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Respectful Insolence has a post up with the title \u201cStraw men and projection: Tools of quacks and conspiracy theorists to deflect critical thinking.<\/a>\u201d It will likely be of interest no matter which sort of fringe pseudoscience\/pseudoscholarship most interests\/frustrates you.<\/p>\n

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Respectful Insolence has a post up with the title \u201cStraw men and projection: Tools of quacks and conspiracy theorists to deflect critical thinking.\u201d It will likely be of interest no matter which sort of fringe pseudoscience\/pseudoscholarship most interests\/frustrates you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nThe Gullible Mind and the Tyranny of Experts<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Respectful Insolence has a post up with the title "Straw men and projection: Tools of quacks and conspiracy theorists to deflect critical thinking." 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