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How the SPRAVDI project refuted a fake from numerologists and legalised pseudoscience at the same time

The SPRAVDI project refuted another fake about the ‘numerological’ determination of the date of the end of the war, but at the same time inadvertently created the illusion of the existence of ‘professional’ numer...
Social
| MANIPULATIONS

A blogger’s manipulations: the dangers of effective painkillers to promote dietary supplements

The posts by some bloggers about the dangers of proven medicines demonstrate how some Instagram accounts are prone to promoting unscientific views. For example, a blogger with the nickname vasyl_lukianov, who has no medi...
Social
| FAKES

Numbers of fallen soldiers for $100? Russian fake about Vodafone

Pro-Russian telegram channels claim that Vodafone is allegedly selling the numbers of fallen Ukrainian soldiers for $100. We explain why this is another fake by propagandists.
Social
| MANIPULATIONS

The bait and switch effect: why you buy what you don't need and how to counteract it

We talk about the bait-and-switch effect, a manipulative technique used by marketers to encourage you to buy more expensive or unnecessary products. We give examples of how it can be used in different areas, including ma...
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