

10 years ago
3
Scientists Tried Trolling Conspiracy Theorists
For all those people claiming to “fucking love science” on the internet, there's a bunch more rallying around bullshit conspiracy theories. And research just published in PLOS ONE reveals that whatever critical thinking skills the conspiracy theorists lack, they make up for in numbers, passion, and the ability to stay in their own echo chambers. It's to the point where conspiracy theorists even have a hard time (to be kind) spotting conspiracy theory parodies.
Continue Reading
Join the Discussion
We need to start the Poe's Law Foundation...
Seemed to me, when this story came out, that these "researchers" were obnoxious and smug. Also, I seem to remember the link to their actual paper was broken. What I was left with was the distinct impression these were more griefers than scientists.
I'm not sure the two concepts are mutually exclusive.