There's a good chunk of literature that demonstrates conpiracists have different brain structures. This is why people who believe in one conspiracy theory are m

There's a good chunk of literature that demonstrates conpiracists have different brain structures. This is why people who believe in one conspiracy theory are more likely to also believe in other (conflicting) conspiracy theories and, on an individual level, what you're dealing with is a paranoid cognitive style [1]. The other part of this is that there seems to be a strong element of social contagion. The research here is still new but it's becoming more and more clear that social media can virally amplify paranoia within a population [2]. So there's probably a good chunk of people who might exhibit excessive paranoia (some studies put this at 10% [3] but I recall numbers as high as 30% after 9/11) but then it may be possible to technologically amplify this. [1] https://qz.com/1286982/why-do-people-believe-in-conspiracy-theories-because-they-want-to-feel-unique/ https://qz.com/1286982/why-do-people-believe-in-conspiracy-t... [2] https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/21/world/europe/facebook-refugee-attacks-germany.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/21/world/europe/facebook-ref... [3] https://www.livescience.com/37419-paranoid-beliefs-common.html https://www.livescience.com/37419-paranoid-beliefs-common.ht...