Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
The BBC’s Specialist disinformation reporter, Marianna Spring, has posted a great article titled “How should you talk to friends and relatives who believe conspiracy theories?“. Well yes. A pre-Tier4 article. Those living in Tier4 areas will no longer get to spend Christmas with their beloved but quite dotty Aunty Vax. It is still very good … Read more
John Maddox prize winners for 2020 have been announced. These are the people who faced hostility when they stood for truth and did not bend.
Fox News Republicans are a separate demographic. They are literally batshit crazy radicals when compared to normal Republicans. #FakeNews
The 2020 “Twit on Twitter” award goes to Shell Oil for asking others what they are going to do about emissions to help the #Climate
There has been another development in the Jerry Falwell Jnr saga. He is now suing his own university for making him look bad.
Why do humans get ensnared by conspiracy theories that are rather obviously not actually true at all, what is it about us that enables this?