Conspiracy beliefs and science rejection

Conspiracy beliefs and science rejection - ScienceDirect.com

While the first can be conceived as generalized tendencies contributing to science rejection, the latter is an integral part of it – scientific evidence is ...

Conspiracy beliefs and science rejection - PubMed

We review recent work on the relationship between science rejection and conspiracy beliefs. We distinguish between conspiracy beliefs about science ...

Conspiracy beliefs and science rejection - Research Explorer

Science rejection, Conspiracy beliefs, Scientist stereotypes, Vaccina- tion, Climate change, GMOs. There seems to be an increasing gulf ...

How Conspiracy Theorists Get the Scientific Method Wrong

Conspiracy theories often incorporate elements from pseudoscience, for instance by employing scientific terms or referring to data, research, sources and ...

“I Did My Own Research”: Overconfidence, (Dis)trust in Science, and ...

Epistemically suspect beliefs, such as endorsement of conspiracy theories or pseudoscientific claims, are widespread even among highly ...

Conspiracy beliefs and science rejection - VU Research Portal

We distinguish between conspiracy beliefs about science specifically and the link between general conspiracist worldviews and science rejection.

Conspiracy beliefs and science rejection | Request PDF

... Believing in conspiracy theories is associated with the rejection of science and the scientific way of thinking (51) . This is also ...

Associations between conspiracism and the rejection of scientific ...

We suggest such science-based technological innovations are rejected by some because they are perceived to be advanced as part of a conspiracy.

When Science Becomes Embroiled in Conflict - PubMed Central

These conflicts frequently play out through systematic dissemination of disinformation or the spreading of conspiracy theories, which may ...

Conspiracy Theories Can Be Undermined with These Strategies ...

The study is a review of research on attempts to counteract conspiratorial thinking, and it finds that common strategies that involve ...

13 Don't Trust the Scientists! Rejecting the Scientific Consensus ...

Individuals' patterns of beliefs seem to imply that they view scientific evidence they dislike as the result of a conspiracy. Keywords: conspiracy theory, ...

The hotly contested link between science denial and conspiracy ...

In 2013, the University of Bristol psychologist Stephan Lewandowsky and colleagues published two papers containing a provocative claim: A ...

Validating Conspiracy Beliefs and Effectively Communicating ...

A central challenge to effectively communicating scientific consensus is that people often reject information counter to their prior beliefs.

Durably reducing conspiracy beliefs through dialogues with AI

Prominent psychological theories propose that many people want to adopt conspiracy theories (to satisfy underlying psychic “needs” or ...

Shining a spotlight on the dangerous consequences of conspiracy ...

In examining the unique prediction of facets of general conspiracy belief on the rejection of scientific innovations, Marques et al. [43] found evidence for the ...

Conspiracy vs. Science: A Survey of U.S. Public Beliefs

In this brief, author Lawrence Hamilton reports the results of a nationwide U.S. survey that asked respondents whether they agreed, ...

Rejection of the status quo: Conspiracy theories and preference for ...

Overall, our findings suggest that people who believe in conspiracy theories tend to favour both democratic and anti-democratic political ...

There's a psychological link between conspiracy theories and ...

There is growing evidence that indulging in conspiracy theories predisposes people to reject scientific findings, from climate change to ...

The Role of Conspiracist Ideation and Worldviews in Predicting ...

There are also growing indications that rejection of science is suffused by conspiracist ideation, that is the general tendency to endorse conspiracy theories ...

Don't Trust the Scientists! Rejecting the Scientific Consensus ...

Individuals' patterns of beliefs seem to imply that they view scientific evidence they dislike as the result of a conspiracy. Keywords: conspiracy theory, ...