The conspiracy theory and why it won’t die (2)
A poll conducted in 2006 suggested that 36% of Americans suspect government involvement or deliberate inaction in the 9/11 attacks and 40% believe that the assassination of John Kennedy was the subject of a conspiracy. Here, in the UK, one survey found a fifth of Britons believe that Princess Diana was murdered.
BBC online reports on a meeting which attempted to combat the power of such conspiracy theories, although believers defy evidence to cling to their irrational theories.
I have myself written about “Why People Believe Weird Things”.