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Originally Posted by Cowperson
Conspiracy theorists are, with great irony, among the most gullible and easily-led-by-the-nose people in our world.
They are, in fact, the real "Sheeple."
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The one guy I know in real life that's very much a CTer is exactly like this, will buy anything as long as it comes from infowars or WND or confirms some preexisting bias.
A very common pattern was "Well I don't know much about x but I believe..."
So much of what he said was textbook examples of cognitive biases. I agree with Thor, there really should be some more explicit portions in school to equip people to defend themselves.