When someone falls down a conspiracy rabbit hole, there are very few proved ways to pull them out, according to a new analysis.
The study is a review of research on attempts to counteract conspiratorial thinking, and it finds that common strategies that involve counterarguments and fact-checking largely fail to change people’s beliefs.
Most methods for squashing conspiracy theories don't work, study finds. Here's what does.
Debunking conspiracy theories with counterarguments is often a fruitless effort — but according to a new scientific review, there may be alternative strategies that can successfully fend off conspiratorial beliefs.
Having already grown over the past 10 years, interest in conspiracy theories skyrocketed during the pandemic, when failure to comply with public health recommendations was sometimes associated with conspiracy beliefs (opens in new tab) .
We don't have any viable way of countering conspiracy theories | New Scientist
The vast majority of methods for quashing belief in conspiracy theories have little or no effect and the ones that do work are impractical. That is the conclusion of a review of 25 studies assessing various methods of tackling unfounded beliefs in secret plots.
Conspiracy theories, such as the untrue belief that coronavirus vaccines are a way to implant microchips, can affect people’s health or lead to antisocial behaviour, says Cian O'Mahony at University College Cork in Ireland.
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