Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
Over in East Tennessee a guy named Art Bohanan has created what he calls “The Human Remains Detector”. To demonstrate how it works he went with the media to an old cemetery in Knoxville and proceeded to find bones beneath his feet. This happened last Dec 2021. A local news outlet ran the story and … Read more
Published within the British Journal of Developmental Psychology is a study that reveals that kids are prime targets for fake news. One word … “Yikes!”. Titled “Measuring adolescents’ beliefs in conspiracy theories: Development and validation of the Adolescent Conspiracy Beliefs Questionnaire” the open access paper reveals that a team of researchers created and then validated … Read more
Are you at risk of becoming a victim of popular scams? What can you do to help protect yourself from this happening to you?
Who is the greatest most prolific source of deliberate disinformation that is designed to deceive and manipulate? Joseph Mercola wins Gold
Some claim the COVID vaccines are “experimental”. What they really are telling you is that they are anti-vaccine cranks.
Dubious Sea Level Claim case study.
When faced with claims, how should we critically analyse them, what approach is the best one to take?