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How religion trumped science in America’s coronavirus response

There's a lot of blame to be apportioned when it comes to America's Coronavirus response - and religion needs to take its share

Real in what sense? Consensually torturing skeptics over the nature of ‘realness’

Even a skeptic's sense of what is real can be less black and white than we think - and can lead to some surprisingly uncomfortable analysis

It’s easier to decry ‘kids today’ than it is to look honestly at the world we’ve made

It's always been fashionable to blame younger generations for society's ills... especially when doing so lets the rest of us off the hook

From scam product ads to conspiracy theories, misinformation always adapts to survive

The techniques developed by affiliate marketers to spread scam products mirrors the way in which conspiracy theories nimbly adapt to spread misinformation

Rebecca Fox on… Social Media

Viral claims on social media are expressions of the anxieties people feel - even if the claims aren't true, those anxieties and feelings are

Captured by Aliens? A History and Analysis of American Abduction Claims, by Nigel Watson

'Captured by Aliens?' is an excellent introduction to alleged alien contact, but misses the opportunity to update on previous editions

GESARA: From 9/11 ‘truth’ to global economic conspiracy

The way in which the GESARA plot has changed over time shows us that conspiracy theories don't disappear, they merely evolve.

Plagues and plots: throughout history, epidemics and conspiracy theories have gone hand-in-hand

From the anti-Semitic Flagellants of the Black Death to modern day 5G-hating COVID deniers, epidemics have always driven conspiracy theories.
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