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Staffordshire University: Spitefulness Linked to Belief in Conspiracy Theories
March 05, 2025
STOKE-ON-TRENT, England, March 5 -- Staffordshire University issued the following news:

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Spitefulness linked to belief in conspiracy theories

Why do people believe in conspiracy theories? New research has highlighted an important factor, spite.

Conspiracy theories - alternative explanations for major events that reject well-evidenced explanations in favour of implausible, illogical, or fantastical secret plots - have surged in popularity, . . .

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