Conspiracy Theory

The outlandish theories appeal to a strong streak of narcissism: there are people who would choose to believe in complicated nonsense rather than accept that their own circumstances are incomprehensible, the result of issues beyond their intellectual capacity to understan...

• We as human beings do not like unanswered moral questions. We want to know who did it. 
• We want to know how it was done. We’re looking for a pattern. 
• Our intelligence, given to us by God, is a pattern-seeking intelligence.
• Our ability to discern patterns he...

The people most likely to believe the government is too incompetent to be trusted are often the people most likely to believe the government also has the ability to secretly orchestrate massive operations under the noses of most Americans.

Government bureaucracy is boring. Conspiracy theori...

A conspiracy theory is like a “mystery cults” the apostle Paul had to contend with at the city of Ephesus. Mystery cults were very common in Ancient Rome...

Experts believe our tendency to fall into the trap of confirmation bias can lead some people to slip into a rabbit hole of conspiracies. The problem is especially prominent in the internet era, where people can find information that confirms whatever value they h...