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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 by secret societies.

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 5G technology. Such false claims relate to both the long-term misunderstanding of electromagnetic radiation and common errors in thinking.

Faulty findings, real appeal: the psychology of pseudoscience

Why do some people turn to pseudoscience, and why are they so hard to pry away from it?

This core thinking error underlies both creationism and conspiracy theories

Maybe this is not so surprising after all.

Contradicting fake stories / conspiracy theories on social media just doesn't do anything. It may be counterproductive

Oh this is troubling.

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 bunker, cause the world is ending – again. The popular Mayan conspiracy theory that the world is ending on December 21 has made a surprisingly high number of adept, and NASA had to step in. […]

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 them are preoccupied by UFOs instead of the local countryside. The town located near the Pic of Bugarach mountain which has no more than 200 inhabitants is getting more and more spotlight from doomsday visitors […]

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 calendar apocalypse’ thing; the US space agency came out with on Saturday in an attempt to debunk these claims and downplay concerns that the world will end in 2012. Mr Don Yeomans from NASA explains […]