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Intelligence doesn’t make you immune to conspiracy theories – it’s more about thinking style
(theconversation.com)
this post was submitted on 30 Jan 2024
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Im too lazy to find the statistic but im pretty sure the likelihood of joining a cult increases with intelligence. And cultic and conspiratorial thinking ain’t that dissimilar
Higher intelligence increases your ability to rationalize anything to yourself, and I think some people are less aware of the influence of various cognitive biases on their judgement.
Fairly unintuitive rabbit hole.. leading into a network of warrens.