Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about relationships, personality, and everyday psychology. New research shows that conspiracy beliefs can profoundly ...

The beliefs we hold develop from a complex dance between our internal and external lives. A recent study uses well-known formalisms in statistical physics to model multiple aspects of belief-network ...

AI chatbots could be effective in eroding people's beliefs in conspiracy theories, suggests a new study that used ChatGPT to counter them with fact-checked information. The conventional understanding ...

When we think about a person who believes one or multiple conspiracy theories, we tend to think of someone with relatively stable and fixed beliefs. In the public imagination, this is one of the ...

“Each one of us here today will at one time in our lives look upon a loved one who is in need and ask the same question: We are willing to help, Lord, but what, if anything, is needed? For it is true ...

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Over 29% of the American population believe there is a “Deep State” working against President Donald Trump. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...

Having read G.T. Kelly's letter of Feb. 21 regarding the theory of evolution, I wish to point out that evolution is a scientific theory. Intelligent design and creationism aren't scientific theories ...