individuals were more likely to endorse conspiracy theories if they thought they would be willing, personally, to participate in the alleged conspiracies."

If I had found more papers to this effect I would have added it to the article (mostly due to being amusing), but from an initial search I didn't see any. Chillpilled (talk) 04:57, 15 October 2024 (UTC)

It's interesting (and perhaps amusing) to see the the correlation. I don't know if you have access to the full paper, but I wonder how they ruled out the the other possible conclusion: that belief in conspiracy theories made people more likely to consider conspiring themselves. As an explanation is would see at least or even more likely.Bob^{"Life is short and (insert adjective)"} 11:33, 15 October 2024 (UTC)