Conspiracy theories tend to involve doubt and skepticism, but are conspiracy believers really more deliberative? We review recent research that investigates the relative roles of intuition and reason in conspiracy belief and find that the preponderance of evidence indicates that conspiracy belief is linked to an overreliance on intuition and a lack of reflection. This research, in addition to work investigating the broader influence of misinformation, indicates that people may believe conspiracies partly because they fail to engage in analytic thinking and rely too much on their intuitions. However, we also note that research in this area lacks in experimental studies and that work focusing on underlying cognitive mechanisms is needed.

阴谋论往往涉及怀疑和怀疑，但阴谋论者真的更深思熟虑吗？我们回顾了最近调查直觉和理性在阴谋信念中的相对作用的研究，发现大量证据表明阴谋信念与过度依赖直觉和缺乏反思有关。这项研究除了调查错误信息的更广泛影响外，还表明人们可能相信阴谋，部分原因是他们没有进行分析性思维并且过于依赖自己的直觉。然而，我们也注意到该领域的研究缺乏实验研究，需要关注潜在的认知机制。