Study: Conspiracy theories could be the result of how humans handle probabilities. The study, published in the journal Applied Cognitive Psychology, suggests conspiratorial thinking is the consequence of a general cognitive bias associated with low probabilities.

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Study: Conspiracy theories could be the result of how humans handle probabilities. The study, published in the journal Applied Cognitive Psychology, suggests conspiratorial thinking is the consequence of a general cognitive bias associated with low probabilities.