“One-third of people thinking that the Food and Drug Administration is deliberately keeping natural cures for cancer off the market because of pressure from drug companies .. Twenty percent of people said that cellphones cause cancer — and that large corporations are keeping health officials from doing anything about it. And another 20 percent think doctors and the government want to vaccinate children despite knowing that vaccines cause autism.” And you might agree with some of these items. Half of Americans believe in medical conspiracy theories.

+ According to a recent study, smarter people are more trusting. (I don’t believe the findings in this study.)