Conspiracy Theories & Creepy Videos (2017) - IMDb
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A 2017 IMDb-listed show about conspiracy theories reveals why our brains are hardwired to find hidden patterns and sinister plots where none may exist.
ApopheniaProportionality BiasConspiracy MentalityPatternicity
Theory Briefing
- Conspiracy Theories & Creepy Videos (2017) packages fringe beliefs and unsettling footage as mainstream entertainment, normalizing paranoid thinking.
- Pattern recognition gone haywire — apophenia — is the engine behind both conspiracy theories and our obsession with 'creepy' unexplained videos.
- The show's popularity reflects how proportionality bias leads audiences to demand shadowy explanations for disturbing or large-scale events.