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Carlos Orsi
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Carlos Orsi is a journalist, editor-in-chief of Revista Questão de Ciência, author of "O Livro dos Milagres" (Editora da Unesp), "O Livro da Astrologia" (KDP), "Negacionismo" (Editora de Cultura), and co-author of " Pura Picaretagem" (Leya), "Ciência no Cotidiano" (Editora Contexto), for which he was awarded the Jabuti Prize, and “Contra a Realidade" (Papirus 7 Mares).
“It’s in our DNA”: the clichés that confuse the public about genetics and essentialism
Clichés about a quality being "in our DNA" use the terminology of genetics to depict ideas of essentialism - and in doing so, they reinforce a spurious link
“What Nonsense!” – unpacking popular pseudosciences for a Brazilian audience
As pseudoscience flourishes in Brazil, What Nonsense! by Carlos Orsi and Natalia Pasternak seeks to redress the balance, and push back against irrationality
The persistence of error: why longevity doesn’t equate to veracity
Age-old beliefs aren't always true - which is why we should be mindful of the risks of following time-tested ideas unquestioningly.
Russell Crowe’s new film ‘The Pope’s Exorcist’ tries to depict priests as superheroes
Funded by a Catholic religious order, 'The Pope's Exorcist', starring Russell Crowe, feels like a mix of Harry Potter and Dracula
The myth of the well-filled slate: we shouldn’t discount the influence of society on our lives
Twenty years after Steven Pinker's "The Blank Slate", we should be wary of those who make claims about innate traits that separate nature from nurture
Hollow Earth flying saucers: the bossa-nova of pseudoscience
The belief in a hollow earth - filled with inhabitants, animals and aliens - can be traced back, in part, to the new-age movement in Brazil
Family Constellation: the pseudoscience retraumatising victims at the approval of Brazilian courts
Brazilian courts are disturbingly fond of Family Constellation, a pseudoscientific form of therapy that pushes blame onto victims, and retraumatises the most vulnerable people
Have Brazilians been effectively immunised against vaccine disinformation?
While health misinformation is rife in Brazil, confidence in vaccines remains extremely high, thanks to decades of public health messaging
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