Studies suggest "conspiracy theorists" are the sane ones

[Ron Ecker]

Recent studies by psychologists and social scientists in the US and UK suggest that contrary to mainstream media stereotypes, those labeled “conspiracy theorists” appear to be saner than those who accept the official versions of contested events.

http://www.veteranstoday.com/2013/07/14/whatabout7/

[Evan Burton]

Sorry Ron, but that is not what it says. How can I say this? Because Mike Woods, one of the study's authors, says so:

Our recently published Frontiers study on online communication, “What about Building 7?” A social psychological study of online discussion of 9/11 conspiracy theories, has been the subject of some chatter on the Internet – but not quite in the way I had hoped. A story by Kevin Barrett on PressTV.ir has interpreted the study as showing that conspiracists are “more sane” than conventionalists, and, given that this is an appealing headline for long-suffering conspiracists, has been copy-pasted around the Internet in a highly uncritical fashion. I’m often guilty of this too – reading the headline and moving on – because who has the time to read every original source of every news story? In this case, of course, the paper says nothing of the sort and the [Kevin Barrett] article’s conclusions are based on misrepresentations of several critical findings.

(bolding mine)

Read more here: http://conspiracypsychology.com/2013/07/13/setting-the-record-straight-on-wood-douglas-2013/

[Ron Ecker]

I'm not sure we need any studies. As a shining example of who is saner I can cite Vincent Bugliosi's Reclaiming History. He practically foams at the mouth about conspiracy theorists and insults them in every non-obscene way he can think of. A book praised, of course, by the establishment. Others insult CTs more subtly, e.g. belief in conspiracy satisfies the poor things' psychological needs. So it will always be.

[Malcolm Ward]

Would it not appear,that those who often challenge official reports,are more apt at seeing things from other angles,rather than those who just accept things as stated.To look for other reasons as to why things have happened would seem more healthy than bland acceptance.

Perhaps Conspiracy Theories are easily attacked because people lump together the good alternate theories with the bad ones.Some great scientists and physicists have been called lunatics,only for history to prove them right.