“New studies: ‘Conspiracy theorists’ sane; government dupes crazy, hostile”

[araucaria]

According to mainstream academic studies, so-called conspiracy theorists are winning the information war in terms both of numbers and persuasiveness:

“New studies: ‘Conspiracy theorists’ sane; government dupes crazy, hostile”
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2013/07/12/313399/conspiracy-theorists-vs-govt-dupes/

Here is an abstract of the paper
http://www.frontiersin.org/personality_science_and_individual_differences/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00409/abstract

I was referred to this by a reader of the following article on the death of David Kelly in a thread that amply demonstrates the point:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/foul-play-vs-suicide-ten-years-on-the-row-still-rages-over-the-death-of-dr-david-kelly-8707517.html?origin=internalSearch

See also:
http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/07/14/last-whimper-of-a-conspiracy-theory/

[Ultima Thule]

Dammit, now I have to find a new out-there group who are still being regarded honorably as lunatics.
UT

[naste.de.lumina]

Dammit, now I have to find a new out-there group who are still being regarded honorably as lunatics.
UT

NYT :rapture:

[Tesla_WTC_Solution]

I wish it actually meant that people care more.. lol

[araucaria]

I wish it actually meant that people care more.. lol

I think it means that people have always cared, perhaps more than one realized, but only now have the opportunity to be more vocal about their feelings. Removing the stigma of 'conspiracy theory' facilitates acceptance, including by oneself, of no longer outlandish ideas.

[EYES WIDE OPEN]

Full text:

http://www.frontiersin.org/Personality_Science_and_Individual_Differences/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00409/full

[sigma6]

I don't understand how people can not feel compelled to ask questions... I remember watching an old Batman episode, the original with Adam West. And I thought wow, what the heck was I thinking when I was 5 years old!?... LOL... This guy is so gay, and those leotards... I certainly didn't question it, Batman was my hero. My god. He could do no wrong. He could not be questioned, nor his leotards or his mannerisms or his car. Is it possible people can grow into adulthood and never break out of that...?

[TargeT]

Is it possible people can grow into adulthood and never break out of that...?

It's possible, but it takes a LOT of effort.

First you have to sedate & appease the masses: Sugar & Grain based foods have done that (fluoride etc.. as well)

You have to give them highly involving entertainment: TV, Drugs (Legal is best, they are mostly opiate basted & quickly become physically addictive & brain numbing) Sports, Celebrity

You have to shape the way they think right away: Mandatory school starting at a young age, COVERED!

There are so many factors, I think you see where I'm going; society has created the couch-potato-debt-slave & the control structure loves it.

This didn't happen over night, it wouldn't work if it had.

[donk]

Nice post target

I find that asking questions makes me feel insane, add that to your societal checklist--they've done a damn fine job at that

[Jean-Luc]

A critical look at Kevin Barret's article by one of the coauthor of the original paper :


Setting the record straight on Wood & Douglas, 2013
Posted on July 13, 2013 by Mike Wood

Our recently published Frontiers study on online communication, “What about Building 7?” A social psychological study of online discussion of 9/11 conspiracy theories, has been the subject of some chatter on the Internet – but not quite in the way I had hoped. A story by Kevin Barrett on PressTV.ir has interpreted the study as showing that conspiracists are “more sane” than conventionalists, and, given that this is an appealing headline for long-suffering conspiracists, has been copy-pasted around the Internet in a highly uncritical fashion. I’m often guilty of this too – reading the headline and moving on – because who has the time to read every original source of every news story? In this case, of course, the paper says nothing of the sort and the article’s conclusions are based on misrepresentations of several critical findings.

How on earth did Barrett get the idea that the study makes some judgement that conspiracists are more well-adjusted than conventionalists?


http://conspiracypsych.com/2013/07/13/setting-the-record-straight-on-wood-douglas-2013/

[ghostrider]

I kinda prefer they think I'm crazy ...cause I am ... If the ptb think I'm sane I might end up on a drone hit list , ha ha ... I've use a saying that drives some people nuts... smart people act stupid ... One lady I said that to couldn't get it , she argued , and I let her vent on me ... if we are playing poker or chess , do you brag how good you are at cards or chess ??? Do you show your Ace's ??? or do you give the look that you hold nothing ??? being underestimated is an advantage , before the game begins I'm already one step ahead ...like the animal that appears wounded only to draw the prey in closer ...

[araucaria]

A critical look at Kevin Barret's article by one of the coauthor of the original paper :


Setting the record straight on Wood & Douglas, 2013
Posted on July 13, 2013 by Mike Wood

Our recently published Frontiers study on online communication, “What about Building 7?” A social psychological study of online discussion of 9/11 conspiracy theories, has been the subject of some chatter on the Internet – but not quite in the way I had hoped. A story by Kevin Barrett on PressTV.ir has interpreted the study as showing that conspiracists are “more sane” than conventionalists, and, given that this is an appealing headline for long-suffering conspiracists, has been copy-pasted around the Internet in a highly uncritical fashion. I’m often guilty of this too – reading the headline and moving on – because who has the time to read every original source of every news story? In this case, of course, the paper says nothing of the sort and the article’s conclusions are based on misrepresentations of several critical findings.

How on earth did Barrett get the idea that the study makes some judgement that conspiracists are more well-adjusted than conventionalists?


http://conspiracypsych.com/2013/07/13/setting-the-record-straight-on-wood-douglas-2013/

Yes,I noticed that when Eyes Wide Open posted the full paper. Nonetheless, the fact that such a distortion should be headlined in a mainstream paper, where one wouldn't expect total accuracy anyway, is an interesting development. While somewhat misrepresenting the paper, it is possibly a more accurate assessment of the posting in the above-quoted threads at least.

[araucaria]

I kinda prefer they think I'm crazy ...cause I am ... If the ptb think I'm sane I might end up on a drone hit list , ha ha ... I've use a saying that drives some people nuts... smart people act stupid ... One lady I said that to couldn't get it , she argued , and I let her vent on me ... if we are playing poker or chess , do you brag how good you are at cards or chess ??? Do you show your Ace's ??? or do you give the look that you hold nothing ??? being underestimated is an advantage , before the game begins I'm already one step ahead ...like the animal that appears wounded only to draw the prey in closer ...

Ghostrider, I agree, you are definitely a complete nutter: happy now? :)

Keep your cards close to your chest, and just pretend you've got the sheeple card.