A recent study takes a closer look at what’s happening in the human mind when we really want to believe something.

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When it comes to falling down a rabbit hole with conspiracy theories ― QAnon, the “Plandemic” conspiracy theory ― it’s young ...

I get asked that question a lot. Over the last few years, I’ve spoken to hundreds — possibly thousands — of Americans whose lives have become consumed by conspiracy theories. It’s easy, perhaps ...

As I said, conspiracy theories are IQ tests, and far too many people are failing. But we ought to define our terms. A "conspiracy theory" is a conjecture about a plot in which a large group of people ...

A mix of technology and politics has given an unprecedented boost to once-fringe ideas—but they are pretty much the same fantasies that have been spreading for hundreds of years. The timing was eerie.