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By Robert T. Thibault Robert Thibault is interested in expediting scientific discoveries through efficient research practices. Throughout his PhD in the Integrated Program in Neuroscience at McGill University, he has established himself as a leading critical voice in the field of neurofeedback and published on the topic in Lancet Psychiatry, Brain, American Psychologist, and NeuroImage among other journals. He is currently finalizing an edited volume with Dr. Amir Raz, tentatively entitled “Casting light on the Dark Side of Brain Imaging,” slated for release through Academic Press in early 2019.  We all hate being deceived. That feeling when we realize the “health specialist” who took our money was nothing more than a smooth-talking quack. When that politician we voted for never really planned to implement their platform. Or when that caller who took our bank information turned out to be a fraud.  These deceptions share a common theme—the deceiver is easy to identify and even ...

By Neil Levy Neil Levy is professor of philosophy at Macquarie University, Sydney, and a senior research fellow at the Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, University of Oxford. Fake news proliferates on the internet, and it sometimes has consequential effects . It may have played a role in the recent election of Donald Trump to the White House, and the Brexit referendum. Democratic governance requires a well-informed populace: fake news seems to threaten the very foundations of democracy . How should we respond to its challenge? The most common response has been a call for greater media literacy . Fake news often strikes more sophisticated consumers as implausible. But there are reasons to think that the call for greater media literacy is unlikely to succeed as a practical solution to the problem of fake news. For one thing, the response seems to require what it seeks to bring about: a better informed population. For another, while greater sophistication might allow us to identify man...