Indeed Dan, Stephan's research confirms what many have stated for some time: there is a deep strain of conspiratorial thinking in the climate «sceptic» movement. (planet3.org)
Early last year, I accepted the journal's invitation to review Recursive Fury, a narrative analysis of blog posts published by climate deniers * in response to Lewandowsky's earlier work in which he and his colleagues showed that endorsement of free - market economics and a propensity for conspiratorial thinking are contributing factors in the rejection of science. (heatisonline.org)
Furthermore, people who are strongly inclined toward conspiratorial thinking will be more likely to endorse mutually contradictory theories. (scientificamerican.com)