{
  "id": 1726067,
  "title": "The link between incoherent beliefs and conspiracism",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/the-link-between-incoherent-beliefs-and-conspiracism",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-18T14:00:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-08-link-incoherent-beliefs-conspiracism.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Simultaneous belief in logically incompatible claims is linked to conspiratorial thinking, according to a study that models belief using a Bayesian framework.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}