mat marques, ph.d.
@mdmarques.com
bicycles, coffee, and social psychology.
researches the causes and consequences of #conspiracytheories
he/him. woiworung land.
https://mdmarques.com
researches the causes and consequences of #conspiracytheories
he/him. woiworung land.
https://mdmarques.com
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mat marques, ph.d.
@mdmarques.com
· Dec 4
The effect of scientific conspiracy theories on scepticism towards biotechnologies
excited to see this #conspiracytheories paper out w/ collaborators @scicomguy.bsky.social, Art Stukas, & Jim McLennan
Will write a 🧵 soon but for now here's the #openaccess link
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
excited to see this #conspiracytheories paper out w/ collaborators @scicomguy.bsky.social, Art Stukas, & Jim McLennan
Will write a 🧵 soon but for now here's the #openaccess link
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
our dear leader @matthewmatix.bsky.social has posted on what the Antipodean Misinformation and Conspiracies Club has been up to over the past few years
www.royalsociety.org.nz/research/new...
www.royalsociety.org.nz/research/new...
November 26, 2025 at 12:09 AM
our dear leader @matthewmatix.bsky.social has posted on what the Antipodean Misinformation and Conspiracies Club has been up to over the past few years
www.royalsociety.org.nz/research/new...
www.royalsociety.org.nz/research/new...
waiting for the headline:
"Over 100 Million Americans believe in the existence of Bigfoot, the Yeti and Aliens"
"Over 100 Million Americans believe in the existence of Bigfoot, the Yeti and Aliens"
New polling on aliens
% of U.S. adult citizens who believe the following definitely or probably exist:
Aliens 56%
Bigfoot 28%
The Yeti 23%
The Loch Ness Monster 22%
Chupacabra 16%
today.yougov.com/health/artic...
% of U.S. adult citizens who believe the following definitely or probably exist:
Aliens 56%
Bigfoot 28%
The Yeti 23%
The Loch Ness Monster 22%
Chupacabra 16%
today.yougov.com/health/artic...
November 25, 2025 at 10:29 PM
waiting for the headline:
"Over 100 Million Americans believe in the existence of Bigfoot, the Yeti and Aliens"
"Over 100 Million Americans believe in the existence of Bigfoot, the Yeti and Aliens"
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🚨 Needed: "resistance against the normalisation of conspiracy theories in political discourse."
Yes!
New research: www.kcl.ac.uk/news/no-silv...
Spread of conspiracy theories: "...a ‘feedback loop’ between the internet, protest groups, political parties & mainstream media reporting..."
Yes!
New research: www.kcl.ac.uk/news/no-silv...
Spread of conspiracy theories: "...a ‘feedback loop’ between the internet, protest groups, political parties & mainstream media reporting..."
One size does not fit all for combatting conspiracy theories in Europe, says new research | King's College London
A continuous feedback loop of media reporting, political opportunism, protest groups and social media algorithms are fuelling the spread of conspiracy theories rather than one specific cause, says new...
www.kcl.ac.uk
November 25, 2025 at 5:40 PM
🚨 Needed: "resistance against the normalisation of conspiracy theories in political discourse."
Yes!
New research: www.kcl.ac.uk/news/no-silv...
Spread of conspiracy theories: "...a ‘feedback loop’ between the internet, protest groups, political parties & mainstream media reporting..."
Yes!
New research: www.kcl.ac.uk/news/no-silv...
Spread of conspiracy theories: "...a ‘feedback loop’ between the internet, protest groups, political parties & mainstream media reporting..."
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A new article by me in @theconversation.com about forthcoming research with fab colleagues @snurb.info, @riedlinm.bsky.social, @phzerosounds.bsky.social, @timothyjgraham.bsky.social, and @antmandan.bsky.social. Looking forward to presenting this at the #AANZCA2025 conference this week! 🎉
PhD researcher Kate FitzGerald has a new article out in The Conversation today looking at generative AI chatbots and conspiracy theories.
AI chatbots are encouraging conspiracy theories – new research
If you interact with chatbots about conspiracy theories, research shows you can can easily fall down the rabbit hole.
theconversation.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:42 AM
A new article by me in @theconversation.com about forthcoming research with fab colleagues @snurb.info, @riedlinm.bsky.social, @phzerosounds.bsky.social, @timothyjgraham.bsky.social, and @antmandan.bsky.social. Looking forward to presenting this at the #AANZCA2025 conference this week! 🎉
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In agreement with my friend @kkjetelina.bsky.social who writes today: "I suggest the general public avoid the CDC website."
yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/cdc-false-...
www.wsj.com/health/healt...
yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/cdc-false-...
www.wsj.com/health/healt...
November 21, 2025 at 3:39 PM
In agreement with my friend @kkjetelina.bsky.social who writes today: "I suggest the general public avoid the CDC website."
yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/cdc-false-...
www.wsj.com/health/healt...
yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/cdc-false-...
www.wsj.com/health/healt...
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📺 The maker of Breaking Bad says he didn’t intend for Plur1bus to be about AI – yet the links are undeniable.
👉 theconversation.com/vince-g...
