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They use these three questionnaires: Belief in Conspiracy Theories Inventory (BCTI; Swami et al., 2011) Generic Conspiracist Beliefs Scale (GCBS; Brotherton e

They use these three questionnaires: Belief in Conspiracy Theories Inventory (BCTI; Swami et al., 2011) Generic Conspiracist Beliefs Scale (GCBS; Brotherton et al., 2013) Vaccine Conspiracy Theories Scale (VCBS; Shapiro et al., 2016) The first one is here in table 4: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5322923/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5322923/ The second one is here in the appendix: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00279/full#h11 https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.... The third one is here, in mmc1.docx in the supplementary materials: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5886898/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5886898/

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bondarchuk 3y ago
The GCBS: 1. The government is involved in the murder of innocent citizens and/or well-known public figures, and keeps this a secret. 2. The power held by heads of state is second to that of small, unknown groups who really control world politics. 3. Secret organizations communicate with extraterrestrials, but keep this fact from the public. 4. The spread of certain viruses and/or diseases is the result of deliberate, concealed efforts of some organization. 5. Groups of scientists manipulate, fabricate or suppress evidence in order to deceive the public. 6. The government permits or perpetrates acts of terrorism on its own soil, disguising its involvement. 7. A small, secret group of people is responsible for making all major world decisions, such as going to war. 8. Evidence of alien contact is being concealed from the public. 9. Technology with mind-control capacities is used on people without their knowledge. 10. New and advanced technology, which would harm the current industry, is being suppressed. 11. The government uses people as patsies to hide its involvement in criminal activity. 12. Certain significant events have been the result of the activity of a small group who secretly manipulate world events. 13. Some UFO sightings and rumors are planned or staged in order to distract the public from real alien contact. 14. Experiments involving new drugs or technologies are routinely carried out on the public without their knowledge or consent. 15. A lot of important information is deliberately concealed from the public out of self-interest.
- antegamisou 3y ago
  It’s very reductionist to consider the items on this list largely conspiracy theories. > 10. New and advanced technology, which would harm the current industry, is being suppressed. I don’t know, are you sure the folks at OpenAI, or some better-equipped competitor for that matter, haven’t came up with something more horrific than Sora?
  - JieJie 3y ago
    Didn't Google have a chatbot locked up in a lab somewhere^0, long before ChatGPT? 0: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/jun/12/google-engineer-ai-bot-sentient-blake-lemoine https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/jun/12/google-en...
  - gadders 3y ago
    I mean this is largely what The Innovators Dilemma was about, I thought?
- gadders 3y ago
  I'm assuming they mean the US Government? Some of these are a bit far out, but I'd say some of them are plausible. I mean 15 is proven every time an FOI request is denied.
- aaa_aaa 3y ago
  I think many are proven to be correct or likely to be correct. 1,2,4,5 etc
  - gadders 3y ago
    Especially 5 - you if you disbelieve that one you are saying that scientists never fabricate evidence.
    - AstralStorm 3y ago
      That would be misreading the question. The important part is "in order to deceive the public", whereas the aim is mostly career advancement. Or being paid.
bondarchuk 3y ago
The VCBS: Vaccine safety data is often fabricated. Immunizing children is harmful and this fact is covered up. Pharmaceutical companies cover up the dangers of vaccines. People are deceived about vaccine efficacy. Vaccine efficacy data is often fabricated. People are deceived about vaccine safety. The government is trying to cover up the link between vaccines and autism.
- gadders 3y ago
  >> Pharmaceutical companies cover up the dangers of vaccines. >> People are deceived about vaccine efficacy. >> Vaccine efficacy data is often fabricated. Not in every case, but I would certainly argue it could have happened.
  - dtx1 3y ago
    Arguably this one: People are deceived about vaccine safety. Is it deceiving to argue something is "safe" when the person receiving the advice is not educated enough in vaccines or statistics to make a truly educated decision? A truthful description about the safety of any medicine involves a deep understanding of statistics, medical testing and general risk calculation.
bondarchuk 3y ago
The BCTI: 1. A powerful and secretive group, known as the New World Order, are planning to eventually rule the world through an autonomous world government, which would replace sovereign government. 2. SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) was produced under laboratory conditions as a biological weapon. 3. The US government had foreknowledge about the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour, but allowed the attack to take place so as to be able to enter the Second World War. 4. US agencies intentionally created the AIDS epidemic and administered it to Black and gay men in the 1970s. 5. The assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., was the result of an organised conspiracy by US government agencies such as the CIA and FBI. 6. The Apollo moon landings never happened and were staged in a Hollywood film studio. 7. Area 51 in Nevada, US, is a secretive military base that contains hidden alien spacecraft and/or alien bodies. 8. The US government allowed the 9/11 attacks to take place so that it would have an excuse to achieve foreign (e.g., wars in Afghanistan and Iraq) and domestic (e.g., attacks on civil liberties) goals that had been determined prior to the attacks. 9. The assassination of John F. Kennedy was not committed by the lone gunman, Lee Harvey Oswald, but was rather a detailed, organised conspiracy to kill the President. 10. In July 1947, the US military recovered the wreckage of an alien craft from Roswell, New Mexico, and covered up the fact. 11. Princess Diana’s death was not an accident, but rather an organised assassination by members of the British royal family who disliked her. 12. The Oklahoma City bombers, Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols, did not act alone, but rather received assistance from neo-Nazi groups. 13. The Coca Cola company intentionally changed to an inferior formula with the intent of driving up demand for their classic product, later reintroducing it for their financial gain. 14. Special interest groups are suppressing, or have suppressed in the past, technologies that could provide energy at reduced cost or reduced pollution output. 15. Government agencies in the UK are involved in the distribution of illegal drugs to ethnic minorities.
- gadders 3y ago
  These are weirder than the other theories, but (2) is at least partially plausible (but rather as defence against a bio-weapon as gain of function research). (12) wouldn't surprise me and charities are suppressing nuclear power for (14).
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bondarchuk 3y ago

