Neue Forschung stützt das „Kaninchenloch“ -Modell des Verschwörungsdenkens. Das Glauben an eine Verschwörungstheorie kann die Wahrscheinlichkeit, dass sie im Laufe der Zeit an andere glauben, leicht erhöhen. Einige Menschen können miteinander verbundene Systeme des Verschwörers entwickeln, bei denen ein Glaube hilft, andere zu verstärken.

I’ve linked to the news release in the post above. In this comment, for those interested, here’s the link to the peer reviewed journal article:

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ejsp.3153

From the linked article:

**New research supports the “rabbit hole” model of conspiratorial thinking**

**A new study published in the European Journal of Social Psychology provides evidence that believing in one conspiracy theory can slightly increase the likelihood of believing in others over time. While the effects were small, the findings support a long-standing theory that some people may develop interconnected systems of conspiratorial thinking, where one belief helps reinforce others.**

This does lend some additional credence to the „crank magnetism“ observation some people have made, as well as the whole conspiratorial milieu of the modern Internet.

Been saying this for years. People who believe in a conspiracy theory rarely believe in only one.

The cause is their lack of reasoning skills that lead them to the first conspiracy leads them to others.