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2013 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

5. Urban Legends, Conspiracies, and Other Perversions of the Truth

The Absence of Common Sense

Author : Ken Tanner

Published in: Common Sense

Publisher: Apress

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Abstract

Technology now allows us to have the entire world's knowledge literally in the palm of our hands. We can communicate anywhere in the world in an instant. We can attend great universities, concerts, churches, or symposiums without leaving our sofa. So what do we use this amazing resource for? Primarily broadcasting funny stories, tweeting aboutLindsey Lohan's latest exploits, and e-mailing pictures of our cat.

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Footnotes
1
“Hey! If it’s on the Internet, it has to be true!”
 
2
If you enjoy this book, you might want to say “thank you” by letting me have one of your kidneys. If not me, think about donating to someone in your community. There is no greater gift than the gift of life. For further information, contact the National Kidney Foundation at kidney.​org.
 
3
Let me recommend a book that does debunk these many theories, one by one. Read Case Closed by Gerald Posner.
 
4
Oh geez, what have I done? Someone is going to quote me and claim that I said the bottled water industry was the source of the fluoride conspiracy theory. I may have just started my own conspiracy theory.
 
Metadata
Title
Urban Legends, Conspiracies, and Other Perversions of the Truth
Author
Ken Tanner
Copyright Year
2013
Publisher
Apress
Book
Common Sense

Print ISBN: 978-1-4302-4152-2

Electronic ISBN: 978-1-4302-4153-9

Copyright Year: 2013

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-4153-9_5

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