Why People Believe in Conspiracy Theories

Source: Time MagazineUFO sightings. Hoaxed moon landings. Reptiles who rule the world. What, in the name of our alleged lizard overlords, convinces a person to believe in conspiracy theories? According to a pair of new studies published in the journal Applied Cognitive Psychology, conspiracy theorists—and there are a lot more of them than you may think—tend to…