People turn to conspiracy theories to help them make sense of disasters like the recent wildfires.
Cliff Chapman, BC Wildfire Service director of operations, said conspiracy theories “really hit me and, I think, our organization in a really big way.”
Conspiracy theories also risk affecting people who are victims of forest fires, like those forced from their homes, Ahmed said. Scientists are blaming climate change for the severity of Canada’s wildfire season. A study by the U.K.-based World Weather Attribution group released this week says greenhouse gas emissions made Quebec’s fire weather about 50 per cent more conducive to fire between May and June.Article content
“But now, the ability of a single human being to spread something which has no basis in science or in rationality, and is illogical, is enormous.” “It’s created a condition in which this unreliable information can circulate in a more unchecked way.”
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