This chart on conspiracy theories has gone viral. ... presidential election had not yet taken place nor had the coronavirus pandemic become as deeply intertwined with daily life. ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Update, 2/2/2016: Chris Bauch, an editor for PLOS ONE, said in an email that ...

Conspiracy theories seem to be everywhere nowadays—but believing in them can be bad for your physical and mental health. Here's what to know when you talk to a true believer.

To calculate America's most popular conspiracy theories, we used data from a Public Policy Polling survey in 2013 (with 1,247 respondents), a poll from SSRS of Media in 2015 (with 1,018 ...

These methods may create opportunities to reaffirm how conspiracy theories are not the norm and to show that those who do not believe in them are not merely “sheep”.

In hindsight, Vanderbilt offered a message to those who still follow the QAnon conspiracy theory. "Life outside of that group is nowhere near as scary as what it seems," she said.

Psychologists say a fairly large number of Americans believe in at least some version of a conspiracy theory. One chart reveals the most widely believed conspiracy theories in America Skip to main ...