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,  very overdue book has finally been returned to the Fenham Library in Newcastle in Tyne, England. BBC News reports that the book, a first edition copy of Darrell Huff’s How to Lie with Statistics, was supposed to be back on November 25, 1958. Accompanying the severely behind return was a note that said “Better late than never!!” The library staff concluded that the late fee for the book would’ve been roughly £3,434 (around $4,747). The person who actually brought it back was not id...

The Atlantic What Conspiracy Theorists Don’t Believe Distinguishing excessive doubt from excessive belief can help inform how to bring a conspiracy theorist back to reality. March 16, 2021 Paul Spella / The Atlantic Some people believe the most extraordinary things. Earth is flat, and airplane GPS is rigged to fool pilots into thinking otherwise. COVID-19 vaccines are a pretext to inject thought-controlling microchips into us all. The true president of the United States is Donald Trump; his i...

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