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  • Recent research involving how people play card games reveals how paranoia affects our behavior. (Wikimedia Commons)
    Paranoia
    Walker Rhea
    In times of unexpected uncertainty, people may be more prone to paranoia. For instance, during the current global pandemic, many people have been thrown into unanticipated volatility, and this can compel some to seek out who, or what, to blame for that volatility in order to make sense of it.