The Psychology Behind Conspiracy Theories
Conspiracy theories—claims and narratives that contest or misrepresent established facts...
The Psychology Behind Conspiracy Theories
Conspiracy theories—claims and narratives that contest or misrepresent established facts about significant events—are a ubiquitous part of our culture. From notions of a faked moon landing to theories about the...
Disinformation – A Guide to Reliable Sources
In the age of information overload, it is easy to get overwhelmed by the amount of news, opinions, and data that we encounter every day. How can we tell what...
10 Things You Can Do to Detect Bias in the News
In today's world, we are constantly exposed to different sources of information, from social media to newspapers to TV channels. However, not all information is equally reliable or trustworthy. Some...
What Have We Learned About Vaping? It’s Not Good…
Vaping is the act of inhaling and exhaling an aerosol produced by an electronic cigarette, vape pen, or other vaping device. These devices heat a liquid that typically contains nicotine,...
The Impact of Deepfake Technology on the Spread of Misinformation
Deepfakes and Fake News: The Growing Threat to Democracy Deepfakes are videos or audio recordings that have been manipulated using artificial intelligence to make it appear as if someone is...
How to Identify Clickbait
Clickbait is a term used to describe sensational headlines that are designed to grab your attention and get you to click on a link. The problem with clickbait is that...
The Role of Social Media in Spreading Fake News.
The rise of social media has revolutionized the way we consume and share information. However, with the widespread use of social media, there has also been an alarming increase in...
How media literacy education can combat fake news and improve critical thinking skills among young people.
In today's digital age, fake news has become a pervasive problem, with misleading and inaccurate information being spread at an unprecedented pace. This phenomenon is particularly concerning among young people...
The Dangers of “AI”
Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to revolutionize the business world, but it also comes with a host of potential dangers that need to be carefully considered. In this short...
Fake News (As Understood by chatGPT)
Fake news has become a pervasive problem in recent years, with the proliferation of social media and the ease with which misinformation can be spread online. Fake news is defined...
What Are Logical Fallacies?
Logical fallacies are errors in reasoning that can undermine the validity of an argument. They are often used in media and advertising to persuade people to believe something that is...
Jordan Klepper – The Daily Distancing Show
QANON and Trump nonsense.
Trump and Putin as Mini Me and Dr. Evil – Hard Knock Life – YouTube
Reading Time: < 1 minutes Deep Fake of Trump and Putin as Mini Me and Dr. Evil – Hard Knock Life
You’ve Been Listening To “The Game Of Thrones” Theme All Wrong
It turns out, we've all been listening to "The Game of Thrones" theme all wrong. If you want to skip right to the theme music forward to 2:02 minutes into...
The US Government is STILL Recording and Storing Your Public Social Media Accounts
This is how big brother makes itself legitimate. If you look deeper, this means that the US government is still monitoring and recording social media accounts of everyone available, not...
Ken Burns Steps In To Help Save Hampshire College
Ken Burns is why I went to Hampshire College. There was so much competition for the film program that I ended up not taking film classes and designed my own...
What The Mueller Report Means and Doesn’t
Seth Abramson does a great breakdown of what the release of the Mueller report is, and isn't. It's a piece of the puzzle, but by no means is it the...
Venezuela blocks incoming food and medicine.
As Venezuela crisis deepens, troops block border to halt arrival of food and medicine https://t.co/WzbQROjQ4Y pic.twitter.com/xBo7bflkAW — Los Angeles Times (@latimes) February 7, 2019
Michelle Wolf is a Great Comedian. Get Over It.
(The video here is the full 20 minute routine that Michelle did for the 2018 White House Correspondents' Dinner. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDbx1uArVOM) Michelle Wolf is a comedian. She makes jokes for a...
Cryptocurrencies May Be a Scam, but That Doesn’t Matter.
This is going to come off as a very skeptical article. It's not. It's factual. I'm not saying you should or shouldn't invest in cryptocurrencies, I'm just laying out the...