Woolly ruse incites irrationality
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A psychologist looks for the origins of mystical belief with a murderer's cardigan and Einstein's pen.
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One of the problems with trying to have a rational discussion about taxes is that so many people want to believe what's convenient rather than what's accurate. Believing, after all, requires so much less effort than thinking.
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Doubts about Martin H. Tankleffâs confession tap into a legal debate about how much deception is too much.
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Fraud is not a word that one uses lightly. Indeed, in the context of a Presidential election, using it exposes one to dismissal as the very thought of it is distasteful. This time, however, the evidence is clear and unmistakable.
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The AP needs to take a mulligan on this pronouncement.
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Comment is free: George Monbiot: The push for participatory democracy has the disturbing whiff of an Astroturf campaign - a fake grassroots movement.
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You gotta be kidding me. Where's the logic?
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A bizarre scenario takes theories of modern cosmology to the limit.
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Rumors of a merger make a Foolish investor look brilliant.
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Intelligent-design advocates hijack new evidence about so-called junk DNA to support their theory.
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First, London. Then, Scotland. Is there a concerted conspiracy going on -- and who might be involved?
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Science butts up against religious beliefs yet again in the ever-contentious world of stem-cell politics.
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Comment is free: Timothy Garton Ash: The recent contortions of presidential hopeful Mitt Romney show why faith should not trump reason in the public square
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A campaign for sunglasses carries a theme â âNever hideâ â that seems counterintuitive when you consider the product.
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Matthew Kleinâs bright swindling-scam comedy is set in the world of the Internet nouveau-riche.
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A formula for Web schemes: a lot of mathematicians, a lax legal system and Western targets.
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Appearances can be deceiving. Take, for example, the case of Tom Brady, which was so thoroughly scrutinized last week.