An incredulous minds. What attracts us to conspiracy theories

Everything is not the way we are told: there is a hidden side of reality, the universe of secret plans and secret operations. This is the usual way of thinking people who are inclined not to trust official information. So legends are born about how it was “in fact”: about the shooting of landing in the film pavilion of Arizona and the pharmaceutical lobby, about genetically modified products and events of September 11, 2001, about Egyptian pyramids, aliens, reptilians, political conspiracies and new ones world order. But not necessarily poorly educated people and marginals believe in the fables - both the presidents and the Nobel laureates are powerless before the Cospirology. Analyzing the theories of the conspiracy and their consequences, Rob Brusketon, a leading specialist in the psychology of conspiracy theories, does not try to understand where the truth is and where are fiction. He is interested in why conspiracyology is so attractive to us, and he finds an explanation in the nature of man. And the journey to our inner world is more fascinating than the most implausible stories of the world order