Conspiracy theories | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 27/12/2018

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conspiracy_theory


00:01:01 1 Etymology and definition
00:03:14 2 Examples
00:04:03 3 Popularity
00:05:24 4 Types of conspiracy theory
00:05:34 4.1 Walker's five kinds
00:06:35 4.2 Barkun's three types
00:08:01 4.3 Rothbard: shallow vs. deep
00:08:54 5 Evidence vs. conspiracy theory
00:10:30 6 Conspiracism as a world view
00:12:29 6.1 Middle East
00:13:31 6.2 United States
00:15:49 7 Psychological interpretations
00:16:37 7.1 The attractions of conspiracy theory
00:20:08 7.2 Psychological origins
00:20:40 7.2.1 Projection
00:22:40 8 Sociological interpretations
00:23:58 8.1 Influence of critical theory
00:26:19 8.2 Fusion paranoia
00:27:29 9 Viability of conspiracies
00:28:51 10 Political use
00:30:41 11 See also



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A conspiracy theory is an explanation of an event or situation that invokes a conspiracy—generally one involving an illegal or harmful act supposedly carried out by government or other powerful actors—without credible evidence.
According to the political scientist Michael Barkun, conspiracy theories rely on the view that the universe is governed by design, and embody three principles: nothing happens by accident, nothing is as it seems, and everything is connected. Another common feature is that conspiracy theories evolve to incorporate whatever evidence exists against them, so that they become, as Barkun writes, a closed system that is unfalsifiable, and therefore "a matter of faith rather than proof".On a psychological level, studies show Machiavellianism and paranoia are highly correlated with conspiratorial thinking.