Did you read the article? You are demonstrating the idea... “Conspiracy theories are also
a way for people to give context and meaning to events that frighten them. Without a coherent explanation for why terrible things happen to innocent people, they would have to accept such occurrences as nothing more than
the random cruelty either of an uncaring universe or an incomprehensible deity.”
“People believe conspiracy theories because it is psychologically easier
to believe a singular and unlikely narrative rather than engage in a hard and complicated reality where your own long-term participation is needed.”
In a weird way, the idea of a secret cabal of powerful men and women pulling the strings on international events (like assassinations, pandemics, terrorist attacks, world wars, etc.) is somewhat comforting because at least it implies
someone is in control of all this madness.
[Conspiracy] theories also appeal to
a strong streak of narcissism: there are people who would choose to believe in
complicated nonsense rather than accept that their own circumstances are incomprehensible, the result of issues beyond their intellectual capacity to understand, or even their own fault.”
Conspiracy theories make us feel special, This was a very seductive hook. And it’s one of the reasons conspiracy theories are more likely to
spread among people with lower levels of education. But that doesn’t mean people who are higher educated are immune to their allure
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