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Dr. Jonathan N. Stea @jonathanstea.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

My grandma died today. She showed unconditional love. She was the sweetest. I’ll miss her. She hated my trolls. RIP. ❤️

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Dr. Jonathan N. Stea @jonathanstea.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

When a clown moves into the palace, he doesn’t become a king; the palace becomes a circus.

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Dr. Jonathan N. Stea @jonathanstea.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

The University of Alberta’s free online critical thinking and science literacy course to help people differentiate science from pseudoscience: www.ualberta.ca/en/admission...

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Dr. Jonathan N. Stea @jonathanstea.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

One thing I wonder about chemtrails is... ...what happens when they fall off the edge of the earth?

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Dr. Jonathan N. Stea @jonathanstea.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

This book details shows how MAHA activists have used science denialism to worsen health outcomes. It also traces the history and harm of the anti-vaccine movement and describes its modern incarnations and propaganda tactics. Highly recommended and hard to put down. 😊✌️

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Dr. Jonathan N. Stea @jonathanstea.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Social media has worsened our collective science literacy skills. For example, there are urine therapy groups on Facebook. Similar alternative medicine groups provide a sense of community, but at the cost of promoting pseudoscientific beliefs that compromise health.

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Dr. Jonathan N. Stea @jonathanstea.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

My wife just learned that my audiobook is on Spotify and can be streamed with a Premium account—and she would like you to know that. 😊✌️

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Dr. Jonathan N. Stea @jonathanstea.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do because it always coincides with their own desires. - Susan B. Anthony

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Dr. Jonathan N. Stea @jonathanstea.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

For promoting evidence-based patient care, I receive countless hateful messages daily. I receive death threats. I’ve dealt with frivolous complaints. I’ve been called the "face of evil." I’m lied about and constantly harassed. I’m also not alone.😊✌️ www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Dr. Jonathan N. Stea @jonathanstea.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

My uncle was vaccinated and a week later he turned into a rhododendron tree. Before and After pics below.

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Dr. Jonathan N. Stea @jonathanstea.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

My book is being translated into Turkish and I find that pretty cool and now I’m looking forward to receiving hate mail in a different language. 😊✌️

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Dr. Jonathan N. Stea @jonathanstea.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Our new study about how a brief, self-directed intervention can help people who wish to reduce problematic cannabis use with minimal professional support: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Dr. Jonathan N. Stea @jonathanstea.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

You definitely received a dud if you haven’t yet grown a 5G antenna and a lizard tail.

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Dr. Jonathan N. Stea @jonathanstea.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Sometimes the messages I receive are empowering. Science and mental health literacy matter. 😊✌️

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Dr. Jonathan N. Stea @jonathanstea.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

The vaccines are also responsible for the decline of the honeybee, slow Wi-Fi, and disappearing socks in your dryer.

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Dr. Jonathan N. Stea @jonathanstea.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

In cancer care, use of alternative medicine is associated with increased death. In this study, greater conspiracy mentality and lower science literacy skills are linked to believing that cures for cancer are being suppressed: www.semanticscholar.org/paper/The-ro...

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Dr. Jonathan N. Stea @jonathanstea.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

People who fall for conspiracy theories have a greater tendency to detect patterns. But those patterns aren’t real. They’re random and illusory: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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Dr. Jonathan N. Stea @jonathanstea.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Science literacy involves learning just enough about cancer to understand that cancer is not in fact trying to heal you no matter the pseudoscience promoted in the alternative medicine community.

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Dr. Jonathan N. Stea @jonathanstea.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Narcissism is a robust predictor of belief in conspiracy theories. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Dr. Jonathan N. Stea @jonathanstea.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Kindergarten? Oh you mean when you called me “dumbdumb.” Lol

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Dr. Jonathan N. Stea @jonathanstea.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Excited to present at Hexagon Psychology about my book and how to protect against mental health misinformation and pseudoscience. 😊✌️ bit.ly/44h85H3

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Dr. Jonathan N. Stea @jonathanstea.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

One hallmark of pseudoscience is an emphasis on confirmation rather than refutation. Scientists are constantly and consistently trying to prove themselves wrong, whereas those who practice pseudoscience are more concerned with proving themselves right.

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Dr. Jonathan N. Stea @jonathanstea.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Alternative medicine proponents regularly push pseudoscience by relying on numerous fallacies to cajole audiences. One to watch out for is the Motte-and-Bailey fallacy:

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Dr. Jonathan N. Stea @jonathanstea.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

This is misinformation because sometimes I wear my hair down.

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Dr. Jonathan N. Stea @jonathanstea.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Thrilled to have been invited as a keynote speaker to talk about my book and the harm of mental health misinformation and pseudoscience at the Canadian Psychological Association’s annual convention this year in Montreal. 😊✌️

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Dr. Jonathan N. Stea @jonathanstea.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

This is like setting a building on fire, watching it burn, and then standing around outside asking what happened.

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Dr. Jonathan N. Stea @jonathanstea.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Genetics and the social determinants of health would like a word.

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Dr. Jonathan N. Stea @jonathanstea.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Science-of-the-Gaps Fallacy: When a phrase akin to “science doesn’t have all of the answers” is used to justify unsupported claims. It's often used to promote pseudoscience and alternative approaches to health that are clearly and scientifically baseless. www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/writ...

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Dr. Jonathan N. Stea @jonathanstea.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Empirical support for the idea of "crank magnetism,” which describes the phenomenon where belief in one type of conspiracy or pseudoscience attracts multiple types: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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Dr. Jonathan N. Stea @jonathanstea.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Well, I actually have three science degrees—which I now regret because I could’ve just watched three Rumble documentaries about space lasers, government-made hurricanes, lizard people, and how health professionals and scientists are all trying to poison me.

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Dr. Jonathan N. Stea @jonathanstea.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Imagine being so ideologically invested in the anti-vaccine movement that you experience more satisfaction from rooting for the disease than appreciating the miraculous reality that vaccines are one of the greatest medical achievements of all time.