Tag: Fake News
So what’s the truth about this spontaneous combustion story going around?
While it is true that there is an unsolved mystery involving the death of an elderly man in London this past September, and while it is true that police are asking for information on this case, the Metropolitan Police of London have never suggested this is a case of “spontaneous combustion” as so many news outlets have suggested. This is likely because spontaneous combustion, as far as we know, does not scientifically exist. (Read below regarding the science.)
Here is the report from the Metropolitan Police, released on 12.15.17.
Appeal for information following death of man from fire in Haringey
Dec 15, 2017 06:52 GMT
Detectives investigating the death of a man who caught fire in Haringey are appealing for information and witnesses.
Shortly after 13:00hrs on Sunday, 17 September, emergency services were called to a man ablaze in Orchard Place N17, near to Williams House.
Members of the public made efforts to put the fire out and called police.
Officers, London Ambulance Service and London Fire Brigade attended the location. The fire was quickly extinguished by LFB and the man was taken to a specialist hospital outside of London by London’s Air Ambulance.
No property was damaged as a result of the fire.
The man who died has been identified as John Nolan, 70, who was originally from County Mayo in Ireland, but was living in Tenterden Road, N17. He was a retired Construction worker who was unmarried.
A post-mortem examination on 27 September gave cause of death as severe burns. An inquest will open at Barnet Coroner’s Court on 13 March 2018.
The cause of the blaze was investigated by specialist LFB investigators, and no accelerant was found.
Detectives from Haringey CID are investigating. Enquiries continue to establish the circumstances. No arrests have been made and the death is being treated as unexplained at this time.
The investigating officer, PC Damien Ait-Amer, said: “We have spoken with a number of witnesses who saw Mr Nolan abalze, but we have yet to establish how the fire started.
“Mr Nolan was a well-liked member of the community and none of our enquiries so far have indicated that he had been involved in a dispute of any sort. Nor does any account given by witnesses suggest that he had been in contact with another person at the time of the fire.”
Anyone who witnessed the incident but has yet to speak with police is urged to call PC Damien Ait-Amer via 101. You can also tweet information to police via @MetCC.
UPDATE: May 2018
However, coroner Andrew Walker concluded on Tuesday that the retired construction worker, 70, originally from Swinford, died as a result of “accidental ignition of clothing”.
“It’s likely that Mr Nolan accidentally set his clothes on fire whilst lighting a cigarette,” Mr Walker told North London Coroner’s Court.
(Reported by The Irish Times, May 22, 2018)
Spontaneous Human Combustion: Facts & Theories
Benjamin Radford, M. Ed., is deputy editor of Skeptical Inquirer science magazine and author of six books including “Scientific Paranormal Investigation: How to Solve Unexplained Mysteries.” His website is www.BenjaminRadford.com.
https://www.livescience.com/42080-spontaneous-human-combustion.html
3200 Phaeton Asteroid Leads to End Times Predictions… Again
While rapture-ready folks are celebrating today, the flyby of 3200 Phaeton has been known for years and is not considered a threat to our survival by science. One YouTube video even explains that 3200 Phaeton proves Barack Obama is the anti-Christ due to Oprah declaring he is “the one” on some tangentially associated date and that Phaeton sounds like Python–more proof–and that Phaeton is a destroyer in mythology, and, and…) In fact, NASA recently explained Phaeton in connection with the Geminids Meteor Shower which peaked December 13-14, 2017.
“About the Geminid Shower
The Geminids are active every December, when Earth passes through a massive trail of dusty debris shed by a weird, rocky object named 3200 Phaethon. The dust and grit burn up when they run into Earth’s atmosphere in a flurry of “shooting stars.”
“Phaethon’s nature is debated,” said Cooke. “It’s either a near-Earth asteroid or an extinct comet, sometimes called a rock comet.”
As an added bonus this year, astronomers will have a chance to study Phaethon up close in mid-December, when it passes nearest to Earth since its discovery in 1983.”
Asteroid Phaethon NASA Fact Sheet 12.13.10
The Geminids are a unique meteor shower in that their identified parent body is not a comet, but what seems to be an asteroid! Of the meteor showers with known parent bodies studied by meteor scientists, the Geminids are the only shower to have an asteroidal parent body; all others have a cometary origin. 3200 Phaethon measures 5.10 km in diameter which increases the ‘unique’ factor; considering the amount of debris we see, we would expect Phaethon to be a much larger body!
