El Virus Conspirativo: Una vacuna
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Teorías conspirativas, pensamiento conspirativo, literacidad cient´ífica, pensamiento crítico, COVID-19Resumen
La actual pandemia genera incertidumbres de todo tipo, llevando a las personas a buscar explicaciones satisfactorias que les de orden y sentido a sus experiencias vitales. Actualmente, el enemigo común se ha vuelto un nuevo coronavirus. Pero las incertidumbres significativas persisten y en esa búsqueda de respuestas aparecen también las teorías conspirativas, aquellas que señalan confabulaciones entre poderosos como la causa de los problemas más importantes. El artículo utilizará la metáfora de virus conspirativo para analizar el pensamiento conspirativo, su naturaleza, efectos y posible vacuna.
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