Re:Psychopathological Correlates of Conspiracy Beliefs
by aaa_aaa on Monday March 04, 2024 @06:23AM
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I think many are proven to be correct or likely to be correct. 1,2,4,5 etc
Re:Psychopathological Correlates of Conspiracy Beliefs
by gadders on Monday March 04, 2024 @06:27AM
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Especially 5 - you if you disbelieve that one you are saying that scientists never fabricate evidence.
Re:Psychopathological Correlates of Conspiracy Beliefs
by AstralStorm on Monday March 04, 2024 @08:12AM
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That would be misreading the question. The important part is "in order to deceive the public", whereas the aim is mostly career advancement. Or being paid.
Re:Psychopathological Correlates of Conspiracy Beliefs
by gadders on Monday March 04, 2024 @09:24AM
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I think that happens as well. EG discrediting even the possibility of the lab leak theory, or incest research in the UK Bio Bank.
Re:Psychopathological Correlates of Conspiracy Beliefs
by red-iron-pine on Monday March 04, 2024 @01:28PM
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aye. publish or perish isn't a conspiracy, and tenure track ain't a thing unless you're hitting research home-runs.
Re:Psychopathological Correlates of Conspiracy Beliefs
by lioeters on Monday March 04, 2024 @06:36AM
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Replace extraterrestrials with intelligence agencies, and we've got most of the points nailed. Adjusts tin-foil hat
Re:Psychopathological Correlates of Conspiracy Beliefs
by brvsft on Monday March 04, 2024 @06:40AM
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A lot of these are generic enough that you could get a lot of people to admit they believe in them, especially with the right definitions of words.
Even though the UFO/extraterrestrial stuff seems really kooky to me, there are plenty of people who probably believe it.
Re:Psychopathological Correlates of Conspiracy Beliefs
by antegamisou on Monday March 04, 2024 @06:16AM
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It’s very reductionist to consider the items on this list largely conspiracy theories.
> 10. New and advanced technology, which would harm the current industry, is being suppressed.
I don’t know, are you sure the folks at OpenAI, or some better-equipped competitor for that matter, haven’t came up with something more horrific than Sora?
Re:Psychopathological Correlates of Conspiracy Beliefs
by JieJie on Monday March 04, 2024 @07:28AM
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Didn't Google have a chatbot locked up in a lab somewhere^0, long before ChatGPT?
0: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/jun/12/google-en...
Re:Psychopathological Correlates of Conspiracy Beliefs
by gadders on Monday March 04, 2024 @07:36AM
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I mean this is largely what The Innovators Dilemma was about, I thought?
1. The government is involved in the murder of innocent citizens and/or well-known public figures, and keeps this a secret.
2. The power held by heads of state is second to that of small, unknown groups who really control world politics.
3. Secret organizations communicate with extraterrestrials, but keep this fact from the public.
4. The spread of certain viruses and/or diseases is the result of deliberate, concealed efforts of some organization.
5. Groups of scientists manipulate, fabricate or suppress evidence in order to deceive the public.
6. The government permits or perpetrates acts of terrorism on its own soil, disguising its involvement.
7. A small, secret group of people is responsible for making all major world decisions, such as going to war.
8. Evidence of alien contact is being concealed from the public.
9. Technology with mind-control capacities is used on people without their knowledge.
10. New and advanced technology, which would harm the current industry, is being suppressed.
11. The government uses people as patsies to hide its involvement in criminal activity.
12. Certain significant events have been the result of the activity of a small group who secretly manipulate world events.
13. Some UFO sightings and rumors are planned or staged in order to distract the public from real alien contact.
14. Experiments involving new drugs or technologies are routinely carried out on the public without their knowledge or consent.
15. A lot of important information is deliberately concealed from the public out of self-interest.