Tuesday, April 9, 2024

Ancient superstitions about eclipses paved the way for this scientific truth

 https://edition.cnn.com/2024/04/06/opinions/solar-eclipse-ancient-civilization-history-election-colavito/index.html

On social media, far-right fearmongers offer nonsensical conspiracy theories about the eclipse signaling an attack on American cities by undocumented migrants. But the fact that most of us now understand that a sign in the sky as dramatic as an eclipse doesn’t dictate events on Earth is an important reminder of immutable scientific truths in an age of conspiracy theories.

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