Category Archives: Propaganda

A few words about fossil fuels and climate change

Posted on January 21, 2023 by Naomi

Terse but packing a killer punch, per usual from Harper’s Weekly Review: A study revealed that, in the 1970s, Exxon made “breathtakingly” accurate predictions of how much fossil fuel emissions would heat the planet, while casting doubt on global warming … Continue reading →

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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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Why did the madness take over people’s minds?

Posted on November 28, 2022 by Naomi

For all these years, since 2016, there is that agonizing question: why did people we thought were intelligent and rational vote for Trump? My current answer — which I admit emerges from a sort of intellectual stupor coming from the … Continue reading →

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