The GCBS: 1. The government is involved in the murder of innocent citizens and/or well-known public figures, and keeps this a secret. 2. The power held by heads of state is second to that of small, unknown groups who really control world politics. 3. Secret organizations communicate with extraterrestrials, but keep this fact from the public. 4. The spread of certain viruses and/or diseases is the result of deliberate, concealed efforts of some organization. 5. Groups of scientists manipulate, fabricate or suppress evidence in order to deceive the public. 6. The government permits or perpetrates acts of terrorism on its own soil, disguising its involvement. 7. A small, secret group of people is responsible for making all major world decisions, such as going to war. 8. Evidence of alien contact is being concealed from the public. 9. Technology with mind-control capacities is used on people without their knowledge. 10. New and advanced technology, which would harm the current industry, is being suppressed. 11. The government uses people as patsies to hide its involvement in criminal activity. 12. Certain significant events have been the result of the activity of a small group who secretly manipulate world events. 13. Some UFO sightings and rumors are planned or staged in order to distract the public from real alien contact. 14. Experiments involving new drugs or technologies are routinely carried out on the public without their knowledge or consent. 15. A lot of important information is deliberately concealed from the public out of self-interest.

antegamisou 3y ago
It’s very reductionist to consider the items on this list largely conspiracy theories. > 10. New and advanced technology, which would harm the current industry, is being suppressed. I don’t know, are you sure the folks at OpenAI, or some better-equipped competitor for that matter, haven’t came up with something more horrific than Sora?
- JieJie 3y ago
  Didn't Google have a chatbot locked up in a lab somewhere^0, long before ChatGPT? 0: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/jun/12/google-engineer-ai-bot-sentient-blake-lemoine https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/jun/12/google-en...
- gadders 3y ago
  I mean this is largely what The Innovators Dilemma was about, I thought?
gadders 3y ago
I'm assuming they mean the US Government? Some of these are a bit far out, but I'd say some of them are plausible. I mean 15 is proven every time an FOI request is denied.
aaa_aaa 3y ago
I think many are proven to be correct or likely to be correct. 1,2,4,5 etc
- gadders 3y ago
  Especially 5 - you if you disbelieve that one you are saying that scientists never fabricate evidence.
  - AstralStorm 3y ago
    That would be misreading the question. The important part is "in order to deceive the public", whereas the aim is mostly career advancement. Or being paid.

bondarchuk 3y ago

The VCBS: Vaccine safety data is often fabricated. Immunizing children is harmful and this fact is covered up. Pharmaceutical companies cover up the dangers of vaccines. People are deceived about vaccine efficacy. Vaccine efficacy data is often fabricated. People are deceived about vaccine safety. The government is trying to cover up the link between vaccines and autism.

gadders 3y ago
>> Pharmaceutical companies cover up the dangers of vaccines. >> People are deceived about vaccine efficacy. >> Vaccine efficacy data is often fabricated. Not in every case, but I would certainly argue it could have happened.
- dtx1 3y ago
  Arguably this one: People are deceived about vaccine safety. Is it deceiving to argue something is "safe" when the person receiving the advice is not educated enough in vaccines or statistics to make a truly educated decision? A truthful description about the safety of any medicine involves a deep understanding of statistics, medical testing and general risk calculation.

bondarchuk 3y ago

The BCTI: 1. A powerful and secretive group, known as the New World Order, are planning to eventually rule the world through an autonomous world government, which would replace sovereign government. 2. SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) was produced under laboratory conditions as a biological weapon. 3. The US government had foreknowledge about the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour, but allowed the attack to take place so as to be able to enter the Second World War. 4. US agencies intentionally created the AIDS epidemic and administered it to Black and gay men in the 1970s. 5. The assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., was the result of an organised conspiracy by US government agencies such as the CIA and FBI. 6. The Apollo moon landings never happened and were staged in a Hollywood film studio. 7. Area 51 in Nevada, US, is a secretive military base that contains hidden alien spacecraft and/or alien bodies. 8. The US government allowed the 9/11 attacks to take place so that it would have an excuse to achieve foreign (e.g., wars in Afghanistan and Iraq) and domestic (e.g., attacks on civil liberties) goals that had been determined prior to the attacks. 9. The assassination of John F. Kennedy was not committed by the lone gunman, Lee Harvey Oswald, but was rather a detailed, organised conspiracy to kill the President. 10. In July 1947, the US military recovered the wreckage of an alien craft from Roswell, New Mexico, and covered up the fact. 11. Princess Diana’s death was not an accident, but rather an organised assassination by members of the British royal family who disliked her. 12. The Oklahoma City bombers, Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols, did not act alone, but rather received assistance from neo-Nazi groups. 13. The Coca Cola company intentionally changed to an inferior formula with the intent of driving up demand for their classic product, later reintroducing it for their financial gain. 14. Special interest groups are suppressing, or have suppressed in the past, technologies that could provide energy at reduced cost or reduced pollution output. 15. Government agencies in the UK are involved in the distribution of illegal drugs to ethnic minorities.

gadders 3y ago
These are weirder than the other theories, but (2) is at least partially plausible (but rather as defence against a bio-weapon as gain of function research). (12) wouldn't surprise me and charities are suppressing nuclear power for (14).
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