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Why Do People Believe Con Artists?

September 2, 2024March 3, 2020 by Dave
con artist

The study of business history reveals that people everywhere have always had a sweet tooth for the unreal, enthralled by what should be taken as too good to be true.

Categories Fake News, Skeptic news, Skepticism, society Tags Arthur Conan Doyle, Bernie Madoff, Business history, Confidence scams, Piltdown Man, Ponzi scheme Leave a comment

The NASA #BroomstickChallenge

February 27, 2020February 27, 2020 by Dave
#BroomstickChallenge

One of the latest viral Crazes doing the rounds is the #BroomstickChallenge. It is not new, just a rehash of an old egg balancing claim.

Categories Critical Thinking, Fake News, Skeptic news, Skepticism, society Tags #BroomstickChallenge, daft, fake news, viral Leave a comment

Bots: 25% of Climate tweets are fake

May 20, 2024February 25, 2020 by Dave
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The Guardian reports that as many as 25% of climate related tweets are bots. How can you tell if a twitter account is human or a bot?

Categories Fake News, society, technology, twitter Tags bots, fake news, twitter Leave a comment

It is Brexit day: what does this mean for Science?

January 31, 2020 by Dave
brexit

Brexit is upon us. Today the UK ceases to be an EU member and enters a transition phase. How will that impact science in the UK?

Categories politics, science, society Tags #Brexit, impact, science, UK Leave a comment

Magic Cure for Coronavirus: Just Drink Bleach!

August 6, 2023January 30, 2020 by Dave

Promoters of the pro-Trump QAnon conspiracy theory are urging their fans to ward off Coronavirus by purchasing and drinking dangerous bleach.

Categories consumer, Skeptic news, Skepticism, society, Uncategorized Tags Coronavirus, fake, MMS, quack Leave a comment

Evidence of Climate data manipulation in emails

August 13, 2024January 28, 2020 by Dave
data manipulation of wildfire data

Emails between Trump Administration officials reveals blatent attempts to manipulate data to increase logging within national forests.

Categories Climate Change, media, news, politics, science, society Tags data, fraud, manipulation, politics, propganda Leave a comment
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