Tag Archives: conspiracies

Test your friends and relations capacity for conspiratorial beliefs

Posted on December 15, 2022 by Naomi

…and your patience at presenting them with hard scientific evidence. From November 2022 Harper’s Findings: Americans who hold conspiratorial beliefs about scientific matters will reduce their cognitive dissonance when presented with conflicting evidence by becoming more conspiratorial. Shit. I need … Continue reading →

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Animal news: Of chameleons, conspiracies and Hillary Clinton

Posted on February 6, 2021 by Naomi

A chameleon too too small. Teeny, in fact. (There’s a photo of the little creature standing on the top of someone’s thumb.) The Guardian reports: Scientists say they have discovered a sunflower-seed-sized subspecies of chameleon that may well be the … Continue reading →

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More about Facebook with less about Facebook

Posted on September 11, 2020 by Naomi

That previous Facebook post…I wrote too much. What I wanted to say was, I think so much better of my fellow citizens than do journalists who are going nuts because they read all the garbage that’s on Facebook and pick … Continue reading →

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