Preregistered experiments (N≈1,600) find sharing conspiracy beliefs makes people less attractive as prospective partners. That suggests conspiratorial adherence functions as a negative social signal in mate markets, not just an ideological stance.
— If beliefs about conspiracies lower romantic prospects, social costs could be an informal brake on the spread of conspiratorial movements and change how institutions think about polarization and social contagion.
@degenrolf
2026.01.08
100% relevant
The tweet cites four preregistered experiments (N = 1,603) that directly test how conspiracy endorsement affects interpersonal/romantic evaluations.
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