paranoia
Restaurant Patrons Are Worried About Being Spied on Through iPads
Some diners at chain restaurants are developing conspiracy theories after noticing that ordering tablets are equipped with cameras. Is our waiter listening to us complain about our chicken tenders?
Watch the Cameras That Watch You in These Hypnotic GIFs
A Toronto engineering professor has created a device that can illuminate any camera’s field of vision.
We Went to a Cuddle Party on MDMA
Touching genitals is forbidden at these gatherings, and there are other rules as well, but drugs aren't expressly forbidden. As a social experiment we attended a cuddle party while one of us was on MDMA, in the hope that it would teach us something...
Neil DeGrasse Tyson Has Had It with GMO Paranoia
"It smacks of the fear factor that exists at every new, emergent science."
Maureen Dowd Freaked Out on Weed Chocolate Because She's Stupid
The New York Times columnist's tale of getting too high on edibles raises some intriguing points about packaging and the potency of edibles and whatnot. But let's be honest, all she had to do was ask the state-licensed dispensary employees who'd...
Why Do Local Governments Want to Treat Ice Cream Men Like Criminals?
Thanks to American paranoia, many ice cream truck drivers are getting fingerprinted.
A Virtual Reality Train Ride Reveals a Link Between Height and Paranoia
Feeling shorter made people more mistrustful of the passengers around them.
The Quaint Paranoia of the Nixon Tapes
The fidelity of the recordings won’t knock Robin Thicke off the top of the charts, as the quality is pretty come and go. But the release of the last of the Nixon tapes recalls a time before everyone listened to everyone.
A Colorado Town Is Holding a Special Vote on Whether to Shoot Down Drones
That is, if the town can afford the special vote in November.
America’s Not-So-Secret Paranoid Underbelly
Free-floating fear and half-baked ideas about what’s REALLY going on have been a more significant part of American history than is generally accepted, according to Jesse Walker’s thorough, meticulously researched book The United States of Paranoia...