Ted Goertzel

Ted Goertzel
Goertzel (left) with Dave Thomas, Bob Blaskiewicz and Scott Lilienfeld at the CSICon 2011 conspiracy theories panel.
Native name Ted George Goertzel
Born (1942-11-20) November 20, 1942
Education Antioch College (B.A., 1964), Washington University (M.A., 1966; Ph.D., 1970)
Known for Research on conspiracy theories
Children Ben Goertzel, Rebecca Goertzel
Scientific career
Fields Sociology
Institutions Rutgers University
Thesis Brazilian student attitudes towards politics and education (1970)

Ted George Goertzel (born November 20, 1942)[1] is an American sociologist and emeritus professor of sociology at Rutgers University. He is known for studying conspiracy theories in science.[2][3][4] In 1994, for example, he conducted a survey of 347 people in New Jersey,[5] on the basis of which he argued that each belief a person has about a conspiracy theory serve as a basis for their beliefs about other such theories.[6][7] He is the father of Ben Goertzel, with whom he co-authored the 1995 book Linus Pauling: A Life in Science and Politics, and of Rebecca Goertzel.[8][9]

References

  1. ↑ "Ted George Goertzel". Library of Congress. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  2. ↑ Zhang, Sarah (18 February 2016). "Why People Want to Believe the Zika Virus Is a Conspiracy". Wired. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  3. ↑ Bloch, Hannah (27 September 2014). "Denying Ebola Turns Out To Be A Very Human Response". NPR. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  4. ↑ Schwartz, John (14 July 2009). "Vocal Minority Insists It Was All Smoke and Mirrors". New York Times. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  5. ↑ Goertzel, Ted (December 1994). "Belief in Conspiracy Theories". Political Psychology. 15 (4): 731. doi:10.2307/3791630.
  6. ↑ Bower, Bruce (26 May 2009). "The Inner Worlds of Conspiracy Believers". U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  7. ↑ Walker, Jesse (20 May 2014). "It's All a Conspiracy". Slate. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  8. ↑ Paulos, John Allen (5 November 1995). "Pauling's Prizes". New York Times. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  9. ↑ "Penn Goertzel Memorial". Retrieved 28 May 2017.
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