Why conspiracy theories are so popular and how our suspicious minds look for big causes for big outcomes

​The speed with which conspiracy theories spread can make them seem typically modern. But, Rob Brotherton, the author of a new study on the mind of the 'truther', says they are as old as thinking itself and tap into our darkest prejudices.

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