Phaethon was discovered on October 11, 1983 using the Infrared Astronomical Satellite, and named after the Greek myth of Phaethon, son of the sun god Helios, due to its close approach to our Sun.
Phaethon is technically classified as an asteroid — the first to be discovered via satellite. But how could an asteroid produce meteoroids that cause the Geminids? One theory is that Phaethon broke apart from another object, ejecting meteoroids as a part of the breakup. This doesn’t agree with other things we know, however. Another theory is that a collision with another object thousands of years ago could have produced debris that Earth now travels through. This theory appears to be unlikely as well, based on other evidence. Another theory assumes Phaethon to be a dead comet (the spent nucleus of a comet whose ices had been sublimated away) that produced debris in the past that now intersects Earth’s orbit. But no evidence for mass loss from the object has ever been reported…. until recently. In 2009 the NASA spacecraft STEREO-A observed 3200 Phaethon to brighten by a factor of two, quite unexpectedly. This brightening at perihelion was likely due to a release of dust from the object, possibly due to heating and cracking of the surface rocks as Phaethon came close to the Sun. That brings us to the fourth theory, that Phaethon is a rock comet. The problem with this theory is that it doesn’t account for the amount of dust in the Geminid stream.
So what it comes down to is that the Geminid parent object is a mystery.
More FACTS:
Goldstone Radar Observations Planning: Asteroid 3200 Phaethon
https://echo.jpl.nasa.gov/asteroids/Phaethon/Phaethon_planning.2017.html
3200 Phaethon 3200 Phaethon (1983 TB) was discovered on 1983 Oct. 11 by NASA's Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS). With a diameter of about 5 km, Phaethon is the third largest near-Earth asteroid classified as "Potentially Hazardous" after 53319 1999 JM8 (~7 km) and 4183 Cuno (~5.6 km). Phaethon has an unusually high eccentricity of 0.890 and a perihelion of 0.140 au that is among the smallest known in the near-Earth asteroid population. Due to the close perihelion, Phaethon is named for the Greek mythological son of Helios (the Sun god). In Greek mythology, Phaethon drove his father's chariot for one day, lost control of its horses, and nearly set the Earth on fire. Phaethon will approach within 0.069 au of Earth on 2017 December 16 when it will be a strong radar imaging target at Goldstone and Arecibo. This will be the best opportunity to date for radar observations of this asteroid and we hope to obtain detailed images with resolutions as fine as 75 m/pixel at Goldstone and 15 m/pixel at Arecibo. The images should be excellent for obtaining a detailed 3D model. Extensive photometric observations by many observers have yielded a rotation period of 3.6 h, a lightcurve amplitude of up to ~0.4 mag, and a pole direction of (lambda, beta) = (85+- 13, -20+-10) deg (Ansdell et al. 2014). Ansdell et al. also obtained axis ratios of x/y = 1.04 and x/z = 1.14, so Phaethon appears relatively unelongated along its equator but somewhat flattened at its poles. Spectroscopic observations by several observing teams strongly suggest that Phaethon is an optically-dark B-class object. However, thermal infrared observations dating back to the 1990s by Harris et al. give an optical albedo of 0.11 that seems somewhat bright for the B class. More recent observations by NASA's NEOWISE mission have detected Phaethon and could provide an update on the diameter and albedo. Phaethon was detected by radar at Arecibo in December 2007. Due to equipment problems, the 2007 data consist of a modest number of echo power spectra and a handful of delay-Doppler images from two days. Echo power spectra obtained at Arecibo in 2007 were strong and provided a maximum bandwidth of 44 Hz. Combined with the rotation period of 3.6 h, the bandwidth places a lower bound on the maximum pole-on dimension of about 5.7 km. The 2007 delay-Doppler images show a rounded object, which is consistent with the shape of the echo power spectra, but were