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Belief that the Earth is flat
The moon is having a star turn. This summer will mark the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing, and President Donald Trump’s administration has ordered NASA to put astronauts back on the moon by 2024. None of this, however, is likely to change the minds of people who live in a parallel …
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By Joel Achenbach, NASA AP Apollo 12 mission Commander Charles P. “Pete” Conrad was the third astronaut to walk on the moon. The moon hoax is a classic conspiracy theory — elaborate, oddly durable, requiring the existence of malevolent actors with a secret agenda. The moon is having a star turn. …
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In the 1950s, the C.I.A. began a secret project called MKUltra that aimed to find a ‘truth drug’ to use during interrogations with suspected Soviet spies. Now, thanks largely to a 1974 New York Times report that prompted a federal investigation, we know that MKUltra involved ethically dubious …
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With Christmas Day just gone, it seems fitting that Steph Curry already has something he’d probably like to take back. Two weeks ago, the Golden State Warriors star gave the 24-hour news cycle an incredible gift during an appearance on The Ringer’s Winging It podcast. The show, which features the …
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Until this precise moment in his nearly decade-long career, Stephen Curry has remained gleefully free of controversy. His Twitter profile includes a scriptural reference and also a hat tip to a spouse who has never appeared on “Basketball Wives.” His news conferences — essentially analyses of how …
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The first time I watched a Flat Earther YouTube video, I was entranced. The theory was that Earth used to be populated by giant trees, and so any change in elevation on Earth was actually just giant tree stumps. It made so little sense that I needed to know more about the theory, so when YouTube …
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Kyrie Irving doesn’t believe the Earth is flat…anymore. The NBA star has been at the center of a controversy ever since he claimed in a podcast last year that the Earth was not round. As recently as June, he said that the question was still worth debating. But yesterday (Oct. 1), at Forbes’ Under …
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City Council member Lawana Mayfield suggested on Facebook that 9/11 was a conspiracy and she linked to an article pushing 9/11 conspiracy theories. “I am still waiting for someone to produce pieces of the alleged plane that opened the doors for US Citizens to loose (sic) all privacy rights (from …
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Illustration: Rebecca Zisser / Axios “Fake news” was rampant throughout the 2016 election — and it’s still around. But it’s hardly new: people have believed in conspiracy theories for ages, and scientists are no stranger to combating them. The bottom line: From anti-vaccine conspiracies to climate …
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Shutterstock While there were exaggerated fears about fluoridation in the past, what do current studies say about problems with fluoridated water? originally appeared on Quora: the place to gain and share knowledge, empowering people to learn from others and better understand the world. Answer by …
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