👉 theconversation.com/vince-g...
November 18, 2025 at 1:50 AM
📺 The maker of Breaking Bad says he didn’t intend for Plur1bus to be about AI – yet the links are undeniable.
👉 theconversation.com/vince-g...
👉 theconversation.com/vince-g...
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I think this was instantly obvious to most people doing much online research in Nov of 2022, right? There were full-on papers about it by the spring of 2023. The only reason I don’t see this as forcing pysch back to n=50 undergrads per semester is that they’ll just treat synthetic samples as proxies
November 18, 2025 at 2:21 AM
I think this was instantly obvious to most people doing much online research in Nov of 2022, right? There were full-on papers about it by the spring of 2023. The only reason I don’t see this as forcing pysch back to n=50 undergrads per semester is that they’ll just treat synthetic samples as proxies
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"Quiet! Quiet, Piggy."
November 18, 2025 at 2:54 AM
"Quiet! Quiet, Piggy."
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We live in a make-believe world
November 17, 2025 at 3:14 AM
We live in a make-believe world
tgif.
such a good way to finish the week
such a good way to finish the week
Pulp: Tiny Desk Concert
YouTube video by NPR Music
youtu.be
November 14, 2025 at 7:23 AM
tgif.
such a good way to finish the week
such a good way to finish the week
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Won't say which r/Australian_university this comes from, but someone gets it.
November 12, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Won't say which r/Australian_university this comes from, but someone gets it.
by all definitional accounts our PM is describing the infamous dismissal of Whitlam in 1975 as a conspiracy theory
“The opposition orchestrated a parliamentary gridlock over the budget and then secretly prevailed upon the governor general to break it, by sacking the prime minister,” he said.
“The opposition orchestrated a parliamentary gridlock over the budget and then secretly prevailed upon the governor general to break it, by sacking the prime minister,” he said.
Gough Whitlam’s dismissal ‘a calculated plot’ to remove elected government via partisan ambush, PM says
Albanese says ‘old suffocating conservatism’ of Menzies era reached out of its political grave to remove a government chosen by voters
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:35 PM
by all definitional accounts our PM is describing the infamous dismissal of Whitlam in 1975 as a conspiracy theory
“The opposition orchestrated a parliamentary gridlock over the budget and then secretly prevailed upon the governor general to break it, by sacking the prime minister,” he said.
“The opposition orchestrated a parliamentary gridlock over the budget and then secretly prevailed upon the governor general to break it, by sacking the prime minister,” he said.
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Do you teach #rstats? Do your students complain about how lame and old-fashioned dplyr is? Don't worry: I have the solution for you: github.com/hadley/genzp....
genzplyr is dplyr, but bussin fr fr no cap.
genzplyr is dplyr, but bussin fr fr no cap.
GitHub - hadley/genzplyr: dplyr but make it bussin fr fr no cap
dplyr but make it bussin fr fr no cap. Contribute to hadley/genzplyr development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Do you teach #rstats? Do your students complain about how lame and old-fashioned dplyr is? Don't worry: I have the solution for you: github.com/hadley/genzp....
genzplyr is dplyr, but bussin fr fr no cap.
genzplyr is dplyr, but bussin fr fr no cap.
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incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 6, 2025 at 6:10 PM
incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
@srhastraea.bsky.social is a humble & busy guy so the aussie will announce his successful #marsden
Unpacking how we choose who to trust for knowledge in complex, contentious issues with the potential for misinformation
@scicomguy.bsky.social @matthewmatix.bsky.social
@rachelprozac.bsky.social
Unpacking how we choose who to trust for knowledge in complex, contentious issues with the potential for misinformation
@scicomguy.bsky.social @matthewmatix.bsky.social
@rachelprozac.bsky.social
Marsden Fund Awards 2025
Published on 6 Whiringa-ā-rangi November 2025
You can download an Excel spreadsheet of these results here: 2025-Marsden Fund Supplement
The definitions of the 8 Marsden Fund panels can be found here...
www.royalsociety.org.nz
November 5, 2025 at 4:21 AM
@srhastraea.bsky.social is a humble & busy guy so the aussie will announce his successful #marsden
Unpacking how we choose who to trust for knowledge in complex, contentious issues with the potential for misinformation
@scicomguy.bsky.social @matthewmatix.bsky.social
@rachelprozac.bsky.social
Unpacking how we choose who to trust for knowledge in complex, contentious issues with the potential for misinformation
@scicomguy.bsky.social @matthewmatix.bsky.social
@rachelprozac.bsky.social
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Look at the distribution of z-values from medical research!
November 4, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Look at the distribution of z-values from medical research!
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ladies and gentlemen...we got him
October 30, 2025 at 7:10 PM
ladies and gentlemen...we got him
"birthing influencers"
"…anecdotal rise in freebirths since the pandemic fuelled scepticism in some parts of the country about conventional medicine. Social media influencers have promoted the idea that unwanted interventions can be avoided by giving birth outside the health system."
"…anecdotal rise in freebirths since the pandemic fuelled scepticism in some parts of the country about conventional medicine. Social media influencers have promoted the idea that unwanted interventions can be avoided by giving birth outside the health system."
