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It dawned on me one day that most of the scare stories in the media today are based on things that are either invisible, like CO2 and radiation, or very remote, like polar bears and coral reefs. Thus, the average person cannot observe and verify the truth of these claims for themselves. They must rely on activists, the media, politicians, and scientists - all of whom have a huge financial and/or political interest in the subject - to tell them the truth.

You'd think we were living in the golden age of science and reason. But the truth is far more sinister, says Austin Ruse. We're actually living in the age of the low information voter, easily misled by all-too-convincing false statistics and studies. In Fake Science, Ruse debunks so-called "facts" used to advance political causes one after the other, revealing how poorly they stand up to actual science.

Un chimico e un astrofisico (no, non è l’inizio di una barzelletta) navigano sulla zattera del pensiero scientifico attraverso l’insidioso mare dei media e della comunicazione. Sommerso ogni giorno da una quantità tale di dati, numeri, immagini e opinioni il nostro cervello – già di suo pigro e lontano dall’essere perfetto – rischia costantemente di perdere la rotta. Ma come si fa a impedire questa deriva cerebrale? Come aiutare la nostra mente a trovare punti di riferimento sicuri per attraversare indenne la tempesta del sovraccarico di notizie?

This collection showcases fabricated documents and stories throughout history, and the diversity of purposes and contexts they were deployed in.The "Awful Disclosures of the Hotel Dieu Nunnery of Montreal" is a fabricated anti-Catholic eye-witness account, published in 1836 and purporting to reveal the horrors of life in a convent. The Donation of Constantine is a forged imperial decree, supposedly enacting a perpetual transfer of authority over the western part of the Roman Empire from the emperor to the Pope. George Psalmanazar, who passed himself off as a native of Formosa (Taiwan), wrote a...

People are used to seeing "fake physics" in science fiction - concepts like faster-than-light travel, antigravity, and time travel to name a few. The fiction label ought to be a giveaway, but some SF writers - especially those with a background in professional science - are so adept at "technobabble" that it can be difficult to work out what is fake and what is real. To confuse matters further, Isaac Asimov's 1948 piece about the fictitious time-traveling substance thiotimoline was written, not as a short story, but in the form of a spoof research paper.

Stalin, Mao, Hitler, Mussolini, and other dictators routinely doctored photographs so that the images aligned with their messages. They erased people who were there, added people who were not, and manipulated backgrounds. They knew if they changed the visual record, they could change history. Once, altering images required hours in the darkroom; today, it can be done with a keyboard and mouse. Because photographs are so easily faked, fake photos are everywhere - supermarket tabloids, fashion magazines, political ads, and social media.

Nos están contando otra gran mentira, y ya no hay marcha atrás. No nos han preguntado ni dejado votar al respecto de si queremos asumir las consecuencias de una agenda que parece imparable. Y casi todo el mundo habla de ella asumiendo que es la nueva biblia, y sus predicadores los nuevos dioses. Pero donde hay dioses también hay demonios. A veces, el bien tiene que remangarse y actuar orillando sus razones. A veces, lo que se presenta como el mal es la única salvación, y lo que se presenta como el bien solo es el camino pavimentado de buenas intenciones hacia la esclavitud. Sin moral, sin...

Quando si parla di cibo le nostre scelte sono spesso influenzate da convinzioni che si basano sul fantomatico "sentito dire", sul "a casa mia si è sempre fatto così", o sul bombardamento mediatico della pubblicità o della scienza da bar. Provate a pensarci: quante delle nostre abitudini nel campo dell'alimentazione sono motivate da informazioni attendibili? Troppo poche!

"On ne peut rien faire pour lutter contre le réchauffement climatique." "On vivra bientôt sur Mars !" "Nous n'utilisons que 10 % de notre cerveau." Les fake news ont la vie dure ! Au point qu'on peut toutes et tous se laisser piéger. Pour vous aider à y voir plus clair, le média "Curieux !" a passé au crible de la science 100 fake news sur des sujets aussi divers que l'alimentation, le cerveau, l'environnement ou la sexualité, dans un livre audio ludique et richement illustré.

Alle 14 Tage nimmt Birgit Seiser dich mit in die faszinierende Welt der Verschwörungstheorien, Mythen und historischen Geheimnisse. Von Aliens und Reptiloiden über den Great Reset bis zu Pyramiden, Atlantis und anderen rätselhaften Geschichten – wir erklären, wie diese Mythen entstanden sind und was wirklich dahinter steckt.Mit spannenden Expert:innen, fundierten Recherchen und einer Prise Humor entlarven wir Fake News, hinterfragen Legenden und geben dir das Werkzeug, selbst kritisch zu denken. Unser Motto: „Bleibt skeptisch, aber hört uns gut zu!“Ob du Verschwörungsmythen liebst,...

Il fact checking di ANSA in versione podcast, uno strumento dell’Agenzia per combattere la disinformazione. Ogni settimana verifichiamo una notizia diffusa in rete per confermarne la veridicità o smascherarne la falsità.

Bliv klogere på fake news i denne podcastserie! Ritzau og lex.dk står bag en række online-arrangementer om fake news og misinformation, hvor Danmarks førende forskere gør os klogere på hvad der fake og hvad der er fakta.

This audiobook explains based on science and facts how you can be the solution to the big crises we will face to cover our basic needs (food, water, health). It’s just a question of time before the next economic crisis. In the coming years, we will all directly suffer from climate change in one way or another including our kids and grandkids. The rich get richer, banks steal from us, while so many don’t even have decent food or health care.... There is an alternative system in which you can lead toward a solution to these crises.