# Social Psychology: Conspiratorial contradictions

## TL;DR

Believing one conspiracy might not make you more likely to believe another conflicting one, as some people reject both.

## Contribution

The study challenges prior findings by showing that contradictions may come from people rejecting both conspiracies.

## Key findings

- Endorsing one conspiracy does not reliably predict endorsement of another.
- People who reject both conspiracies may drive observed contradictions.
- Past research may have misinterpreted the relationship between conspiracy beliefs.

## Abstract

Does endorsing one conspiratorial belief make you more likely to endorse a second, incompatible, conspiracy? A recent study in Psychological Science suggests that past work identifying this pattern may actually be driven by those who reject both.