Research shows that people believe in conspiracy theories for many reasons, but the authors of 'The Psychology of Conspiracy Theories' separate these causes into three groups of heightened motives: 'epistemic, existential, and social.' Epistemic motives arise from conspiracy theorists' need for causal explanations. This helps them to understand the world, slake their curiosity, and alleviate the 'uncertainty and bewilderment' that they can feel as the result of their encountering conflicting information or the apparent meaninglessness induced by random events.

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