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I invited 6 friends to my house for dinner and conspiracy theories pre... - TikTok

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When a dinner party becomes a live experiment in groupthink and epistemic bubbles, the results reveal how quickly social trust collapses under conspiratorial thinking.

GroupthinkEpistemic BubblesBelief ContagionSocial Cohesion Theory

Theory Briefing

  • A TikToker invited 6 friends to dinner, only for conspiracy theories to derail the entire social gathering.
  • The viral moment — racking up 45.5K likes — shows how belief contagion can spread rapidly even in intimate group settings.
  • Social cohesion theory predicts that shared false beliefs can both bond some members and fracture others, splitting the group.