relatively weak and do not show detailed surface features. The 2007 Arecibo observations have a radar cross section of about 2.4 km^2, that, if we adopt a diameter of 5.1 km, imply a radar albedo of 0.12. As such, the SNRs in the tables below could be too low by about 20%. Phaethon is widely thought to be the parent body for the Geminids meteor stream due to similarities between its orbit and that of the meteors (Whipple 1983; Williams and Wu 1993). Most meteor streams are associated with comets, so this raises the question of whether Phaethon could be an inactive comet nucleus. Observations by Jewitt and colleagues have revealed episodic activity by Phaethon, but have not, to date, shown the signature of particles as large as those in the Geminids meteors. The implication is that Phaethon experiences occasional outbursts that produce particles far larger than any seen so far. As such, Phaethon is an unusual object that appears asteroidal most of the time but occasionally shows low levels of activity when it is near perihleion. Phaethon is classified as an asteroid, not as a comet, and despite the high eccentricity, the object's Tisserand parameter is not cometary. The 2017 apparition is the closest to Earth since the asteroid's discovery so it may be possible for optical observers to detect new activity. If Phaethon shows unexpectedly strong activity in 2017, then there is a small (perhaps very small) chance that CW radar observations might reveal echoes from a cloud of small particles similar to the "skirts" seen in radar observations of active comet nuclei. The very low perihelion of Phaethon makes it a possible candidate for detecting general relativistic and/or solar oblateness effects in its orbital motion (Margot and Giorgini 2010), so one of our principal objectives is to obtain high-resolution radar ranging measurements to support this effort. Phaethon will be brighter than 16th magnitude for about one month from November-December 2017. Phaethon is predicted to reach 11th magnitude in mid-December when it will be visible in small telescopes for experienced observers at sites with dark skies. Phaethon is potentially detectable at Goldstone for about three weeks and tracks are scheduled on ten days between Dec. 11-21. Due to its relatively rapid motion in declination, Phaethon is visible at Arecibo on only five days from Dec. 15-19 and observations are scheduled on all of those dates. We may also request time at Green Bank to receive Goldstone transmissions. The 2017 encounter is the closest by this asteroid since 1974 and until 2093. Phaethon is classified as a "Potentially Hazardous Asteroid" by the Minor Planet Center. Orbital and Physical Characteristics Name Phaethon Number 3200 Discoverer IRAS Discovery date 1983 Oct 11 orbit type Apollo Close approach date 2017 Dec 16 Close approach dist. 0.0689 au Close approach dist. 26.8 lunar distances semimajor axis 1.271 au eccentricity 0.890 inclination 22.2 deg orbital period 1.433 y perihelion distance 0.140 au aphelion distance 2.402 au MOID 0.0206 au Tisserand parameter 4.510 (asteroidal) absolute magnitude (H) 14.6 diameter 5.1 km optical albedo 0.11 spectral class F, B rotation period 3.603 h lightcurve amplitude 0.11 - 0.44 mag pole direction lambda = 85 deg, beta = -20 deg PHA Phaethon Close Earth Approaches Within 0.15 au: Date (TDB) Body CA Dist MinDist MaxDist Vrel TCA3Sg Nsigs P_i/p A.D. 1631 Dec 04.87057 Earth .129451 .129448 .129455 37.463 0.28 8.94E5 .000000 A.D. 1723 Dec 05.57449 Earth .145430 .145389 .145471 38.105 2.71 6.83E5 .000000 A.D. 1746 Dec 06.19456 Earth .128707 .128685 .128730 37.584 1.48 6.47E5 .000000 A.D. 1769 Dec 05.41186 Earth .142850 .142847 .142853 38.059 0.18 6.18E5 .000000 A.D. 1802 Dec 07.50563 Earth .128020 .127994 .128046 37.576 1.69 5.65E5 .000000 A.D. 1812 Dec 14.41557 Earth .075414 .075392 .075436 31.957 1.32 5.41E5 .000000 A.D. 1845 Dec 08.17934 Earth .111777 .111762 .111792 37.074 0.95 5.05E5 .000000 A.D. 1855 Dec 15.93005 Earth .086277 .086264 .086289 31.544 0.70 4.93E5 .000000 A.D. 1888 Dec 09.19404 Earth .088686 .088677 .088694 36.336 0.56 4.43E5 .000000 A.D. 