Who Will Debunk The Debunkers?

Sometimes “fake facts” are repeated so frequently and emphatically that people accept them as true – even when ample evidence exists to the contrary. It is easier to believe the first thing that sounds reasonably accurate than to search deeply for demonstrable facts that support a claim. Take, for instance, the widely believed story that spinach is full of iron. This supposed fact supported by science was disseminated though mainstream US culture in the 1930s using the popular cartoon character Popeye, who committed to eating his spinach to improve his strength. Many consumers followed suit. In the...