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Research Paper Topic Presentation Chris Chia-hao Chianglin | Jun. 14

Introduction  TOPIC: Why Do People Believe in Conspiracies?

What is “conspiracy”? Conspiracy = Conspiracy theory Hoax Myth Lie

What is “conspiracy”?  According to Wikipedia: “A conspiracy theory explains a historical or current event as a result of a secret plot by exceptionally powerful and cunning conspirators to achieve a malevolent end.” Malevolent: having or showing a desire to harm other people

What is “conspiracy”?  Michael Shermer  With a documentary filmmaker  Exposing the conspiracy behind 9/11

What is “conspiracy”?  M:  M: You mean the conspiracy by Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda to attack the United States?  DF:  DF: That’s what they want you to believe.  M:  M: Who is they?  DF:  DF: But didn’t Osama and some members of al Qaeda not only say they did it?  M:  M: They gloated about what a glorious triumph it was?

What is “conspiracy”?  DF:  DF: Oh, you’re talking about that video of Osama.  M:  M: That was faked by the CIA and leaked to the American press to mislead us. There has been a disinformation campaign going on ever since 9/11.

What is “conspiracy”?  Disinformation:  false information that is given deliberately, esp. by government organizations

Relevant to the audience  Examples:  JFK assassination  Moon landing  SARS  3-19 shooting incident ……

Relevant to the audience  By realizing how do we/people believe in conspiracies, we may be more conscious, before we choose to believe in conspiracies, of what is going on in our mind and then make judgments.

Research Question  QUESTION: Why Do People Believe in Conspiracies?

Supporting information patterns agency  Conspiracy theories connect the dots of random events into meaningful patterns with intentional agency.  Patternicity  Agenticity

Supporting information  Patternicity  the tendency to find meaningful patterns in random noise  Agenticity  the bent to believe the world is controlled by invisible intentional agents

Supporting information confirmation biashindsight bias  Add to those propensities the confirmation bias and the hindsight bias, and we have the foundation for conspiratorial cognition.  Confirmation bias  Hindsight bias ↓ A tendency to a particular kind of behavior

Supporting information  Confirmation bias  seeks and finds confirmatory evidence for what we already believe  Hindsight bias  tailors after-the-fact explanations to what we already know happened Tailor: make or adapt sth for a particular purpose.

Conclusion  “When something momentous happens, EVERYTHING leading up to and away from the events seems momentous, too.”

References  Conspiracy theory. (2011, June 10). Retrieved from the Wikipedia: ry#Study_of_conspiracism  Shermer, Michael. "Why People Believe in Conspiracies." Scientific American. Scientific American, Inc., 10 Sep Web. 31 May 2011.