A new review adds to growing evidence that there are many complex reasons why people believe in conspiracy theories, contrary to the cliché that it's a lack of knowledge.
Analyzing 170 studies – mainly from the US, UK, and Poland – Bowes and colleagues explored the motivation behind people's beliefs.
While there are many influential factors, the data suggest that people seem motivated by a need to feel safe, to understand one's environment, and an increased need to feel socially secure if those other two needs are not being met."Our findings reveal that motivations at large are important, perhaps even essential,They found social threats were more strongly linked to conspiracy thinking than other threats, which is also tightly interwoven with trust.
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