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A hoax is an attempt to trick an audience into believing that something false is real. There is often some material object involved which is actually a forgery; however, it is possible to perpetrate a hoax by making only true statements using unfamiliar wording or context (see DHMO). Unlike a fraud or con (which usually has an audience of one or a few), which are made for illicit financial or material gain, a hoax is often perpetrated as a practical joke, to cause embarrassment, or to provoke social change by making people aware of something. Many hoaxes are motivated by a desire to satirize or educate by exposing the credulity of the public and the media or the absurdity of the target. For instance, the hoaxes of James Randi poke fun at believers in the paranormal. The many hoaxes of Joey Skaggs satirize our willingness to believe the media. Political hoaxes are sometimes motivated by the desire to ridicule or besmirch opposing politicians or political institutions, often before elections.
Governments often perpetrate hoaxes to assist them with unpopular aims such as going to war (e.g., the Ems Telegram). In fact, there is often a mixture of outright hoax, and suppression and management of information to give the desired impression. In wartime, rumours abound; some may be deliberate hoaxes.
There is often considerable controversy about whether a given factoid is true or a hoax.
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The point is to create global events (hoaxes most of the time) to implement their world government.
Bones_Qc (Bones_Qc) Thu, 17 Dec 2009 05:15:31 -0000
The point is to create global events (hoaxes most of the time) to implement their world government.
All hoaxes get blown out of the water sooner or later. The same will happen with Climategate.
OneCrankyFemale (Cranky) Thu, 17 Dec 2009 03:11:45 -0000
All hoaxes get blown out of the water sooner or later. The same will happen with Climategate.
5 Myths That People Don't Realize Are Admitted Hoaxes http://bit.ly/3MbXrZ
mark_tetzner (Mark Tetzner) Thu, 17 Dec 2009 01:40:17 -0000
5 Myths That People Don't Realize Are Admitted Hoaxes http://bit.ly/3MbXrZ
http://bit.ly/5Ly0I9 Top 5 Science #Conspiracies, Theories and Hoaxes #discovery
Arturo_P (Arturo Pérez Pérez) Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:59:19 -0000
http://bit.ly/5Ly0I9 Top 5 Science #Conspiracies, Theories and Hoaxes #discovery
Chris Henry broke his arm,he isn't on life support lol.You gotta love internet hoaxes.
SHADOWCOMMANDO (elias sugalski) Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:15:44 -0000
Chris Henry broke his arm,he isn't on life support lol.You gotta love internet hoaxes.
@madshrew it IS odd that the mom would tweet so soon after it happened. With all the hoaxes, I understand how doubtful ppl are.
annieonline (Annie DeLeon) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 23:57:33 -0000
@madshrew it IS odd that the mom would tweet so soon after it happened. With all the hoaxes, I understand how doubtful ppl are.
Articles - Offers six articles on hoaxes, including petrification hoaxes and the day they almost sawed off Manhattan.
Meta Description: [ Extensive Web site focusing primarily on how newspapers and the press covered major, and not so major, events in American history. Also information for newspaper collectors. ]
1938 War of the Worlds Broadcast - Wavs of the famous Orson Welles The Mercury Theatre On-The-Air radio broadcast of H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds
Meta Description: [ Wavs of the famous Orson Welles & The Mercury Theatre On-The-Air radio broadcast of ]
April Fools' Special: History's Hoaxes - National Geographic News has compiled a listing of some of the greatest hoaxes in history.
Meta Description: [ At first glance, the headlines sound plausible: Shark leaps from ocean to attack a hovering helicopter. Alabama legislature votes to change the value of the mathematical constant pi. But they are lies. Happy April Fools' Day. In celebration of the day, National Geographic News has compiled... ]
Art and UFO - A study about the alleged UFOs in renaissance paintings. The strange flying objects someone find in ancient art are only sacred art symbols, not UFOs.
Bibliography of Hoaxes - Bibliography of books about hoaxes.
Meta Description: [ A few books about hoaxes ]
Camel Spiders Myth - Pictures and information provide facts to debunk wild internet rumors about this spider.
Meta Description: [ Camel Spider pictures and information. Desert legends, fact and fiction. THE PICTURE everyone is talking about. ]
Cassiopaea - Bogdanovs affaire: Or, Has Physics been bitten by reverse Alan Sokal hoax? Discussion and correspondence.
Cliff Pickover's Internet Encyclopedia of Hoaxes - Discusses a number of scientific and medical hoaxes, including Mary Toft and the Rabbit Babies (about which he authored a book). Includes links and images.
Cottingley Fairies Hoax - The story and photos of the nonexistent Cottingley fairies.
Meta Description: [ Cottingley Fairies - the true story>
Don't Be Fooled: Strange Hoaxes That Endure - Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal article that discusses ten hoaxes, including the Roswell Incident, Cottingley Fairies, Amityville Horror, and psychic surgery.
MIT IHTFP Hack Gallery - The MIT Gallery of Hacks (Interesting Hacks To Fascinate People). Hoaxes and pranks perpetrated at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Museum of Hoaxes - Extensive collection of history's most famous hoaxes and April Fool's pranks. Listed by date and category. Includes bibliographic references.
Meta Description: [ A reference guide to hoaxes, pranks, practical jokes, frauds, tricks, and other forms of deception. ]
Piltdown Man - Piltdown man was one of the most famous hoaxes in science. Covers the history of the hoax, its reception by the paleontological community, how the hoax was executed, its exposure, myths and misconceptions, and theories about the perpetrator.
Piltdown Plot - Explores one of the most famous scientific hoaxes in history.
Skeptic's Dictionary: Frauds and Hoaxes - Discussion of 22 hoaxes, including Cardiff Giant, crop circles, and the Philadelphia Experiment
Meta Description: [ over 400 skeptical definitions and essays
on occult, paranormal,supernatural and pseudoscientific
ideas and practices with references to the best skeptical literature ]
Spud Server - The potato powered web server hoax that fooled USA Today and the BBC.
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The American Association of Hoaxed Anomalies - Dedicated to purging the paranormal industrial complex of hoaxes and frauds.
Meta Description: [ We are a paranormal research
organization dedicated to exposing hoaxes ]
The Hoax Files - Assorted collection of hoaxes, including sports hoaxes and art forgeries
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The Mothman Investigation - Investigation reveals that the mothman was actually a Red-shouldered Hawk.
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Tracking the White Salamander - Online Book telling the story of Mark Hoffman who forged Mormon documents and was convicted of murder
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