90% of Americans believe at least one conspiracy theory

DaveXA said

Holy sheet. That's pretty terrible. When you have a large percentage of the population who can't tell myth from fact, you got issues. It's getting worse here in the US as well. Too many would rather believe a lie than accept the truth.

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Twain has dozens of truth v lie quips (or does he?!?)

The most accessible parts of our brain evolved (or did they?!?) for efficiency- a little bit of information spurring to action
Lies are effective bc they’re convenient

But conspiracies are a bit different- their appeal seems more dependent on how complicated they are and only certain people are able to parse the riddle