Reddit’s ‘Confidently Wrong’ List Proves People Believe the Darndest Things
A list of 34 confidently held false beliefs, from chimpanzee hybrids to demonic sporks, that people believed for far too long.
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Crowd Entered Hotel Where Pakistan Under-19 Cricketers Were Mistaken for Migrants
A false rumor that migrants were at a Portsmouth hotel led a crowd to confront Pakistan's under-19 cricket team. Police found no issues, and the team later played their match.
20-Year Study Finds Experts’ ‘Sure Things’ Fail a Quarter of the Time — and Ordinary ‘Superforecasters’ Beat Them
Behold, gentle reader, a chronicle of prophecies most confident, yet doomed by Fate to wither into folly with the turning of Time.