“…Such theories may also be prevalent in other areas outside of Europe and America, such as in the former Soviet Union, Latin America, and especially the Middle East, where they have been described as "pervasive" (Brown, 1984, p. 234), "widespread" (Fuller, 1991, p. 21), "innumerable" (Brown, 1980, p. 67), "prominent" (Nyhan &Zeitzoff, 2018, p. 3), and"almost universal" (Field, 1996, p. 167). Most recently, Schlipphak et al (2021) demonstrated that generic belief in conspiracy theories is much more widespread in Jordan compared to Poland or Germany.…”