Quotes About Conspiracy

Conspiracy theories are resistant to falsification in that they postulate that conspirators use stealth and disinformation to cover up their actions, which implies that people who try to debunk conspiracy theories may, themselves, be part of the conspiracy (Douglas et al., 2017).

Evidence suggests that the tendency to believe in conspiracy theories is driven by motives that can be characterized as epistemic (needing to understand one's environment), existential (needing to feel safe and in control of one's environment), and social (needing to maintain a positive image of oneself and one's in-group) (Douglas et al., 2017).

Conspiracy theories may also allow people to feel that they possess rare, important information that other people do not have, making them feel special and thus boosting their self-esteem.

Ethnic minority groups and HCWs will likely be targets of discrimination. We will see a proliferation of conspiracy theories. Someone or some organization or agency will be blamed, rightly or wrongly. The news media will sensationalize the pandemic, despite admonishments to engage in more balanced reporting. Unfounded rumors and fake news will spread rapidly throughout the Internet. Heath authorities will struggle to contain rumors and to debunk conspiracy theories.

Overall, the research suggests that conspiracy theories appeal to people who seek accuracy or meaning about personally important issues, but lack the cognitive resources or have other problems that prevent them from finding the answers to questions by more rational means

Perhaps the conspiracy existed only because I had invented it. Perhaps I should forget about it now.

Our race is famous for its cabals within cabals.

Daniel was in danger, he was sure of it, and Othman was involved.

To this point, I had not realised how deadly Mallory could be, and even believed her hand was not behind these events. I realised I must be wrong. Some of Mallory's creatures were among the delegations to Mewt.

There are schemes within schemes within schemes.

Trump's Deep State is just a variation of Joe McCarthy's mythical Communists infesting the State Department, the "enemies within.

Could the garment and appliance industries be in cahoots together, creating an artificial sock demand to keep us buying?

It's okay to take the food out of the mouths of the citizens from a government that's plotting an attack directly on American soil.

Barack Obama could solve this problem and get the birthers to back off... by showing his long form birth certificate.

the mystery of death is why it chooses a particular moment. With no earthly answer, coincidence can become conspiracy.

If you doubt for a moment that there is a "vast, right-wing conspiracy" in this country, you must be living on another planet.74

Under the assumption that it would attract less attention than a BIC language, the conspirators conducted telephone conversations in English--broken English, to be exact, with one tense, no articles, and two pronunciations, both wrong(129).

The deniers did not decide that climate change is a left-wing conspiracy by uncovering some covert socialist plot. They arrived at this analysis by taking a hard look at what it would take to lower global emissions as drastically and as rapidly as climate science demands.

I am often called a "conspiracy theorist." The reason is simple. Unlike all but a very few other journalists or nonfiction writers, I've been a political consultant to a presidential campaign and advisor to a vice president. And as a result of those experiences, I know how the powerful react in a crisis — especially when their self-interest is involved.

El espectro de asesinatos, luchas y conspiraciones llevaba años corroyendo el alma de la ciudad, pero aun así, muchos querían creer que la guerra seguía lejos, que era un temporal que pasaría de largo.

Did he think Brendan planned to snatch the laptop and throw it down a crevasse in a glacier?

Lefèvre! I'll bet they're one and the

The same night that Dr. Pitt, the cipher stone, and the keys disappeared, the Tinos vanished.

There was no question now but that her father had been drugged, then kidnaped!