Showing results for "Fake Science" in Science

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.

"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.

Neuroscientist Amir Raz shares decades of research and case studies to show how suggestion changes the brain and shapes our behavior—and how we can protect ourselves from and harness suggestibility in our own lives. Suggestions can make cheap wine taste like Château Margaux, warp our...

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.

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.

In this book, Lee McIntyre argues that what distinguishes science from its rivals is what he calls "the scientific attitude" - caring about evidence and being willing to change theories on the basis of new evidence. The history of science is littered with theories that were scientific but turned out to be wrong; the scientific attitude reveals why even a failed theory can help us to understand what is special about science.

When does a scientific discovery become accepted fact? Why have scientific facts become easy to deny? And what can we do about it? In The Workshop and the World, philosopher and science historian Robert P. Crease answers these questions by describing the origins of our scientific infrastructure - the “workshop” - and the role of 10 of the world’s greatest thinkers in shaping it. As today’s politicians and government officials increasingly accuse scientists of dishonesty, conspiracy, and even hoaxes, engaged citizens wonder how we got to this level of distrust....

As Facebook finally rolls out tools to clean up misinformation, another Internet giant must follow its lead.

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.

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...

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.

Jeden zweiten Dienstag nimmt Birgit Seiser dich mit in die faszinierende Welt der Verschwörungstheorien, Mythen und historischen Geheimnissen. 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 ...