Why People Believe in Conspiracy Theories

Understanding the psychology of Conspiracy Theories

Jairam R Prabhu
11 min readMay 6, 2023

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Popularly known conspiracy theories in this world are that 9/11 is an inside job, Barack Obama wasn’t born in the USA, Vaccines cause autism, Jews let down Germany in 1914 in WW1, and Jews brought communism to Russia. One big conspiracy theory that perhaps changed history was Iraq had WMD, which brought down Saddam Hussein and also created various militant and terrorist groups like ISIS.

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Jairam R Prabhu
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