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Army Of Genetically Engineered Military Raccoons Demonstrate How Trolls Can Skew Conspiracy Theory Research

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Whenever researchers include clearly ridiculous example of conspiracy theories in surveys, participants still endorse them. So what does this mean for their sincerity?

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Army Of Genetically Engineered Military Raccoons Demonstrate How Trolls Can Skew Conspiracy Theory Research

Whenever researchers include clearly ridiculous example of conspiracy theories in surveys, participants still endorse them. So what does this mean for their sincerity?

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Do You Believe in a Secret Army of Genetically Engineered Giant Raccoons? A Little Too Many People Say "Yes".

Scientists investigating how many people believe in conspiracy theories are faced with an annoying problem: some participants simply fill in nonsense for fun. A New Zealand research group has now calculated exactly how big that problem is. The idea for the study was inspired by a bizarre question researchers had included in an earlier survey: “do you believe […] More science? Read the latest articles on Scientias.nl.

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