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Abstract
Some support for this surprising conclusion can be found via a questionnaire on the BBC's Conspiracy Files website.2 To protest complete incredulity on five specific alleged conspiracies (Kennedy's assassination, Diana's death, collapse of the World Trade Center twin towers, the US moon landings, and aliens) while responding neutrally to the ten non-specific questions is not enough, for you will still find yourself labelled as retaining a "medium level of belief" in conspiracy theories. Princess Diana died in a roadtraffic accident, probably an avoidable one but still an accident.3 With other alleged conspiracies, dismissive gestures may not be good enough, especially since belief in these conspiracies can be associated with belonging to ethnic minorities or having a sense of powerlessness.14 Conspiracy theories about HIV/AIDS5'7 and the encouragement of condom use being a plot against certain ethnic groups crop up from time to time.