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Brandolini's law. Brandolini's law, also known as the bullshit asymmetry principle, is an internet adage coined in 2013 by Alberto Brandolini, an Italian programmer, that emphasizes the effort of debunking misinformation, in comparison to the relative ease of creating it in the first place. The law states:
Unsubstantiated rumors surfaced in Prince Edward Island in October 2021, possibly as a joke. After the rumors spread widely in schools and on social media, the Public Schools Branch denied claims of litter boxes, with the director of the school district saying "It seemed to me like it was a backlash against some of the progressive things that our schools are doing, and we would have many that ...
As a student or the parent of one, the cost of tuition is always at the back of your mind. The average price of attending a four-year college nowadays ranges from $108,584 at public institutions ...
Snopes aims to debunk or confirm widely spread urban legends. The site has been referenced by news media and other sites, including CNN, [40] MSNBC, [41] Fortune, Forbes, and The New York Times. [42] By March 2009, the site had more than six million visitors per month. [43] David Mikkelson ran the website from his home in Tacoma, Washington. [44]
PragerU was founded in 2009 by conservative radio talk show host Dennis Prager and radio producer/screenwriter Allen Estrin, [3] [4] in order to advocate for conservative views and to offset what Prager regards as the undermining of college education by the left. [5] [6] Marissa Streit, a former Israeli army intelligence member and headmistress ...
Data from the American Psychological Association indicates reports of anxiety in children nearly doubled from 2012 to 2020 with an increase from 11.6% to 20.5%.
Private colleges cut, on average, 56.2% of tuition for first-time undergraduate students. Almost no one really pays inflated college sticker prices–they just make education seem expensive. Now ...
A lie-to-children is a simplified, and often technically incorrect, explanation of technical or complex subjects employed as a teaching method. Educators who employ lies-to-children do not intend to deceive, but instead seek to 'meet the child/pupil/student where they are', in order to facilitate initial comprehension, which they build upon over time as the learner's intellectual capacity expands.