1898 Dec 16.74220 Earth .107786 .107778 .107794 30.863 0.40 4.47E5 .000000 A.D. 1931 Dec 13.50144 Earth .038389 .038386 .038392 34.597 0.21 3.88E5 .000000 A.D. 1964 Dec 08.70985 Earth .131281 .131280 .131283 37.774 0.09 4.10E5 .000000 A.D. 1974 Dec 16.36240 Earth .054746 .054745 .054747 32.365 0.07 3.49E5 .000000 A.D. 2007 Dec 10.19673 Earth .120896 .120896 .120896 37.446 0.02 4.10E6 .000000 A.D. 2017 Dec 16.95810 Earth .068932 .068932 .068932 31.888 0.03 5.45E5 .000000 A.D. 2050 Dec 11.82259 Earth .082569 .082568 .082571 36.236 0.09 2.86E5 .000000 A.D. 2060 Dec 18.48085 Earth .111131 .111129 .111133 30.648 0.08 2.72E5 .000000 A.D. 2093 Dec 14.45306 Earth .019812 .019810 .019813 34.234 0.14 1.69E5 .000000 Wow... A.D. 2136 Dec 13.92650 Earth .055065 .055062 .055068 35.401 0.20 6.11E5 .000000 A.D. 2146 Dec 19.83488 Earth .090252 .090248 .090255 31.170 0.16 98428. .000000 A.D. 2189 Dec 15.24219 Earth .035481 .035478 .035485 34.795 0.21 74794. .000000 A.D. 2199 Dec 20.58935 Earth .094898 .094896 .094899 31.016 0.06 2.44E5 .000000 A.D. 2242 Dec 14.61151 Earth .091625 .091613 .091636 36.502 0.68 62050. .000000 A.D. 2252 Dec 19.01935 Earth .033027 .033013 .033041 32.755 0.72 51202. .000000 A.D. 2295 Dec 15.68761 Earth .079921 .079893 .079949 36.095 1.62 1.19E5 .000000 A.D. 2305 Dec 22.37725 Earth .084068 .084034 .084103 31.292 1.67 1.56E5 .000000 A.D. 2348 Dec 18.51981 Earth .026363 .026291 .026435 34.388 4.49 2.31E5 .000000 A.D. 2358 Dec 23.35001 Earth .096338 .096314 .096363 30.968 1.17 2.57E5 .000000 A.D. 2401 Dec 15.20440 Earth .122133 .121893 .122374 37.327 14.55 3.24E5 .000000 A.D. 2411 Dec 20.98099 Earth .021385 .021209 .021565 33.333 18.19 3.47E5 .000000 A.D. 2454 Dec 15.03196 Earth .141051 .138488 .143615 37.905 157.41 4.26E5 .000000 A.D. 2464 Dec 20.49665 Earth .025300 .024373 .026604 33.392 174.52 4.52E5 .000000 Phaethon also makes repeated close encounters with Venus, Mercury, and 15 Eunomia. Last update: 2017 Dec 14
Dueling Hashtags: Things I Trust More than CNN vs. Things I Trust More than Fox News
On December 8, 2017, two major networks were forced to correct major stories. Twitter users responded by letting off MAJOR some steam:
Fox News issues correction after inaccurately reporting Moore accuser forged yearbook signature https://t.co/WmD44ukpJh pic.twitter.com/ZwTzcrB41N
— The Hill (@thehill) December 8, 2017
Twitter celebrated with #ThingsITrustMorethanFoxNews:
Fixed it for you: “We at @CNN wholeheartedly apologize to @WikiLeaks for broadcasting fake news about them, will come clean about how this happened and fire those found to be responsible.” https://t.co/9jwlmUNBen
— Julian Assange (@JulianAssange) December 8, 2017
Twitter celebrated with the #ThingsITrustMorethanCNN:
Peanut butter and jelly is now racist? Fake news!
Although this story was thoroughly debunked over FIVE years ago, it seems to again be making the rounds on social media. The fake news began circulating based upon an innocent in-service workshop for teachers which actually occurred in 2012, and was, of course, completely taken out of context.
From there, it was spun into a ridiculous story that not only had a Portland, Oregon principal declared PBJ a symbol of racism, but was actually banning the sandwiches from her school. In fact, the principal never even used the word “racism.”
SNOPES:
Fact Check/Claim: Portland schools are banning peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for being racist. FALSE
POLITIFACT OREGON
Portland Public Schools did not spend half a million dollars to label the sandwich “racist.” The principal never called the sandwich racist. The Portland Tribune never said the principal called the sandwich racist. And yes, we don’t usually weigh in on lunch, but who could resist? The statement is inaccurate and silly.
We rate the statement Pants on Fire.
Apparently, the story really took off when Breitbart’s website picked it up, adding to the mix that PBJ was now going to be a “hate food.” (True, diversity, equity and implicit bias were discussed in the training, but the fact remains—peanut butter and jelly sandwiches simply were never declared racist.)
