Intelligence doesn’t make you immune to conspiracy theories – it’s more about thinking style (theconversation.com)

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[-] cmbabul@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

Im too lazy to find the statistic but im pretty sure the likelihood of joining a cult increases with intelligence. And cultic and conspiratorial thinking ain’t that dissimilar

[-] neurogenesis@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 9 months ago

Higher intelligence increases your ability to rationalize anything to yourself, and I think some people are less aware of the influence of various cognitive biases on their judgement.

Fairly unintuitive rabbit hole.. leading into a network of warrens.

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