David Morrill of Portland, Oregon, was involved in conspiracy theory communities online until a mental health crisis forced him to confront his beliefs. He talked with his father about how he found ...

Not long ago, a millennial father of two in the Midwest whom I interviewed was convinced that many of our elected leaders like to feast on the flesh of children. He feared that the world was at the ...

Mother has Moment of Truth that leads to her rejecting conspiracy theories she believed Like millions of Americans, Karen Robertson of Iuka, Mississippi believed in conspiracy theories. But one day ...

There is a big difference between factual statements and statements that express strong emotions or demands (Messerly, 2016). When you claim that something is a fact (for example, "Trees get their ...

So I’ve reached the conclusion that arguing that antisemitism is bad has reached the point of diminishing returns. One of the things that can make this chapter of American life so ass-achingly stupid ...

When I was in my 20s, the big show was “The X-Files.” Every Sunday night, 10 to 20 million Americans tuned in to see F.B.I. agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully investigate unexplained phenomena and ...

Mathematical logic provides a rigorous framework for analysing the structure of mathematical reasoning, enabling a deep understanding of both formal systems and the nature of proofs. Central to this ...

The former president’s activity on his social network, Truth Social, openly promotes far-right and conspiratorial ideas that are usually confined to corners of the internet. By Stuart A. Thompson ...