One particular item in a recent poll about belief in conspiracy theories was depressing but not surprising to me. I had long concluded the same thing.
Polling firm Leger conducted a poll of Canadian and American adults in November of their beliefs in several popular conspiracy theories.
The small-percentage items like five per cent of respondents believe the earth is flat and 11 per cent say the lunar landings were a hoax are like, whatever, kinds of insights that you just can’t do much about.
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