plus some ancillary assumptions (more-general “theory” beliefs like “skepticism of medical authorities” can cause more-specific “claim” beliefs like “vaccines have harmful additives”, but not vice versa)
This jumped out to me because it seems potentially untrue; I would expect there to exist at least some instances where people’s belief about the specifics comes prior to, and is what causes, their beliefs about the general theory.
This jumped out to me because it seems potentially untrue; I would expect there to exist at least some instances where people’s belief about the specifics comes prior to, and is what causes, their beliefs about the general theory.