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Excerpts taken from McKenna's; 'Last Interview' & Hall's; 'Armageddon, War Ends In Peace' lecture'. Please visit my website @ vinnysblogbookcom.com
'Why people get lost in conspiracies Though support for QAnon is hard to measure, as many as one in five Americans said they believed in some of its tenets, according to a recent pollfrom the Public Religion Research Institute. People of all different backgrounds can get drawn into conspiracy theories, but experts say the thing they have in common is that they are often looking to fill a void in their lives. "Conspiracy theories tend to be particularly prominent in times of crisis," said Prof Karen Douglas, a social psychologist at the University of Kent who specialises in the psychology of conspiracy theories. "People are looking for explanations that help them cope with difficult situations when there is a lot of uncertainty and contradictory information. They might also be looking for simple answers that make them feel better, and conspiracy theories might seem to offer those simple answers."
- bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-57369349
Excerpts taken from McKenna's; 'Last Interview' & Hall's; 'Armageddon, War Ends In Peace' lecture'. Please visit my website @ vinnysblogbookcom.com
'Why people get lost in conspiracies Though support for QAnon is hard to measure, as many as one in five Americans said they believed in some of its tenets, according to a recent pollfrom the Public Religion Research Institute. People of all different backgrounds can get drawn into conspiracy theories, but experts say the thing they have in common is that they are often looking to fill a void in their lives. "Conspiracy theories tend to be particularly prominent in times of crisis," said Prof Karen Douglas, a social psychologist at the University of Kent who specialises in the psychology of conspiracy theories. "People are looking for explanations that help them cope with difficult situations when there is a lot of uncertainty and contradictory information. They might also be looking for simple answers that make them feel better, and conspiracy theories might seem to offer those simple answers."
- bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-57369349
