The thread on the Political Compass was interesting, but mostly because there was no clear distinction between the conspiracy minded and skeptics/debunkers. Everyone was more or less in the left wing libertarian quadrant.
So I suggest we develop a new test, the "Conspiracy Compass" which says where you fall on a similar two-dimensional spectrum for issues relating to the conspiracy culture.
There's a number of possible axes, of which we need to pick two, maybe:
A) Trust of the powerful. The degree to which you trust the rich and powerful. Ranging from -10 (blind trust that everyone is basically good, open, and honest) to +10 (all of reality is constructed and everything is a lie for the benefit of the elite).
B) Divergence from mainstream reality. The degree to which your belief contradict or agree with mainstream science. -10 (everything is mainstream science based), through 0 (nor really that engaged with science on way or another) to +10 (Everything is anti-science or pseudo science)
I can do the coding for the surveys and graphing the results. But need to decide what the spectrum is, and what the questions will be.
So I suggest we develop a new test, the "Conspiracy Compass" which says where you fall on a similar two-dimensional spectrum for issues relating to the conspiracy culture.
There's a number of possible axes, of which we need to pick two, maybe:
A) Trust of the powerful. The degree to which you trust the rich and powerful. Ranging from -10 (blind trust that everyone is basically good, open, and honest) to +10 (all of reality is constructed and everything is a lie for the benefit of the elite).
B) Divergence from mainstream reality. The degree to which your belief contradict or agree with mainstream science. -10 (everything is mainstream science based), through 0 (nor really that engaged with science on way or another) to +10 (Everything is anti-science or pseudo science)
I can do the coding for the surveys and graphing the results. But need to decide what the spectrum is, and what the questions will be.
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