/oss/taxonomy/term/5079/all en /oss/article/covid-19-critical-thinking-pseudoscience/infertility-diabolical-agenda-anti-vaxx-sleight-hand-propaganda <p>There is a lot to unpack in the deceptively simple (and simply deceptive) 30-minute documentary <a href="https://infertilitymovie.org/a-diabolical-agenda/"><i>Infertility: A Diabolical Agenda</i></a>, released on June 10, 2022.</p> Fri, 15 Jul 2022 11:00:00 +0000 Jonathan Jarry M.Sc. 9173 at /oss /oss/article/covid-19-health/dozen-misguided-influencers-spread-most-anti-vaccination-content-social-media <p>You may have heard the myth that the COVID-19 vaccines make women infertile and that they have killed more people than the disease itself. This blatant and harmful misinformation does not appear out of nowhere on social media; it has to be crafted. Those images with the scary quotes are made by individuals who upload them to Facebook, Instagram and Twitter for their followers to disseminate like mind viruses. There is something at once encouraging and deeply sad when you realize that all of this hazardous nonsense is the product of a very small group of influencers.</p> Wed, 31 Mar 2021 21:28:08 +0000 Jonathan Jarry M.Sc. 8674 at /oss /oss/article/covid-19-critical-thinking/doctor-carl-sagan-warned-us-about <p>Predictions made by psychics and astrologers tend to quickly fade from memory because of how wrong they often turn out to be, but one prediction made by Carl Sagan, an astrophysicist and famous science communicator, is so unfortunately on the money that it continues to outlive him.</p> Thu, 07 Jan 2021 19:41:00 +0000 Jonathan Jarry M.Sc. 8548 at /oss