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Study: Use of the Term “Conspiracy Theorist” Higher in Ignorant Assholes

Group conformity experiments have long revealed it, but now science confirms a strong correlation between an over-use of the term “conspiracy theorist” and “neurotic, ignorant assholes.” Scientists at Stanford University noted that:

“We’ve found most people don’t live in a binary world so when someone mocks your capacity for critical thinking, it’s not a plus for the antagonizing speaker or writer. Why we find neurosis is because core elements in this behavior are distress and anxiety. Most people don’t need their personal reality seconded, or usually humored, by everyone they see.” […]