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Why Do People Believe Con Artists?

September 2, 2024March 3, 2020 by Dave
con artist

The study of business history reveals that people everywhere have always had a sweet tooth for the unreal, enthralled by what should be taken as too good to be true.

Categories Fake News, Skeptic news, Skepticism, society Tags Arthur Conan Doyle, Bernie Madoff, Business history, Confidence scams, Piltdown Man, Ponzi scheme Leave a comment

Wingnut Weekly – 1 Mar 2020

June 28, 2024March 1, 2020 by Dave
wingnut in chief

Wingnut weekly – a selection of weirdness from the past week that emanates from a blend of religious Fundamentalism with right-wing politics

Categories fundamentalists, nutters, politics, religion Tags fundamentalists, politics, religion, right-wing, wingnut Leave a comment

Does Watching Netflix really have a large CO2 impact?

May 20, 2024February 28, 2020 by Dave
netflix

A 2019 report on the CO2 impact of streaming is cited by many media sources. It is seriously flawed and wrong.

Categories Climate Change, environment, media, news, science Tags CO2, impact, netflix Leave a comment

The NASA #BroomstickChallenge

February 27, 2020February 27, 2020 by Dave
#BroomstickChallenge

One of the latest viral Crazes doing the rounds is the #BroomstickChallenge. It is not new, just a rehash of an old egg balancing claim.

Categories Critical Thinking, Fake News, Skeptic news, Skepticism, society Tags #BroomstickChallenge, daft, fake news, viral Leave a comment

Heatwave changed Antarctica in just 9 days

August 13, 2024February 26, 2020 by Dave
antarctica

We now have before and after Satallite images of what happened during the record breaking heatwave in Antarctica between 5-13 Feb

Categories Antarctic, Climate Change, news, science Tags Antarctica, climate, heatwave Leave a comment

Bots: 25% of Climate tweets are fake

May 20, 2024February 25, 2020 by Dave
bots

The Guardian reports that as many as 25% of climate related tweets are bots. How can you tell if a twitter account is human or a bot?

Categories Fake News, society, technology, twitter Tags bots, fake news, twitter Leave a comment
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