Conspiraciomania

A neurocentric version of conspiracification, where belief in any hidden coordination or institutional malfeasance is reduced to a brain disorder: faulty pattern recognition, hyperactive dopamine, or delusional cognition. Conspiraciomania is common in neuromania circles and pop‑evolutionary psychology. It treats whistleblowers as mentally ill, journalists as suffering from “apophenia,” and entire critical traditions as symptoms of neural dysfunction. Critics argue it is a form of biological reductionism that ignores real conspiracies (the Iran‑Contra affair, tobacco industry cover‑ups). By pathologizing the critic, conspiraciomania immunizes power from scrutiny.

Conspiraciomania Example: “The conspiracomaniac explained every Watergate conspiracy theory as ‘dopamine‑driven delusional ideation.’ He conveniently forgot that Watergate was real.”

Conspiraciomania by Abzugal Nammugal Enkigal June 5, 2026