Kev ntseeg nyob rau hauv Conspiracy Theories tsis tau nce, Kawm sib cav

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Kev nce ntawm QAnon, kev ntseeg dav dav hauv Covid-19 cov ntaub ntawv tsis raug thiab cov lus tsis tseeb ntawm kev xaiv tsa kev dag ntxias tau ua rau muaj kev txhawj xeeb tias cov neeg Asmeskas tsis muaj kev sib koom ua ke ntawm kev muaj tiag, tab sis kev ntseeg hauv kev koom tes txoj kev xav tsis tau nce ntxiv rau lub sijhawm, raws li kev tshawb fawb. luam tawm Hnub Wednesday hauv PLOS ONE.

Cov Lus Tseem Ceeb

Cov ntaub ntawv tshawb fawb, los ntawm cov kws tshawb fawb txog nom tswv hauv University of Miami, University of Louisville thiab University of Nottingham, uas suav nrog cov ntaub ntawv los ntawm xya lub tebchaws thiab kev tshuaj xyuas ntawm ntau yam kev tawm tswv yim rau pej xeem hauv 50 xyoo dhau los, pom tsuas yog "cov pov thawj tsis txaus" tias kev ntseeg nyob rau hauv kev sib koom tes theories tau nce ntxiv nyob rau lub sijhawm.

Cov kws tshawb fawb tau soj ntsuam cov neeg Asmeskas siv cov lus nug los ntawm kev xaiv tsa rov qab mus rau xyoo 1966 txog kev ntseeg hauv 46 txoj kev koom ua ke xws li cov ntaub ntawv tsis raug txog AIDS rau UFOs - lawv pom kev ntseeg hauv xya nce thaum poob hauv 17 thiab tseem tsis tau hloov pauv hauv 22.

Cov kws tshawb fawb kuj tau tshawb fawb online nrog YouGov ntawm cov neeg nyob hauv rau 2016 lub tebchaws nyob sab Europe xyoo 2018 thiab 35, pom tias kev ntseeg tseem zoo li qub lossis txo qis rau feem ntau ntawm XNUMX txoj kev koom ua ke, suav nrog kev sib cuag neeg txawv teb chaws lossis lub ntiaj teb ua kom sov "dag."

Hauv lwm cov kev tshawb fawb hauv Teb Chaws Asmeskas thaum xyoo 2012 thiab 2020 tshuaj xyuas kev ntseeg txog cov pab pawg twg tau koom nrog "tawm tsam peb," cov kws tshawb fawb pom tias muaj kev sib koom siab me ntsis ntawm cov pab pawg xws li Freemasons lossis Democrats, tab sis nco ntsoov qhov kev nce ntxiv yog sib npaug. los ntawm kev txo qis kev koom tes rau cov koom haum, cov koom haum thoob ntiaj teb thiab cov koom haum.

Cov kws tshawb fawb tseem tau tshawb fawb txog cov neeg laus Asmeskas ntawm xyoo 2012 thiab 2021 txhawm rau ntsuas qhov kev xav dav dav los piav qhia cov xwm txheej nrog kev koom tes nrog kev xav los ntawm kev nug cov lus nug xws li "Peb lub neej feem ntau raug tswj los ntawm cov phiaj xwm hatched hauv qhov chaw zais cia," nrhiav tsis muaj kev sib koom siab ntxiv rau lub sijhawm. .

Txawm li cas los xij, cov kws tshawb fawb tau sau tseg tias theem pib ntawm kev sib koom ua ke hauv zej zog yog "kev txhawj xeeb," thiab xav tau kev ua haujlwm ntau dua sab nraud ntawm Asmeskas txhawm rau ntsuas lawv qhov kev xav.

Kev Nkag Siab Hais

"Txawm hais tias muaj kev thov nrov txog Asmeskas poob qis qhov kev koom ua ke txoj kev xav luav lub qhov rau hauv lub xeev tom qab qhov tseeb, peb tsis pom tias kev sib koom siab tau nce zuj zus ntxiv mus. Peb tshuaj xyuas kev ntseeg nyob rau hauv kaum ob ntawm kev koom ua ke theories, kev nkag siab ntawm leej twg yuav muaj feem cuam tshuam nrog kev koom ua ke theories, thiab qhov kev xav dav dav los txhais cov xwm txheej thiab xwm txheej raws li cov khoom ntawm kev koom tes theories - - tsis muaj qhov xwm txheej peb saib qhov nruab nrab ntawm kev koom ua ke. kev ntseeg, ”said Adam Enders, kawm coauthor thiab xib fwb ntawm nom tswv science ntawm University of Louisville.

Tus Keeb Kwm Tseem Ceeb

Txoj kev tshawb no khiav tawm tsam cov kev txawj ntse: raws li 2021 Quinnipiac University pov npav, 73% ntawm cov neeg Amelikas ntseeg tias kev koom ua ke theories yog "tsis muaj kev tswj hwm," thaum a 2018 CBS poll pom tias 59% ntawm cov neeg teb tau pom zoo tias tib neeg muaj feem yuav ntseeg kev koom tes theories piv rau 25 xyoo dhau los. Hauv 2021, Enders thiab lwm cov kws tshawb fawb tau luam tawm zoo ib yam kev tshawb pom Nyob rau hauv phau ntawv Journal of Politics uas qhia tau hais tias kev txhawb nqa rau txoj cai QAnon kev koom tes txoj kev xav tseem "meager thiab nyob twj ywm" txawm tias muaj zog hauv online, thiab uas khi kev txhawb nqa rau QAnon rau ib tus neeg qhia txog "tsaus" yam zoo li Machiavellianism thiab narcissism es tsis txhob koom nrog. nyiam.

Dab Tsi Peb Tsis Paub

Tsis muaj kev xav txog kev pov npav txog kev sib koom siab yav dhau los. Cov kws sau ntawv sau tseg tias lawv qhov kev tshawb fawb xyoo 2012 yog qhov kev paub ntxov tshaj plaws ntawm kev sib koom ua ke kev xav ntawm lub teb chaws. Dartmouth College tus kws tshawb fawb txog kev nom kev tswv Brendan Nyhan tau sau email rau Forbes tias cov kws tshawb fawb raug txwv los ntawm cov ntaub ntawv keeb kwm ntawm kev xaiv tsa ntawm lub ncauj lus no, ntxiv tias qhov kev tshawb fawb tshiab hauv kev tshawb fawb niaj hnub no yog "ua kom yuam kev."