Mechanical Turk – the fake chess-playing machine that lacked intelligence but still fooled humans for decades
An 18th century machine called the Mechanical Turk wore a turban and a robe and beat humans in chess for ...
Tag: hoax
Plot twist: Anti-5G bracelet worn by conspiracy theorists is actually radioactive
The "Smiley Kids armband with negative ions" was not so smiley after all.
Is there a hoax related to climate change?
It's real, it's dangerous, but some people want to make it seem like a joke.
Youtube will show fact checking for sensitive topics like vaccination
Youtube will start showing "information boxes" -- brief fact-checking bits that debunk some of the most common and dangerous scientific ...
Scientists solve one of anthropology’s most famous hoaxes
In 1912, palaeontologist Arthur Smith Woodward and the amateur antiquarian Charles Dawson made a stunning announcement, which turned out to ...
Fake moon landings would have been uncovered within a few years, same as other conspiracies
Using estimates of how many people are involved in some of the major alleged conspiracies, one scientist modeled how long ...