🔄FROM THE ARCHIVE: Large-scale crises can put a damper on critical thinking skills.
Protesters outside the Ontario Legislative Building in Toronto, May 3, 2020, protest the COVID-19 shutdown. Since COVID-19 lockdowns descended, people’s longings for haircuts, child care and adult interaction have steadily grown. But there’s one thing for which our appetite seems even more insatiable: conspiracy theories.video, which argues that shadowy forces manipulated the virus to control people.
“There’s good evidence that conspiracy theories flourish during times of crisis,” says Joseph Pierre, psychiatrist and researcher at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. “When we feel insecure, we often look for information that provides an explanation for chaotic events.”People seek out alternate takes on reality when they’re inclined to mistrust official ones for various reasons.
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