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I have a love-hate relationship with Poe's Law. Poe's Law , you probably know, is a rule of thumb named after Nathan Poe, who said i...

I think we've all had moments when we were taken in by a prank or a hoax.  Some of them can be pretty clever, and after all, we're o...

There's nothing like a good parody to point up the absurdity of a claim. Of course, when what you're parodying is itself ridiculou...

I think we've all had moments when we were taken in by a prank or a hoax.  Some of them can be pretty clever, and after all, we're o...

Here at Skeptophilia  we've talked about "Poe's Law" -- the general rule that a sufficiently well-done satire is indisting...

It's not often that you get to witness the birth of a conspiracy theory. Most of the time, I suspect, they start out with someone spec...

Yesterday I ran into a site that is either the most extreme example of conspiracy theory insanity I've seen, or else one of the best exa...

So, today we're going to play a version of "Bluff the Listener" (from one of my favorite NPR shows, "Wait Wait Don't ...

There's this idea called "Poe's Law."  Named after Nathan Poe, the first person to set it down as a rule of thumb (althoug...