Debunk This - Debunking pseudoscience, myths, and spurious hogwash since 2010

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Debunking pseudoscience, myths, and spurious hogwash since 2010. We are an evidence-based Reddit/Lemmy community dedicated to taking an objective look at questionable theories, dodgy news sources, bold-faced claims, and suspicious studies. ## Community Rules: Posting Title formatting on all posts should be “Debunk This: [main claim]” Example: “Debunk This: Chemicals in the water are turning the frogs gay.” All posts must include at least one source and one to three specific claims to be debunked, so commenters know exactly what to investigate. Example: “According to this YouTube video, dihydrogen monoxide turns amphibians homosexual. Is this true? Also, did Albert Einstein really claim this?” Commenting Always try to back up your comments with linked sources. Just saying “this is untrue” isn’t all that helpful without facts to support it. Standard community rules apply regarding spam, self-promotion, personal attacks and hate speech, etc. ## Links Suggested Fediverse Communities • RFK Jr. Watch @lemm.ee [https://lemm.ee/c/rfk_jr_watch] - Discuss misinformation being spread by antivaxxer politician, Robert F Kennedy Jr. • Skeptic @lemmy.world [https://lemmy.world/c/skeptic] - Discuss pseudoscience, quackery, and bald-faced BS • Skeptic @kbin.social [https://kbin.social/m/Skeptic] - The above, just on Kbin • Science Communication @mander.xyz [https://mander.xyz/c/scicomm] - Discuss science literacy and media reporting Useful Resources • Common examples of misleading graphs [https://www.statisticshowto.com/misleading-graphs/] - How to spot dodgy infographics • Metabunk.org [https://www.metabunk.org/forums/] - a message board dedicated to debunking popular conspiracies • Media Bias / Fact Check [https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/] - Great resource for current news fact checking + checking a source’s political bias • Science Based Medicine [https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/] - A scientific look at current issues and controversies • Deplatform Disease [https://www.deplatformdisease.com/] - A medical blog that specifically counters anti-COVID-vaccine claims • Respectful Insolence [https://respectfulinsolence.com/] - David Gorsky’s blog on antivax shenanigans, politics, and pseudoscience

Hi, all.

We are a Reddit community seeking refuge on Lemmy.

We’d like to welcome the Fediverse at large to join us and help fight online misinformation by posting any suspcious looking claims you see online, or by contributing to the discussion with objective facts and sources.

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You are not logged in. However you can subscribe from another Fediverse account, for example Lemmy or Mastodon. To do this, paste the following into the search field of your instance: !newcommunities@lemmy.world

A place to post new communities all over Lemmy for discovery and promotion.

Rules

The rules for behavior are a straight carry over of Mastodon.World’s rules. You can click the link but we’ve reposted them here in brief, as a guideline. We will continue to use the Mastodon.World rules as the master list. Over all, be nice to each other and remember this isn’t a community built around debate. For the rules about formatting your posts, scroll down to number 2.

1. Follow the rules of Mastodon.world, which can be found here.

A. Provide an inclusive and supportive environment. This means if it isn’t rulebreaking and we can’t be supportive to them then we probably shouldn’t engage.

B. No illegal content.

C. Use content warnings where appropriate. This means mark your submissions NSFW if need be.

D. No uncivil behavior. This includes, but is not limited to: Name Calling; Bullying; Trolling; Disruptive Commenting; or Personal Criticisms.

E. No Harrassment. As an example in relation to Transgender people this includes, deadnaming, misgendering, and promotion of conversion therapy. Similarly Misogyny, Misandry, and Racism are also banned here.

2. Include a community title and description in your post title. - A following example of this would be New Communities - A place to post new communities all over Lemmy for discovery and promotion.

3. Follow the formatting. - The formatting as included below is important for people getting universal links across Lemmy as easily as possible.

Formatting

Please include this following format in your post:

[link text](/c/community@instance.com)

This provides a link that should work across instances, but in some cases it won’t

You should also include either:

!community@instance.com

or instance.com/c/community

FAQ:

Q: Why do I get a 404?

A: At least one user in an instance needs to search for a community before it gets fetched. Searching for the community will bring it into the instance and it will fetch a few of the most recent posts without comments. If a user is subscribed to a community, then all of the future posts and interactions are now in-sync.

Q: When I try to create a post, the circle just spins forever. Why is that?

A: This is a current known issue with large communities. Sometimes it does get posted, but just continues spinning, but sometimes it doesn’t get posted and continues spinning. If it doesn’t actually get posted, the best thing to do is try later. However, only some people seem to be having this problem at the moment.

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