Why We Believe in Conspiracies

Psychologist Dr Patrick Leman says:

In America there is evidence that people are becoming more likely to believe in conspiracy theories. (...) It may be to do with the fact that people are experiencing increasing dissociation from society. They are feeling increasingly powerless and divorced from the institutions that have power.

Philipp Lenssen on Wednesday, Mar 22 2006 reg. Conspiracy Theories.