A recent study takes a closer look at what’s happening in the human mind when we really want to believe something.

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I get asked that question a lot. Over the last few years, I’ve spoken to hundreds — possibly thousands — of Americans whose lives have become consumed by conspiracy theories. It’s easy, perhaps ...

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As I said, conspiracy theories are IQ tests, and far too many people are failing. But we ought to define our terms. A "conspiracy theory" is a conjecture about a plot in which a large group of people ...