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How Political Conspiracy Theories Are Born: 3 Case Studies 0
- Economics & Technology, Environment, Frauds/Hoaxes/Conspiracies, Space
- October 15, 2018
Online communities, forums, and social media have irrevocably changed the nature of political discourse. Indeed, they can facilitate a revolution. If you don’t believe me, look at what happened in Ukraine in 2014: about half of all Ukrainians learned about and organized protests on social media. But what happens when the narrative is utterly wrong
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The Top 5 Conspiracy Movies 0
- Environment, Frauds/Hoaxes/Conspiracies, Me? Neurotic?, Pics and Lists
- October 5, 2018
Everyone loves a good meaty conspiracy movie. After all, where else can you find suspense, mystery, intrigue and someone to blame all in about 90 minutes? While some of the better-known conspiracy movies like “The Manchurian Candidate”, “Conspiracy Theory”, or the “Bourne” movies will definitely keep you on the edge of your seat, some of
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The ironclad logic of conspiracy theories and how to break it 0
- Environment, Frauds/Hoaxes/Conspiracies
- October 4, 2018
Peter Ellerton, The University of Queensland As the United Nations warns of the dire consequences of global warming, the commitment of the Australian government (in 2014) to the reality of climate change remains unclear, with a history of disturbingly uninformed commentary on the issue and a climate policy with a decidedly ad hoc flavour. Even
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A behavioral scientist’s guide to tactful truth telling 0
- Critical Thought/Skepticism, Environment
- October 3, 2018
Gleb Tsipursky, The Ohio State University When was the last time a colleague – perhaps fueled by too much alcohol – said something so ridiculous that it made your jaw drop? Perhaps a desk mate went into something political, claiming that George Bush is behind 9/11 or that Barack Obama is a Muslim from Kenya?
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Breaking News: White House Formally Acknowledges: “Searching for ET, but no aliens yet”.0
- Critical Thinking, Environment, Frauds/Hoaxes/Conspiracies
- September 13, 2018
Ok, it’s not really breaking news. It’s kinda mundane. But, it’s interesting nonetheless. The White House has formally acknowledged that the human race is not engaging extraterrestrials and is not withholding any information from said aliens. This was in response to two petitions on the White House’s “We The People” site, which requires a response
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A UFO found on the ocean floor?0
- Environment, Myths/Cryptids/UFOs, Nonsense
- September 10, 2018
UFOlogists are all a-flutter with the buzz that an ocean exploration team led by Swedish researcher Peter Lindberg has found what might be a crashed flying saucer. Lindberg’s team was using sonar to look for ship wreck hat went down carrying several cases of a super-rare champagne. Instead, the team discovered a mysterious round object
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