BBC World Service had an interesting discussion this morning, mostly with some American researchers where it seems to be even more prevalent than here. They concluded that about 30% of the population will believe at least one although the number who promote them aggressively is much smaller. The interesting conclusion was that it is mostly the same people who will believe any conspiracy theory regardless of the subject while the rest of the population accept them as what they are.
From my limited experience of forums where this occurs (mainly as a result of reading Brexit and Covid19 discussions) that could well be true. Would be interesting to know if anyone else has noticed this more widely.
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