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Dave Hahn
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Dave Hahn recently defended his PhD disseration this past November the title of which is “Appeal to Conspiracy: A Philosophical Analysis of the Problem of Conspiracy Theories and Theorizing. He is an adjunct professor at SUNY Geneseo where he teaches a conspiracy theory and skepticism course and lives in Buffalo, NY.
Whisper it quietly and go heavy on the caveats, but David Icke is right
In this one, limited, highly-specific, and particularly niche way, yes, David Icke was actually right about something.
Agent Swift and sinking Tuvalu: Inventing fake conspiracy theories to teach critical thinking
Studying the details of conspiracy theories can take students so far, but they learn so much more by having to invent their own fake conspiracy plots
A Swift conspiracy: why almost all major celebrities get accused of being in the Illuminati
Almost without fail, the latest big celebrity gets falsely accused of being members of the Illuminati - and now they've come for Taylor Swift
My trip to the Reiki Clinic where I learned I suffer from a magnesium deficiency
According to a Magnesium Balm product, magnesium deficiency is widespread - and its symptoms are broad enough to apply to essentially everyone
The shaky evidence for medical cannabis
Proponents for medicinal cannabis use claim that marijuana can be useful for all manner of health conditions - are the claims all smoke with no fire?
Fictional impressions: the shaky foundations of many common forensic science techniques
TV crime shows have made us all very aware of forensic analysis of hair, DNA samples and fingerprints - but do we overstate its usefulness?
More wishful thinking than medical reality: “Placebos” by Kathryn T. Hall
The 'powerful placebo' is a seductive myth that Kathryn T. Hall's "Placebos" can't resist, even though her grand claims clearly misinterpret what the best available evidence says
John Robison, the Illuminati, and the beginnings of a global superconspiracy theory
The Illuminati has become the go-to villain in grand narrative conspiracy theories, despite their humble origin as a shortly-lived German Enlightenment group
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