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Tag Archives: Conspiracy theories

14 Jul
Philosophy & Psychology

Why conspiracy theories are exciting – and dangerous

  • 15/07/2022
  • By author-avatar Donovan Schaefer
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Conspiracy theories have been around for centuries, from witch trials and antisemitic campaigns to beliefs that Freemasons we...

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31 May
Philosophy & Psychology

Why are we so vulnerable to bad information?

  • 15/07/2022
  • By author-avatar Andrew Perfors
  • 1 comment
There are two fundamental reasons why misinformation is a bigger problem than ever before. The first is tied to the rise of the inte...

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29 Apr
Science & Health

Has Covid destroyed our trust in experts?

  • 15/07/2022
  • By author-avatar Carrick Ryan
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It started with a tweet. On 14 January 2020, as the world waited anxiously for news about the emerging virus in Wuhan, the World Health...

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20 Mar
Philosophy & Psychology

Why we trust experts – even when they admit they don’t know the answer

  • 22/07/2022
  • By author-avatar Erik Gustafsson
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We constantly make decisions about who to trust. Much of the time we’re bombarded with massive amounts of information on all sorts o...

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05 Dec
Science & Health

Are conspiracy theories just part of our evolutionary history?

  • 09/09/2022
  • By author-avatar Jack Dikian
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Conspiracy theories and medical misinformation about the coronavirus started to spread through social media sites almost immediately af...

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