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Tuesday, December 11, 2018
Scam Psychology: Bogus Science and Alternative Facts Redux
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One of the ways scams and woo spread is by linking a famous person to it, never mind that famous person actually said the EXACT OPPOSITE. ...
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Monday, November 19, 2018
Evil MLM: Revisionist History, Juice Plus Edition
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Remember in the book 1984 by George Orwell, the government rewrites history when the policies change? "We've always been at war wit...
Monday, November 5, 2018
British Columbia (Canada) Chiropractic Org Crack Down on Spurious Claims by Members, How About US?
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You will often find that chiropractors claim to be able to treat everything from ADHD and Alzheimers to diabetes, infertility, all the way t...
Tuesday, October 30, 2018
MLM Genre Analysis: CBD products have HUGE risks not understood by participants
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Some of the more recent MLMs have latched onto CBD, or cannabidiol as their next big thing, and several companies have started selling produ...
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Tuesday, September 18, 2018
Scam Psychology: Engaging Antivaxxers: What I learned from them vs. Scheme Denialists
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Recently, I engaged a couple antivaxxers on Twitter. It was a learning experience. One just wants to talk about his conspiracy theory (There...
Sunday, July 22, 2018
How to Combat Falsehoods: It's NOT a matter of opinion or being neutral!
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As a skeptic, it is often troubling to see the amount of bogosity available in public, much less the Internet, where anyone with some free t...
Thursday, July 5, 2018
Anatomy of a Scam: How "Verification Code" Scam Works
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You should NEVER send ANY verification code you received to ANYONE ELSE . Verification codes are for you the recipient, and you ONLY. It ver...
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