The psychology of conspiracy theories

Conspiracy theories aren't going anywhere... in fact, they’re entering the mainstream. What’s going on? Why are seemingly intelligent people taken in by these nutty narratives?

Donald Trump is humanity’s last hope to dismantle the ‘deep state’ forces seeking to enslave humanity. South Africa’s gold was once mined by an ancient race of aliens called the Anunnaki, which created humans as a slave race for mining purposes. The earth is flat and the ‘powers that be’ do not want you to know about it.