Conspiracy Theories

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Conspiracy Theories

An unhealthy dose of viral conspiracy

Hayley Stevens - 9th October 2020

As conspiracy theories flood social media and users struggle to tell fact from fiction, we need to find better ways to stop misinformation from spreading.

Skepticism

Coronavirus, conspiracy, challenges and compassion

Michael Marshall - 3rd September 2020

Our new editor Michael Marshall talks about the challenge of countering coronavirus misinformation and conspiracy theory, and why compassion is such an important aspect of skepticism.

‘Legal Name Fraud’ – The Truth? It’s hogwash

Geoff Whelan - 1st April 2016

In 2016, we covered the series of strange billboards which began to crop up across the UK, promoting the Freedom of the Land conspiracy theory.

9/11

Nostradamus and 9/11: picking apart the proposed prophecy

David Hambling - 1st October 2001

From the archives, David Hambling takes a look at the predictions of Nostradamus in relation to the tragic events that took place in America on September 11th 2001

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The Mail Online declared arsenic a “miracle cure for cancer” – I’ll wait to see some evidence

Science can be a candle in the dark, as long as you’re not actively trying to avoid the light

Being Reasonable: what we can learn from people who hold fringe beliefs

Chiropractic’s life-saving claims are just another flight of fancy

Regulators take action against dentist offering applied kinesiology and cranial osteopathy

Del Bigtree’s Better Way conference seeks to turn Covid conspiracists into full-on anti-vaxxers

Abortion isn’t murder – despite their rhetoric, even the American religious right know it

The right to an abortion isn’t just about extreme, horrific cases – it’s about our bodily autonomy

The Dangerous Dogs Act, with its emphasis on how a dog looks, is wholly unscientific

The Russian Game: the conspiracy mongering propaganda techniques designed to stoke division

Could Loch Ness Monster sightings really be attributed to an aroused whale penis?

Elizabethan Skepticism: How “A Discoverie of Witchcraft” pushed back against a moral panic

Being Reasonable: what we can learn from people who hold fringe beliefs

When it comes to the paranormal, do ‘sheep’ and ‘goats’ think differently? It looks like they do

The return of a myth: Satanic ritual abuse and the sacred status of Argos

Another mass shooting in America cites the Great Replacement conspiracy theory as motivation

Nikola Tesla and the cult of the mysterious genius

Del Bigtree’s Better Way conference seeks to turn Covid conspiracists into full-on anti-vaxxers

Being Reasonable: what we can learn from people who hold fringe beliefs

The Russian Game: the conspiracy mongering propaganda techniques designed to stoke division

Could Loch Ness Monster sightings really be attributed to an aroused whale penis?

Nikola Tesla and the cult of the mysterious genius

Elizabethan Skepticism: How “A Discoverie of Witchcraft” pushed back against a moral panic

David Langford’s skeptical ‘Skrapbook’

Abortion isn’t murder – despite their rhetoric, even the American religious right know it

Nikola Tesla and the cult of the mysterious genius

Being Reasonable: what we can learn from people who hold fringe beliefs

When it comes to the paranormal, do ‘sheep’ and ‘goats’ think differently? It looks like they do

Jordan Peterson, climate change, and the many definitions of a scientific model

Towards a Cognitive Neuroscience of the Dying Brain

Conspiracy Theories

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Another mass shooting in America cites the Great Replacement conspiracy theory as motivation

Could Loch Ness Monster sightings really be attributed to an aroused whale penis?

Nikola Tesla and the cult of the mysterious genius

The Mail Online declared arsenic a “miracle cure for cancer” – I’ll wait to see some evidence

Science can be a candle in the dark, as long as you’re not actively trying to avoid the light

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