A new experimental study has found that fostering critical thinking can be an effective method to reduce people's tendency to believe in conspiracy theories. Led by researchers at University College ...

It’s time we stop acting like truth still matters. It doesn’t. I’m not saying it shouldn’t. It should — especially in an election year — but somehow along the way it stopped mattering and we’re facing ...

The most adept deceivers often don't present any of those signs and, further, the average observer's tendency to rely on such visual cues impedes their ability to tell when someone is lying. But those ...

The Critical Issues Symposium at Hope College will explore “Discerning Truth in a World of Uncertainty” on Wednesday, Sept. 27, considering strategies and challenges for sorting fact from fiction in a ...

When I was a kid, I liked the game show To Tell the Truth. Four celebrity panelists would ask probing questions of three contestants to determine who really was the interesting person the show’s host ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Article created by The Century Foundation. The debacle of James Frey’s unraveled ...