conspiracy theory

Propaganda technique used for political purposes

Fallacy of pointing to individual cases that seem to confirm a position while ignoring related cases that may contradict the position

Subgenre of thriller fiction

Hoax or deliberate spread of misinformation

idea or viewpoint which differs from the accepted scholarship in its field

Informal fallacy of emphasis in which outcomes are asserted to have been caused by the hidden misconduct or wrongdoing by decision makers

Philosophical heuristic to never attribute to malice what is explained by stupidity

Philosophical principle of selecting the solution with the fewest assumptions

Branch of philosophy on the nature of conspiracy theories

Form of communication intended to sway the audience through presenting only one side of the argument

Pseudoscholarship that attempts to distort or misrepresent the historical record

Unscientific claims that are wrongly presented as scientific

Belief or behavior that is considered irrational or supernatural