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How to Inoculate Your Team Against Conspiracy Theories
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Archived 6 years ago from Harvard Business Review
How to Inoculate Your Team Against Conspiracy Theories

Executive Summary While it’s easy to dismiss those who believe in conspiracy theories as a minority fringe, recent research shows that certain conditions can make anyone more susceptible: specifically, feeling a lack of control makes people much more likely to believe in these theories. Luckily, …

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Was Tom Hanks Arrested in Australia and Fitted with an Ankle Bracelet?
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Archived 3 years ago from Snopes Fact Checks
Was Tom Hanks Arrested in Australia and Fitted with an Ankle Bracelet?

Claim: Tom Hanks was arrested for “pedophilia” in Australia, and fitted with an ankle bracelet to monitor his movements. In March 2020, actor Tom Hanks was in Queensland, Australia, for the filming of a biopic about singer Elvis Presley, when he and his wife Rita Wilson went to a hospital “after …

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Men are more likely than women to endorse COVID-19 conspiracy theories
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Archived 6 years ago from EurekAlert
Men are more likely than women to endorse COVID-19 conspiracy theories

A new study has found that men are more likely than women to endorse coronavirus (COVID-19) related conspiracy theories. The study, published in early July in Politics and Gender, builds upon research from earlier this year that revealed Republicans were more likely than Democrats to believe …

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Conspiracy theory a crutch, not constructive
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Archived 6 years ago from Claremore Daily Progress
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Conspiracy theory a crutch, not constructive

Editor,    Thank you for your illuminating words in the July 22 issue about conspiracy theories. It is important we understand how to leave them behind us so we can pick up fact-based understandings and make helpful decisions about important problems. Effective public health decisions and finding …

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I’ve been talking to conspiracy theorists for 20 years – here are my six rules of engagement
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Archived 6 years ago from The Conversation UK
I’ve been talking to conspiracy theorists for 20 years – here are my six rules of engagement

With prospects of a COVID-19 vaccine looking up, attention is also turning to the problem of anti-vax ideas. According to a recent survey, one in six Britons would refuse a COVID-19 vaccine when it becomes available. Although vaccine hesitancy is a complex problem with multiple causes, the number …

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“Unsupported”: a powerful rating to flag COVID-19 conspiracy theories
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Archived 6 years ago from Poynter
“Unsupported”: a powerful rating to flag COVID-19 conspiracy theories

‘Unsupported’: a powerful rating to flag COVID-19 conspiracy theories – Poynter ‘Unsupported’: a powerful rating to flag COVID-19 conspiracy theories – Poynter Home Fact-Checking ‘Unsupported’: a powerful rating to flag COVID-19 conspiracy theories

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3 conspiracy theories that keep us guessing
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Archived 6 years ago from Shout Out UK
3 conspiracy theories that keep us guessing

Everyone likes a good story. These conspiracy theories have a proven time record, continuing to disturb and tickle the mind. Enjoy! Public poisoning by order of the government? This is the ‘Chemtrail’ conspiracy theory. Believers of the theory think that the residual condensation trails left behind …

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How to talk to conspiracy theorists—and still be kind
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Archived 2 years ago from MIT Technology Review
How to talk to conspiracy theorists—and still be kind

The internet has made it easier than ever before to encounter and spread conspiracy theories. And while some are harmless, others can be deeply damaging, sowing discord and even leading to unnecessary deaths. Now, researchers believe they’ve uncovered a new tool for combating false conspiracy …

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