• @cmbabul
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    311 months ago

    Im too lazy to find the statistic but im pretty sure the likelihood of joining a cult increases with intelligence. And cultic and conspiratorial thinking ain’t that dissimilar

    • @surge_1
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      1111 months ago

      Sounds like a conspiracy

    • @DoYouNot
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      911 months ago

      Eh, 90% of statistics are made up anyway. 🙃

    • Magical Thinker
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      711 months ago

      Higher intelligence increases your ability to rationalize anything to yourself, and I think some people are less aware of the influence of various cognitive biases on their judgement.

      Fairly unintuitive rabbit hole… leading into a network of warrens.