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New studies: ‘Conspiracy theorists’ sane; government dupes crazy, hostile
Recent studies by psychologists and social scientists in the US and UK suggest that contrary to mainstream media stereotypes, those labeled “conspiracy theorists” appear to be saner than those who accept the official versions of contested events.
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hey,. tnaks for the headsup on this story. i found the full study and am finished reading it, t here it is if anyone is interested in it, it's fascinating.
http://www.readcube.com/articles/10....syg.2013.00409
it doesn't seem to me that the study claims anything about sanity or insane or crazy. it does assume some things like powerlessness, etc, hard to code that but they give it a pretty good go i think.
going by their data, conspiracists tend to derogotarily refer to conventionlist more than vice-versa while not offering up alternatives. conventionalists react to those with the hostility.
check the data on page 6 of the study.