The last year has accompanied us with various conspiracy theories. Ranging from "the virus was created by humans to kill humans" to "the famous microchip that Bill Gates is putting into humans through the vaccine," people are clearly divided into two groups. Those who skeptically believe these baseless theories and facts and others who eliminate them from memory from the first moment they hear them.
But what really happens to our brains when we hear such theories? Why do some believe them and others do not?
The brain takes the information and then compares it with the information it has received in the past in order to make a prediction of the situation or process it to make a decision.
A study conducted in 2018, concluded that people who found the rule of life in random situations such as tossing a coin, were more inclined to believe in conspiracy theories. It is said that people with higher dopamine levels in their brains are more likely to believe various conspiracy theories.
Such people are those who tend to think intuitively or based on emotions rather than analyzing the situation analytically. Hence the debate about the world between you and your aunt often ends at the personal boundaries. Experts say that such people become so emotionally attached to these theories that even though they know they are not true, they believe them again.
Usually people who are skeptical and skeptical of others believe in conspiracies. Despite the fact that doubt never hurts to the right extent, to be obsessed with such theories means that you still need to be educated and enriched with information. These people believe that the world is a dangerous place and have a very strong need to feel unique and the only thing that can make them change their mind is knowledge.
Source: Bustle