Memes and misleading stories were shared hundreds of thousands of times. Here are just a smattering to avoid:
Boston Antifa Explains Parody: Vladivostok, Russia, Geo-Tagging & More
NOTE: Boston Antifa has since been banned by Twitter. Dustin’s Disciples @BostonBikers
Boston Antifa is–and has been–a parody account since its inception. However, once the satirical Twitter account geo-tagged itself as originating from Vladivostok, Russia, the world went mad–Senator James Lankord of Oklahoma declared it a Russian operative and MSNBC reported it as a scoop, providing proof of Russian interference at the highest levels.
Twitter suspended the account but it quickly reopened.
The linked parody accounts were hiding in plain sight. It seems as though no matter what they did, some people just didn’t get the joke–people never stopped to look and see that it wasn’t logical that an Antifa group would be associated with Maralago, or Pyongyang, or the Amish community, or Starfleet…
So today, the big reveal:
This will be a bit of a mess. I’m just gonna dump almost everything I have about the Russian experts and make it more presentable later.
So for those who want to check it out and repost on their own, have fun! There are even CIA in this.https://t.co/rFPNjtwo9h?
— Boston Antifa (@AntifaBostonUSA) November 17, 2017
(1) People blaming Russia for Trump’s win are 💯 percent full of shit. I am sick of hearing about it and since Trump supporters are too busy humping their cousins and watching Nascar to figure it out, I am going to make a @ThomasWictor thread about it.
— Beverly Hills Antifa (@BevHillsAntifa) November 17, 2017
(1) People blaming Russia for Trump’s win are 💯 percent full of shit. I am sick of hearing about it and since Trump supporters are too busy humping their cousins and watching Nascar to figure it out, I am going to make a @ThomasWictor thread about it.
— Beverly Hills Antifa (@BevHillsAntifa) November 17, 2017
(8) Here is a video showing how Dustin changed his GeoLocation to Russia for you Drumpftards who can’t keep up or if any of you want to tell Senator Lankford so he stops making a jackass out of himself in front of the Senate Intel Committee. pic.twitter.com/yMz6iQWUtA
— Beverly Hills Antifa (@BevHillsAntifa) November 17, 2017
(6) Here is a fucking United States Senator telling the fucking Senate Intel Committee that Dustin 27 from Boston Antifa made America hate the NFL by tweeting about it from a Russian Troll Farm. This is how ridiculous this has become. pic.twitter.com/9VmFIvOvFJ
— Beverly Hills Antifa (@BevHillsAntifa) November 17, 2017
(4) Is this a video of a Russian Troll influencing the elction from his troll farm? No it is just me DDOSing the F out of the Alt Right. pic.twitter.com/HjJfvCXhqq
— Beverly Hills Antifa (@BevHillsAntifa) November 17, 2017
(10) In closing, here is Chris Hayes from MSNBC Live On Air w/ 2 Russian Interference Experts that fail to realize you can spoof your location to cover up the murder of Seth Rich and for lying to the American public about the polls the entire election. pic.twitter.com/JPqy1qDdSL
— Beverly Hills Antifa (@BevHillsAntifa) November 17, 2017
Check out Boston Antifa for more will surley be revealed.
Church Shooting Fake News: Facebook Photo of Devin Kelley as Antifa
This week marks the beginning of Media Literacy Week which is directed at students and educators, but Fake News and Media Literacy are everybody’s problem.
Today alone, a screenshot of Sutherland Springs shooter’s now deleted Facebook page has been shared, altered and then reshared.
Original screenshot:
Altered screenshot implying he is a member of Antifa:L
Likely, there will be more to follow. The following meme has been produced in honor of Media Literacy Week:
Media Literacy Week – November 5-9, 2018
The National Association for Media Literacy Education (NAMLE) announced U.S. Media Literacy Week (#MediaLitWk) will be held November 5 –9, 2018. The mission of Media Literacy Week is to raise awareness about the need for media literacy education and its essential role in education today.
Organizations, schools, educators and Media Literacy Week partners from all over the country will work with NAMLE to participate in events including #MediaLitWk classroom lessons, virtual events, online chats, screenings, PSA’s, panel discussions and more.
Sponsors includeTrend Micro, Nickelodeon, Twitter, and Facebook.
