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But this was how the mind worked. The mind couldn’t think about the End of the World all the time. It needed the occasional break, a romp through the trivial. Because it was through trivia that the mind was anchored in reality, as the ...more

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“Conspiracy theories are resistant to falsification in that they postulate that conspirators use stealth and disinformation to cover up their actions, which implies that people who try to debunk conspiracy theories may, themselves, be part of the conspiracy (Douglas et al., 2017).”
― Steven Taylor, The Psychology of Pandemics: Preparing for the Next Global Outbreak of Infectious Disease

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“Conspiracy theories tend to be particularly appealing to people who find the positive image of their self or in-group to be threatened”
― Steven Taylor, The Psychology of Pandemics: Preparing for the Next Global Outbreak of Infectious Disease

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“Conspiracy theories may also allow people to feel that they possess rare, important information that other people do not have, making them feel special and thus boosting their self-esteem.”
― Steven Taylor, The Psychology of Pandemics: Preparing for the Next Global Outbreak of Infectious Disease

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“John Steinbeck once said that socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.”
― Ronald Wright, A Short History of Progress

tags: american-dream, misattributed-to-john-steinbeck

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“Evidence suggests that the tendency to believe in conspiracy theories is driven by motives that can be characterized as epistemic (needing to understand one’s environment), existential (needing to feel safe and in control of one’s environment), and social (needing to maintain a positive image of oneself and one’s in-group) (Douglas et al., 2017).”
― Steven Taylor, The Psychology of Pandemics: Preparing for the Next Global Outbreak of Infectious Disease

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