‘The fact that many people hold #conspiracy theory beliefs was brought into the spotlight during the #COVID-19 pandemic, which raises the question: what makes people vulnerable to #misinformation? A study published in Frontiers in Psychology suggests that trusting #science is a protective factor against conspiracy beliefs, while #overconfidence in one’s own #reasoning abilities is a risk factor. …’

So, the Dunning Krüger effect plays a role.
#dunningkruger #TrustScience

https://www.psypost.org/2022/11/overconfidence-in-ones-reasoning-abilities-and-distrust-of-science-are-linked-to-covid-19-conspiracy-beliefs-64373

For a long time, when I'd read a comic with Lex Luthor in it, and he'd be... I dunno, conspiring with a guy who's super power is that he is mediocre at riddles, and maybe Solomon Grundy or someone like that, in order to launch their army of poison turtles into Metropolis, I'd scoff and say, "it's unrealistic that the world's richest man would waste his time and money on something that's only going to showcase to the world how incompetent he is."

I owe DC comics an apology.