The conference brings together journalists, pre-K to grade 12 educators, higher education professors and researchers to create dialogue around teaching media literacy and providing the tools students need to develop critical thinking skills around news and the media.
Media literacy is the ability to access, evaluate, analyze, act, communicate and create using all forms of media.
Media Literacy is a crucial life skill in the 21st century. Virtually all careers today require some level of critical thinking about media and media messages, as well as the ability to produce and work with a variety of media and information.
Media Literacy should be an essential part of education today. Low-income schools and communities in particular often lack the resources needed to adequately prepare them to create and criticize media and technology.
Media Literacy empowers people to be both critical thinkers and creative producers.
Media Literacy Week USA is a celebration of the efforts by educators and organizers nationwide to prepare youth to live, learn and thrive with media.
Tools:
Use #medialitwk on Twitter.
Memes:
Additional memes: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/mrzygbx7ttz8jkc/AAAyA2Vemy6i6xKkn6oViwfaa?dl=0
Teacher’s Resources and a toolkit for educators are available free online at https://medialiteracyweek.us/
No, a man was not convicted in Sweden for ‘eating bacon’
Today Infowars linked to the following story, now widely shared on various social media sites. Before you start sharing away, The Local Se, a website dedicated to providing Sweden’s news in English, gives a more accurate accounting of the case.
https://www.thelocal.se/20170901/no-a-man-was-not-convicted-in-sweden-for-eating-bacon
The incident, which happened on a commuter train to Stockholm suburb Märsta in 2015, saw a 52-year-old man walk up to a group of three women who were wearing veils, then hold bacon in front of their face and demand that they should eat it.
When the three women changed to different seats, the man followed them. He also said he “hates muslims”. Attunda District Court judged that the man’s intention was to insult the three passengers on the grounds of their ethnic origin and creed.
According to the court’s judgement, which The Local has seen, the man “held bacon up to their faces, demanded that they eat it, then ate it in front of them. From CCTV evidence from the train it is clear that there was ample seating space in other parts of the train. Despite that, he followed the plaintiffs when they changed place in order to avoid him, and facing them, which is made clear by the CCTV film, continued to eat bacon in front of them”.
“At this stage, he stated to the plaintiffs that he ‘hates Muslims’. The district court considers his actions make it clear that the purpose was to insult the plaintiffs because of their ethnic origin and creed,” the document continues.
Evidence from CCTV footage, witness statements and accounts provided by the three women was used in the case. The man was ordered to pay damages of 5,000 kronor to each of the women, as well as 60 “day-fines” – a type of fine based on the offender’s income.
The 52-year-old also stood accused of racial agitation over an incident a year later at a subway station in Stockholm where it was claimed that he said “I hate muslims” and “bloody Arab” (“jävla arab”). The man was acquitted in that case however as it was judged that there was not sufficient proof for a conviction.
FACTITIOUS: Game helps users learn to spot fake news
UPDATE: Factitious 2018 has now been launched at http://factitious.augamestudio.com/#/
The 2018 version includes new articles, while the old site remains up for those who have not yet played the game.
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Real or fake? At a time when the reading public daily grapples with the question of fake news, the American University Game Lab/JOLT has created an accessible, easy-to-play game that helps you sort fake news from real.
The brainchild of former AU JOLT Fellow Maggie Farley, she pitched the concept more than a year ago, before the 2016 presidential campaign brought the challenges of fake news to the spotlight. For purposes of the game, “fake news” is defined as stories fabricated for fun, influence or profit, as well as satire, opinion and spin.
“Fake news is impossible to stop, so we wanted to playfully teach people how to recognize it,” said Farley. “But the game is fun to play in itself.”
The game engine in the next phase should also be available to newsrooms, schools, or groups that want to adapt a version for their own use.
PS: My first crack at the game yielded 93%. Second crack, not so much. I highly recommend you try this game! It’s fun, enlightening and horrifying. I am especially excited to hear it will be available as a teaching tool. My nephew asked me this week if I had read the warning that “people are injecting the AIDS virus into bananas.”–Gretchen Mullen, Editor, Skeptic Review
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PLAY FACTITIOUS HERE:
http://factitious.augamestudio.com/
In addition, a crowdfunding campaign is now active in order to create Factitious: Classroom Edition. For more information, or to make a contribution, visit
https://ufund.american.edu/?cfpage=project&project_id=22859&t=1540664539
For a great summary on the project’s growth and its future, read the following article available on Medium: