Why Conspiracy Theories?

[hmg]

There was that website that offhandedly predicted a UK population of 15 million not too long from now, and said it would be due to mass suicide...can't remember the site(!) but it was otherwise involved in military forecasting.

Deagel

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[william_kent]

Second order quadratic latent growth curve model showing that the initial level (intercept) of loneliness, as well as the trajectory (linear slope) of loneliness over five waves are associated with higher endorsement of a conspiracy worldview in midlife.

Standardized path coefficients, 95% confidence intervals and exact p-values are presented. Loneliness 1–3 and Conspiracy 1–5 denote the observed indicators (items) used to measure, respectively, loneliness and conspiracy worldview. T1–T5 denote five timepoints at which loneliness was measured. Measurement models of loneliness are displayed in light blue, second order latent constructs of the growth model of loneliness are displayed in dark blue, and the measurement model of conspiracy beliefs in pink. All correlations between the intercept and slopes, as well as correlations of residuals of equivalent items measuring loneliness at different timepoints, were also estimated but are not visualized for model readability. All p-values are two-tailed and based on the z statistic. Since the analysis is a latent growth curve model with one outcome, adjustments for multiple comparisons are not applicable. See Table 1 for detailed model estimates.

Loneliness trajectories over three decades are associated with conspiracist worldviews in midlife

 

[mixed_biscuits]

Second order quadratic latent growth curve model showing that the initial level (intercept) of loneliness, as well as the trajectory (linear slope) of loneliness over five waves are associated with higher endorsement of a conspiracy worldview in midlife.

Loneliness trajectories over three decades are associated with conspiracist worldviews in midlife

Distance brings objectivity

 

[Mr. Tea]

Distance brings objectivity

 

[mixed_biscuits]

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You'll never be alone with that Biscuits co-dependency thing you've got. You made a grand show of putting me on ignore and it's lasted all of 2 days.

 

[Corpsey]

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[Corpsey]

 

[Murphy]

 

[mixed_biscuits]

Is that Neil Lenin?

 

[Mr. Tea]

"80-year-old has baggy skin and is therefore an actor in a rubber mask" ranks up there with the conspiracy theory I saw someone plugging (with apparently total earnestness) on Facebook once, that the man we call 'Vladimir Putin' today is in fact an actor who at some point replaced the real Putin. The evidence for this is plain for all to see, in that Putin looks a bit different from how he looked 20-odd years ago.

 

[hmg]

 

[Corpsey]

Putin does look extra different cos of the botox and plutonium injections

He looks a bit like a cat and has super strength and laser vision

 

[hmg]

It is interesting how mortally ill he looked as the Ukraine offensive stalled back in 2022. He seems much better now.

 

[Corpsey]

 

[Mr. Tea]

Is anyone else sick of X posts not showing up as previews, so that you actually have to click to see what it is?

 

[Corpsey]

I'm sick of posting them and then seeing they're just previews yes

Might be a technical issue now that its being run by a maniac

 

[wg-]

You need to change x to twitter in the url

 

[Corpsey]

AHH NICE ONE

 

[Mr. Tea]

Might be a technical issue now that its being run by a maniac

It's probably Them trying to stop you dropping your conspiracy-busting truth-bombs on our sleepy heads!!!

 

[Murphy]