Like a magnet, the belief in one type of conspiracy or pseudoscience tends to attract the belief in others, “crank magnetism” coined by Dr Mark Hoofnagle.
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While obviously not everyone who is anti-GMO is anti-vax, the belief in one conspiracy is the greatest predictor for another (with a few exceptions), even when they're mutually incompatible.
To quote Dr. Steven Novella, if you're willing to dismiss scientific consensus on one topic, why not all of them? Especially when you have "alternative" experts to support your alternative beliefs?
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