Too Good To Be True: Facebook As A Medium To Spread Pseudoscience

Friday, March 16, 2012 - 10:30 in Mathematics & Economics

We engage in wishful thinking all the time. Infomercials continue to exist because people continue to buy the products. Diet pills fly off the shelves because we want an easy fix. The HCG diet is popular because, of course, the weight falls off when you restrict your calories to 500 a day--drops be damned. read more

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