Phil Plait’s pages unpack Moon-landing conspiracies, Mars mysteries, and bad science in TV rather than stopping at ‘that’s wrong.’ A 2004 essay even wrestles with whether debunking amplifies a claim. The hand-built archive captures the early Web as both misinformation machine and cheapest rebuttal system around.
Original science archive: http://www.badastronomy.com/intro.html
Full Switchboard article: https://switchboardtechservices.com/articles/ancient-web-bad-astronomy-was-debunking-internet-nonsense-before-it-became-an-industry/
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Original science archive: http://www.badastronomy.com/intro.html
Full Switchboard article: https://switchboardtechservices.com/articles/ancient-web-bad-astronomy-was-debunking-internet-nonsense-before-it-became-an-industry/
#ancientweb #astronomy #sciencecommunication #criticalthinking
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Categories: Ancient Web & Internet History [c23]