In this #OpenAccess paper, Nina Poth & Krzysztof Dolega argue that maintaining a core #ConspiracyBelief can be Bayes #rational when it is embedded in a network of auxiliary beliefs https://doi.org/10.1080/09515089.2023.2168881 @psychology @philosophy

Just Like January 6, One of the Most Disturbing Aspects of the Right-Wing Coup Attempt in Germany is Who Was Behind It | Religion Dispatches

The US has had to deal with a home-grown attempted coup for the past two years. This week, Germans awoke to headlines that gave them a taste of what their American friends felt on January 6, 2021 as Germany saw its largest anti-terrorism operation carried out by police in recent history. Three thousand police officers searched 130 sites and 25 people have so far been detained by law enforcement on suspicion of the attempted violent overthrow of the government.

https://religiondispatches.org/just-like-january-6-one-of-the-most-disturbing-aspects-of-the-right-wing-coup-attempt-in-germany-is-who-was-behind-it/

#DEPol #January6th #Jan6 #CoupAttempt #Reichsbürger #FarRight #ConspiracyBelief #Raid #AntiTerrorOperation

Emulating #Mastodon etiquette... so a short Introduction:
Hi there,
I do research on #Elections, #MediaBias, #Polcomm, #Populism, #MediaAndMigration, #ConspiracyBelief & the #Pandemic. I am based at #UNIVIE. My interest include #Boardgames, #Birds & anything #Scifi. Got quite some #SlothFacts if I need to break the Ice. I toot in #German & #English. "Mostly" professional stuff but also goofy & commenting day to day politics in #Austria. The idea is to do some #ScienceComm for society at large.