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That is one of the possibilities that are highlighted in the abstract, Amoung other theories, including that lonely individuals seek friendship within conspiracy communities. Humans are very good at post-hoc rationalisation.

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The only difference between a genius observation and a conspiracy theory is whether it turns out to be true or not.

To be fair, most conspiracy theories are already proven obviously false.

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