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Why Your Brain Loves Conspiracy Theories

Who believes and why, and whether conspiracism is really getting way worse

Robert Roy Britt
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16 min readSep 8, 2020

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Wild and seemingly crazy conspiracy theories can spring from any stressful or disruptive event or phenomenon, as people seek tangible explanations for the invisible or the inexplicable.

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Robert Roy Britt
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Editor of Aha! and Wise & Well on Medium + the Writer's Guide at writersguide.substack.com. Author of Make Sleep Your Superpower: amazon.com/dp/B0BJBYFQCB