> The study's summary says that this is because conspiracy theories are communicated in a language that is understandable, while scientific communication uses l

> The study's summary says that this is because conspiracy theories are communicated in a language that is understandable, while scientific communication uses language that is opaque for most people. Well, when you remove the constraint to be truthful, you can do a lot of things to make statements that are more plausible and convincing to a layman. In other words, of course when the main requirement is just to sound good you end up with statements that are more convincing. Did you know that 74.13% of all statistics are completely made up? It's true! I've got a report from the Institute of Data & Information Oriented Technology Studies right here!