Conspiracy theorists/ Antivaxers tend not believe in science they tend to rely on intuition and may not understand science.
They may also have low levels of trust in science.
Conspiracy theorists tend to believe that truth is intuitive and political, and they also tend to require less evidence to form a judgment.
Conspiracy theorists do not use scientific methods, which involves testing ideas against logic and reasoning.
Trust in science
People who trust science are less likely to believe conspiracy theories.
Pseudoscience
Conspiracy theorists may incorporate elements of pseudoscience to attempt to legitimize the theories they believe in, such as scientific terms, data, and research.
Unusual experiences
People who have unusual experiences, such as delusions, magical beliefs, or hallucinations, may be more likely to believe conspiracy theories.
Conspiracy theories can have negative consequences, such as influencing people's response to preventive measures during a pandemic. They can also be linked to prejudice, witch hunts, wars, and genocides.
Conspiracy theorist tend to refuse to abandoned their initial beliefs system.
This frequently occurs in-spite of overwhelming evidence that would cause a more rational person to abandon their initial thought process.
When confronted with the obvious shortcomings of their theory they often just launch into yet another unsubstantiated theory as a form of narcissistic projection and focal point deflection.
interesting post .........Many people have a hard time dealing with distant, complex and invisible causes, because from our experience, we are only familiar with everyday causes in our vicinity occurring to medium-sized objects, like persons, cars and vases. The most salient causes we know from experience are human agents, or more precisely, their actions. This is probably the reason why the ancient Greeks regarded Zeus as the one who threw lightning bolts and why members of many ethnic religions still blame demons and witches for inexplicable happenings, for example for their house collapsing or for their child getting sick (Boyer 2001).
Conspiracy theories employ similar reasoning by making a small group of agents responsible for the suffering of the world: the CIA, the Freemasons, the Zionists, or simply “the elites“. For them, agent causation is closer to home than introducing complex and abstract explanations that take into account multiple events as well as the dispositions and powers of the objects that appear in those events.
especially given your posts
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A Japanese study that shows your likelihood of contracting Covid increases with each Covid vaccination received.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39803093/
BOMBSHELL, Peer-Reviewed Autism/Vaccine Study Draws Disturbing Conclusion
The pro-vaxx propagandists are going to have a hell of a time “debunking” this one.
The result was a shocking, if not surprising, 4.4-fold higher rate of autism among children with 11 or more vaxx visits to the state Vs those with none.
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2025-01-27/bombshell-peer-reviewed-autismvaccine-study-draws-disturbing-conclusions
Political correctness: a doctrine which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd from the clean end.
Millions played Russian roulette with vaccinations for 100% zero good reasons.
Political correctness: a doctrine which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd from the clean end.
The researchers found that 63% of heavy lifetime cannabis users exhibited reduced brain activity during a working memory task, while 68% of recent users also demonstrated a similar impact.
In a double-blind, randomized, cross-over study of adults who use cannabis regularly, researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital assessed participants’ brain activity under the influence of THC (the main psychoactive component in cannabis) versus placebo.
Compared with placebo, THC led to reduced connections and activity within the brain’s prefrontal cortex, a region important for decision-making and self-control.
THC was also associated with connectivity changes that could impair the brain from efficiently adapting or reconfiguring to changing stimuli. Cannabis use has been shown to impair cognitive functions on a number of levels—from basic motor coordination to more complex executive function tasks, such as the ability to plan, organize, solve problems, make decisions, remember, and control emotions and behavior.
It is also not currently known whether there is a safe threshold for cannabis use.
In this study, researchers looked at data from 15,896 participants in the UK Biobank study who had undergone a brain imaging (MRI) scan. 3,641 of the participants reported ever using cannabis and 12,225 participants had never used cannabis.
The level of cannabis use among the participants who had reported ever using it varied from once to twice to more than 100 times. These participants were further divided into low frequency users, defined as lifetime cannabis use of up to ten times, and high frequency users defined as lifetime use of 11–100+ times.
Key findings:
In the observational analysis, cannabis use was associated with multiple measures of changes in brain structure and function;
Participants who had used cannabis had poorer white matter integrity, a part of the brain that is important for cognitive function;
Neither the duration of cannabis abstinence nor the frequency of cannabis use were associated with any of the observed findings in brain structure and function. There were also no differences between the low and high frequency of consumption groups;
Most associations were observed in functional connectivity among the men; in women, associations were primarily seen in white matter integrity, suggesting that cannabis use affects men and women differently;
In the genetic analyses, there were no significant associations between genetically predicted cannabis dependence/abuse or lifetime cannabis use with neurocognitive decline and brain structure and function.
Cannabis use can impair brain function and mental decline in a number of ways, including memory, learning, and decision-making. The effects can vary depending on how much, how often, and how long someone uses cannabis.
How cannabis use affects the brain
Cognitive function
Cannabis can impair basic motor skills and more complex tasks like planning, problem solving, and decision making.
Brain development
Cannabis can affect brain development, especially in the parts of the brain that control learning, memory, and attention.
White matter neurodegeneration
Heavy cannabis use in adolescence may lead to white matter neurodegeneration in the frontal lobe and hippocampus.
How cannabis use affects mental decline
Working memory
Regular, heavy cannabis use in adolescence can negatively affect working memory.
Academic functioning
Regular, heavy cannabis use in adolescence can negatively affect academic functioning.
Neuropsychological decline
Persistent cannabis users can show neuropsychological decline in executive functions, memory, and other areas.
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