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How Europe and Britain is preparing for upcoming war with Russia and is your electrical vehicle powering U.S. hegemony? I have long been puzzled why, in the face overwhelming evidence to the contrary, a small minority choose to believe in an alternative truth. According to the findings, published in the journal Open Mind people’s beliefs are more likely to be reinforced by the positive or negative reactions they receive in response to an opinion, task or interaction, than by logic, reasoning and scientific data. In practice, this means that “if you think you know a lot about something, even though you don’t, you’re less likely to be curious enough to explore the topic further, and will fail to learn how little you know”, says the study’s lead author Louis Marti. “This cognitive dynamic can play out in all walks of actual and virtual life, including social media and cable-news echo chambers, and may explain why some people are easily duped by charlatans,” says Berkeley News. First of all, it's not just a few loners on the internet—prior research indicates that half the public believes in at least one conspiracy theory. Political scientists Eric Oliver and Thomas Wood, who studied the subject, defined a conspiracy theory as “an explanation that makes reference to hidden, malevolent forces seeking to advance some nefarious aim." A conspiracy theory does not have to be untrue, but it is sure to contradict the usual, popularly-accepted version of the same event or phenomena. Once a conspiracy theory becomes the accepted explanation, it stops being a conspiracy theory and becomes a fact of history. This certainly is one reason people continue to believe—they hope their views will eventually be proven right.I developed my love for conspiracy theories while still was a student of Political Science which trained me always question visible and invisible actions and inaction by governments. Here are some of the most intriguing and bizarre conspiracy theories I have found unsol