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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. Lie. Myth. Hoax. What is “conspiracy”?. According to Wikipedia : - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Research Paper TopicPresentation
Chris Chia-hao Chianglin | Jun. 14
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Introduction
TOPIC:
Why Do People Believe in Conspiracies?
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What is “conspiracy”?
Conspiracy = Conspiracy theory
HoaxMyth
Lie
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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
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What is “conspiracy”?
Michael Shermer
With a documentary filmmaker
Exposing the conspiracy behind 9/11
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What is “conspiracy”? M: You mean the conspiracy by Osama
bin Laden and al Qaeda to attack the United States?
DF: That’s what they want you to believe. M: Who is they? DF: But didn’t Osama and some members
of al Qaeda not only say they did it? M: They gloated about what a glorious
triumph it was?
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What is “conspiracy”?
DF: Oh, you’re talking about that video of Osama.
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.
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What is “conspiracy”?
Disinformation:false information that is given deliberately, esp. by government organizations
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Relevant to the audience
Examples: JFK assassination Moon landing SARS 3-19 shooting incident …
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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.
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Research Question
QUESTION:
Why Do People Believe in Conspiracies?
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Supporting information
Conspiracy theories connect the dots of random events into meaningful patterns with intentional agency.
PatternicityAgenticity
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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
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Supporting information
Add to those propensities the confirmation bias and the hindsight bias, and we have the foundation for conspiratorial cognition.
Confirmation biasHindsight bias
↓A tendency to a particular kind of behavior
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Supporting informationConfirmation 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.
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Conclusion
“When something momentous happens, EVERYTHING leading up to and away from the events seems momentous, too.”
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References Conspiracy theory. (2011, June 10).
Retrieved from the Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conspiracy_theory#Study_of_conspiracism
Shermer, Michael. "Why People Believe in Conspiracies." Scientific American. Scientific American, Inc., 10 Sep. 2009. Web. 31 May 2011.
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