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*John Gartner: Dark Minds - when does incredulity become paranoia ? Psychology Today, 37, September-Oktober 2009<ref>ALEX JONES is trying to warn us about an evil syndicate of bankers who control most of the world's governments and stand poised to unite the planet under their totalitarian reign, a "New World Order". While we might be tempted to dismiss Jones as a nut, the "king of conspiracy'" is a popular radio show host. The part-time film-maker's latest movie, The Obama Deception, in which he argues that Obama is a puppet of the criminal bankers, has been viewed millions oftimes on YouTube.

*John Gartner: Dark Minds - when does incredulity become paranoia ? Psychology Today, 37, September-Oktober 2009<ref>ALEX JONES is trying to warn us about an evil syndicate of bankers who control most of the world's governments and stand poised to unite the planet under their totalitarian reign, a "New World Order". While we might be tempted to dismiss Jones as a nut, the "king of conspiracy'" is a popular radio show host. The part-time film-maker's latest movie, The Obama Deception, in which he argues that Obama is a puppet of the criminal bankers, has been viewed millions oftimes on YouTube.

When we spoke, Jones ranted for two hours about FEMA concentration camps, Halliburton child kidnappers, government eugenics programs - and more. When I stopped him to ask for evidence the government is practicing eugenics, he pointed to a national security memorandum. But I found the document to be a bland policy report. Jones 'cherry picks not just facts but phrases, which, once interpreted his way, become facts in his mind,"says Louis Black, editor of the Austin chronicle, who knows Jones, a fellow Austin resident. When I confronted Jones with my reading of the report, he became pugnacious, launching into a diatribe against psychologists as agents of social control.

When we spoke, Jones ranted for two hours about [[FEMA Verschwörungstheorien|FEMA concentration camps]], Halliburton child kidnappers, government eugenics programs - and more. When I stopped him to ask for evidence the government is practicing eugenics, he pointed to a national security memorandum. But I found the document to be a bland policy report. Jones 'cherry picks not just facts but phrases, which, once interpreted his way, become facts in his mind,"says Louis Black, editor of the Austin chronicle, who knows Jones, a fellow Austin resident. When I confronted Jones with my reading of the report, he became pugnacious, launching into a diatribe against psychologists as agents of social control.

Conspiracy thinking is embraced by a surprisingly large proportion of the population. Sixty-nine percent of Americans believe President John F. Kennedy was killed by conspiracy, and 42 percent believe the governmentis covering up evidence of flying saucers, finds Ted Goertzel, a professor of psychology at Rutgers University at Camden. Thirty-six percent of respondents to a 2006 Scripps News /Ohio University poll at least suspected that the U.S. government played a role in 9/11.

Conspiracy thinking is embraced by a surprisingly large proportion of the population. Sixty-nine percent of Americans believe President John F. Kennedy was killed by conspiracy, and 42 percent believe the governmentis covering up evidence of flying saucers, finds Ted Goertzel, a professor of psychology at Rutgers University at Camden. Thirty-six percent of respondents to a 2006 Scripps News /Ohio University poll at least suspected that the U.S. government played a role in 9/11.

We're all conspiracy theorists to some degree. We're all hard wired to find patterns in our environment, particularly those that might represent a threat to us. And when things go wrong, we find ourselves searching for what, or who, is behind it.

We're all conspiracy theorists to some degree. We're all hard wired to find patterns in our environment, particularly those that might represent a threat to us. And when things go wrong, we find ourselves searching for what, or who, is behind it.