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Opinion

The backfire effect and the menace of fake news

Fake news operates at the confluence of precisely engineered information delivered through finely targeted online advertisement

4 min read21 Feb 2018
Opinion

What’s next, statutory warnings on social media?

Statutory warnings may even show up on social media sites as targeted advertisementsbut the choice is still yours

5 min read19 Dec 2017
Opinion

The year of being in denial

In 2017, a trend of denial exacerbated by the advent of alt-facts was evident in national, regional and even global affairs

4 min read18 Dec 2017
Opinion

How science sorts fact from alternative fact

Perhaps there's something about the scientific method that helps transcend the misleading tendencies of the human mind

4 min read26 Apr 2017
Opinion

Donald Trump’s long embrace of alternative facts

The term alternative facts is likely to become a signature catchphrase, forever associated with Donald Trump

4 min read27 Jan 2017

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