Conspiracy theories are narratives, they tell mostly fictional stories. In that sense, conspiracy theories are creative productions similar to other productions involving narratives, such as poems, films, or stories. However, contrary to these productions regularly studied in the field of creativity, conspiracy theories remain unexplored in this field. The present contribution proposes to consider conspiracy narratives as creative products. We discuss the extent to which these narratives meet the criteria of the standard definition of creativity and how their negative individual and societal consequences place conspiracy narratives in the dark side of creativity. We argue that this new perspective on conspiracies may partly change the way we study their construction and their psychological convenience. We finally discuss some theoretical and methodological perspectives linked to this proposition. Overall, this contribution intends to draw the attention of creativity researchers to these real-world and abundant creative products.

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阴谋论的创造力

阴谋论是叙事，它们主要讲述虚构的故事。从这个意义上说，阴谋论是创造性的作品，类似于其他涉及叙事的作品，如诗歌、电影或故事。然而，与这些在创造力领域经常研究的作品相反，阴谋论在该领域仍未被探索。目前的贡献建议将阴谋叙述视为创意产品。我们讨论了这些叙述在多大程度上符合创造力标准定义的标准，以及它们的负面个人和社会后果如何将阴谋叙述置于创造力的阴暗面. 我们认为，这种关于阴谋的新观点可能会部分改变我们研究它们的结构和心理便利的方式。我们最后讨论了与这个命题相关的一些理论和方法论的观点。总的来说，这项贡献旨在将创意研究人员的注意力吸引到这些现实世界中丰富的创意产品上。