Why People Believe in Pseudoscience—and Why It’s So Dangerous
We’re bombarded with pseudoscience every day—from social media conspiracy theories to politicians dismissing climate change with a snowball.
Tag: conspiracy theory
A third of UK adults believe a wide array of conspiracy theories
From "15-minute cities" to the "great replacement", concerningly large parts of the population believe in conspiracy theories.
The big, nasty conspiracy theories of our time
There are people who can convince you that you are living in a parallel universe created by CERN and ruled ...
Myth Busted: Debunking the Alleged 5G/Coronavirus Connection
Social media is packed with suggestions that the COVID-19 pandemic sweeping the globe is somehow connected to the implementation of ...
This core thinking error underlies both creationism and conspiracy theories
Maybe this is not so surprising after all.
The internal urge to eliminate uncertainty favors conspiracy theories
Cognitive closure might compel some to love tinfoil.
NASA about 21 December Doomsday: “It will be another winter solstice”
Debunking conspiracy theories Oh boy, it's this time of the year again: grab your supplies and head on to the ...
French town overrun by doomsday visitors
The small yet pleasant city of Bugarach in southwest France is flooded with tourists, but the thing is most of ...
Sadly, NASA has to debunk Mayan apocalypse conspiracies again
It saddens me to see NASA having to come out again and explain why the whole 'Mayan end of the ...
