Carl Sagan's baloney detection kit taught us how to separate good science from the work of charlatans.
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Big Think,
Big Think,
10 Feb. 2026
First up was Ben Shapiro, who described Tucker Carlson and others as grifters and charlatans, guilty of misleading their audiences with falsehoods and conspiracy theories.
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