Exclusive eBook: How AGI Became a Consequential Conspiracy Theory
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The Download: The risk of falling space debris, and how to debunk a conspiracy theory
The risk of flights being hit by space junk is still small, but it’s growing. About three pieces of old space equipment—used rockets and defunct...
The Download: How to survive a conspiracy theory, and moldy cities
—Mike Rothschild is a journalist and an expert on the growth and impact of conspiracy theories and disinformation. It’s something of a familiar cycle by...
Why it’s so hard to bust the weather control conspiracy theory
What we cannot do The versions of weather modification that the conspiracy theorists envision most often—significantly altering monsoons or hurricanes or making the skies clear...
What it’s like to be in the middle of a conspiracy theory (according to a conspiracy theory expert)
In the aftermath, many claimed that they received no warning to evacuate, saw no first responders battling the blazes, and had little interaction with official...