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themurphy@lemmy.ml 2 weeks agoIt actually matches a specific personality type, and is sometimes not even related to general intelligence.
Some of these people are choosing dumb, and are not born with it.
TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 1 week ago
Seems to be an emotional/psychological thing. People end up in conspiracy circles for a variety of reasons, and stupidity isn’t the dominant one. Some psychologists speak of subclnical psychosis, paranoid ideation etc. if you have those kinds of symptoms, conspiratorial thinking begins to seem increasingly appealing.