An intentionally controversial study of conspiracy theorists and their beliefs on cancer has sparked a heated debate on Twitter, but the authors say the interactions on social media prove their point.
In this current age of mass misinformation and disinformation on the internet, a tongue-in-cheek study that evaluated beliefs and attitudes toward cancer among conspiracy theorists and people who oppose vaccinations has received some harsh criticism.
Almost half of survey participants agreed with the statement,"It seems like everything causes cancer." "Most comments focused on spreading COVID-19 myths, which were not the direct subject of the study, and questioned the motivations ofauthors and the scientific community, assuming they had a common malevolent hidden agenda," Costas said.
Across the multiple forums, there were 1494 participants. Of these, 209 participants were unvaccinated against COVID-19, 112 preferred alternatives rather than conventional medicine, and 62 reported that they believed the earth was flat or believed that humanoids take reptilian forms to manipulate human societies.
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