October 30, 2025 at 7:40 PM
"birthing influencers"
"…anecdotal rise in freebirths since the pandemic fuelled scepticism in some parts of the country about conventional medicine. Social media influencers have promoted the idea that unwanted interventions can be avoided by giving birth outside the health system."
"…anecdotal rise in freebirths since the pandemic fuelled scepticism in some parts of the country about conventional medicine. Social media influencers have promoted the idea that unwanted interventions can be avoided by giving birth outside the health system."
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The latest #Psychgeist entry has arrived!
THE LEGEND OF ZELDA 🗡️
I’m SO excited to read it this weekend ♥️
Thank you @annayahprosser.bsky.social @drkowert.bsky.social 🙏
THE LEGEND OF ZELDA 🗡️
I’m SO excited to read it this weekend ♥️
Thank you @annayahprosser.bsky.social @drkowert.bsky.social 🙏
October 24, 2025 at 8:32 PM
The latest #Psychgeist entry has arrived!
THE LEGEND OF ZELDA 🗡️
I’m SO excited to read it this weekend ♥️
Thank you @annayahprosser.bsky.social @drkowert.bsky.social 🙏
THE LEGEND OF ZELDA 🗡️
I’m SO excited to read it this weekend ♥️
Thank you @annayahprosser.bsky.social @drkowert.bsky.social 🙏
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If @billgates.bsky.social were to read #ScienceUnderSiege by @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social & myself, he would know that climate change is amplifying deadly pandemics. Only someone ignorant of the science adopts the fallacy that we can treat global health and the climate crisis as separate threats
“Bill Gates Calls for Redirecting of Climate Funds to Global Health” by John Koutroumpis for #GreekReporter:
greekreporter.com/2025/10/29/b...
greekreporter.com/2025/10/29/b...
Bill Gates Calls for Redirecting of Climate Funds to Global Health - GreekReporter.com
Bill Gates urges global donors to focus less on climate change and more on eradicating disease and hunger in the world’s poorest nations.
greekreporter.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:33 AM
If @billgates.bsky.social were to read #ScienceUnderSiege by @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social & myself, he would know that climate change is amplifying deadly pandemics. Only someone ignorant of the science adopts the fallacy that we can treat global health and the climate crisis as separate threats
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Coalition MPs called for an urgent inquiry into whether the Prime Minister’s teenage music choices constitute a national security threat.
theshovel.com.au/2025/10/30/p...
theshovel.com.au/2025/10/30/p...
"PM Advocating Political Violence", Sussan Ley Claims, After 1986 Photo Shows Albo in Dead Kennedys T-Shirt — The Shovel
Liberal leader Sussan Ley has accused the Prime Minister of “effectively endorsing violence and anarchism” after a recently unearthed 1986 photograph revealed a 23-year-old Albanese wearing a Dead Ken...
theshovel.com.au
October 29, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Coalition MPs called for an urgent inquiry into whether the Prime Minister’s teenage music choices constitute a national security threat.
theshovel.com.au/2025/10/30/p...
theshovel.com.au/2025/10/30/p...
in every good conspiracy theory there is a kernel of truth.
"He was shot at in the streets of Caulfield, and then they put him into hiding," she says.
Happy birthday to all who celebrate 🎂
"He was shot at in the streets of Caulfield, and then they put him into hiding," she says.
Happy birthday to all who celebrate 🎂
Phar Lap turns 100 in 2026. This year, two musicals inspired by him debut
As the 2025 Melbourne Cup approaches, two musicals celebrating — and satirising — the life of Phar Lap premiere, with "Australia's greatest racehorse" brought to life with an actor and a puppeteer.
www.abc.net.au
October 29, 2025 at 10:57 PM
in every good conspiracy theory there is a kernel of truth.
"He was shot at in the streets of Caulfield, and then they put him into hiding," she says.
Happy birthday to all who celebrate 🎂
"He was shot at in the streets of Caulfield, and then they put him into hiding," she says.
Happy birthday to all who celebrate 🎂
"Freedom in childbirth is a precious ideal, but freedom without truth is perilous. Those who profit from persuading others to reject safe care must be held accountable, if not in law then at least in conscience."
Stacey’s tragic death: We must stop it happening to others
The profoundly distressing death of a nutritionist has shaken the medical profession in a way that words can barely capture.
www.theage.com.au
October 29, 2025 at 7:13 PM
"Freedom in childbirth is a precious ideal, but freedom without truth is perilous. Those who profit from persuading others to reject safe care must be held accountable, if not in law then at least in conscience."
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This is the first indication from Sir John Kerr that Queen Elizabeth II approved of the position he had taken during his dismissal of Gough Whitlam, historian @palaceletters.bsky.social writes.
Whitlam dismissal secrets unearthed from the archives of the Canadian governor-general
www.crikey.com.au
October 27, 2025 at 2:51 AM
This is the first indication from Sir John Kerr that Queen Elizabeth II approved of the position he had taken during his dismissal of Gough Whitlam, historian @palaceletters.bsky.social writes.