Agents of Disinformation

It’s not that we wish that there were baddies out there, though they do make for better stories, but as we all know there are all sorts of agents in the world fighting against the truth and science.

Here are just a few of the things we need to watch out for - The Washer (green washing and more), the Beguiler (bright and shiny with a silver tongue, telling a story that isn’t true), Miss Information (like it and share it but don’t read it or scrutinize it), Little Prince What About (he thinks there’s two sides to every argument no matter what the evidence says, but what about…) and The Straw Man (just waiting for you to prove your point by knocking down this straw man of an example).

More to come with these in the future hopefully. Disinformation and misinformation aren’t going anywhere!