Sentences with phrase «history of the hoax»

Poet and scholar Kevin Young offers a history of the hoax and a chilling indictment of our current moment in this...

Poet and scholar Kevin Young offers a history of the hoax and a chilling indictment of our current moment in this ambitious book.

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And millions — millions — of others since then have believed as well, including brilliant men, so either it was the greatest hoax in history, or there is something to it.

Van Hagar sez: «Scientology is worthy of simple dismissal because it is clearly a hoax — its history, its leadership, its tactics — its a business in the guise of a religion, no ands, ifs or buts about it.»

Their history reeks of being a hoax — and yet they are more legitimized in the realm of religion than scientology.

Only those for whom history is blandly homogenized will say that because resurrections do not happen now, the resurrection of Jesus was a miracle or an intersubjective experience, or else a hoax.

A third - century coin, recently excavated in southern England, has brought to light an unknown chapter of Roman history: the troubled reign of Domitianus, an emperor whose hold on power was so fleeting that the only other archaeological evidence of his existence is a similar coin found a century ago and dismissed as a hoax.

The original mermaid's unveiling however, made for a very elaborate hoax; in order to have the public's curiosity, Barnum had one of his associates disguise himself as a «Dr. J. Griffin» of the Lyceum of Natural History, and sent the press letters about the doctor, who had in his possession a great discovery, and because Griffin was a «certified naturalist,» everyone believed it to be real.

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Needless to say, the «failing schools» strategy is the biggest hoax ever perpetrated on the general public in the history of American public education.

Little did they know that the Turk was a very clever fraud, one of the most elaborate hoaxes in history.

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I'd like to do that now, because I well remember one of the most famous literary hoaxes in publishing history.

So assuming this is not the most elaborate hoax in internet history, the BlackBerry Z30 is to sport a surprisingly crisp albeit a tad hard to use in difficult light conditions 5 - inch Super AMOLED screen with a resolution of 1,280 x 720 pixels.

If they spout things like «global warming is the greatest hoax in the history of the universe,» check the shoes of the people who visit them or have dinner with them.

History will prove that fear mongers promoting «man caused» climate change is the greatest hoax of the 21st Century.

Saying «If Salby's analysis holds up, this could revolutionize AGW science» is like saying «wow, if the analysis on that Moon hoax site regarding a waving flag holds up, that could revolutionize our understanding of the history of space flight.»

By the end of this jaunty, likeable, fact - rich journey through the history of the «global warming» the viewer will be left in no doubt that climate change is one of the most egregious political and scientific hoaxes in history.

I like the paragraph beginning «the scientific elite... the greatest hoax in the history of civilization.»

You can see the full history of them on Wikipedia, but wouldn't you rather have a curated list of Google's 7 best hoaxes?

3 April 2018 A number of outlets used a hoax quote to paint David Hogg as hopelessly ignorant of history.