Feb 6, 2023
On episode 159, we welcome
Daniel Jolley to discuss the prevalence of conspiracy theories and
the personality traits normally associated with those who subscribe
to them, the core beliefs of people who believe them and their
chronic paranoia of people and institutions, Leon’s need for them
when feeling victimized and disempowered, why challenging specific
conspiracy theories doesn’t necessarily resolve the tendency to
believe in them, the importance of facing the unfamiliar, Alen’s
experiment with changing his mindset and how that positively
impacted his ability to form relationships, addressing the
underlying loneliness and alienation of paranoid thinkers, how
transparency from powerful institutions can help, and whether
social media creates or enables conspiratorial
thinking.
Dr.
Daniel Jolley is an Assistant Professor in Social Psychology at the
University of Nottingham, where his research programme broadly
explores the psychology of conspiracy theories. Daniel has a passion for science communication;
he’s been interviewed on various popular TV programs like BBC News,
Sky News, CTV, Adam Ruins Everything and his work has been featured
in the New York Times, CNN, The Atlantic, Huffington Post, Vice and
many more.
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