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Conspiracy theories: do 300,000 Kiwis really believe Canada is building an army of mutant super-raccoons?
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An article examining whether conspiracy theory statistics are accurate or inflated by survey respondents giving joke answers, using examples like the '12 million Americans believe in lizard people' claim and referencing psychiatrist Alexander Scott's research on the topic.
Conspiracy theories: do 300,000 Kiwis really believe Canada is building an army of mutant super-raccoons?
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Four percent of Americans – roughly 12 million people – believe that “lizard people” secretly control the Earth. At least, that was the finding of an infamous 2013 public opinion survey.
Do so many people really believe such outlandish claims? Or do results like these partly reflect people giving silly answers or deliberately skewing surveys for fun?
US psychiatrist Alexander Scott believes the latter plays a significant role.
Using the survey as an example, he co
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