Conspiracy Theories

1) escaping the rabbit hole how to debunk conspiracy

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2) The skeptics' guide to the universe: how to know what's really real in a world increasingly full of fake

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Novella, Steven

3) An illustrated book of bad arguments

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Almossawi, Ali

4) They are already here: UFO culture and why we see saucers

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Scoles, Sarah

5) Republic of lies: American conspiracy theorists and their surprising rise to power

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Merlan, Anna

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A riveting tour through the landscape and meaning of modern conspiracy theories, exploring the causes and tenacity of this American malady, from Birthers to Pizzagate and beyond. American society has always been fertile ground for conspiracy theories, but with the election of Donald Trump, previously outlandish ideas suddenly attained legitimacy. Trump himself is a conspiracy enthusiast: from his claim that global warming is a Chinese hoax to the...

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7) The misinformation age: how false beliefs spread

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O'Connor, Cailin

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"Why should we care about having true beliefs? And why do demonstrably false beliefs persist and spread despite consequences for the people who hold them? Philosophers of science Cailin O'Connor and James Weatherall argue that social factors, rather than individual psychology, are what's essential to understanding the spread and persistence of false belief. It might seem that there's an obvious reason that true beliefs matter: false beliefs will hurt...

8) The misinformation age: how false beliefs spread

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O'Connor, Cailin

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Book, eBook

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"Why should we care about having true beliefs? And why do demonstrably false beliefs persist and spread despite consequences for the people who hold them? Philosophers of science Cailin O'Connor and James Weatherall argue that social factors, rather than individual psychology, are what's essential to understanding the spread and persistence of false belief. It might seem that there's an obvious reason that true beliefs matter: false beliefs will hurt...

9) A Lot of People Are Saying

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Rosenblum, Nancy L

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How the new conspiracists are undermining democracy-and what can be done about it Conspiracy theories are as old as politics. But conspiracists today have introduced something new-conspiracy without theory. And the new conspiracism has moved from the fringes to the heart of government with the election of Donald Trump. In A Lot of People Are Saying, Russell Muirhead and Nancy Rosenblum show how the new conspiracism differs from classic conspiracy...