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Re:Computer Scientist Warns of Social Media Manipulation in ... by tgrass on Friday October 26, 2012 @01:21PM (#4703192)
One method to teach them the infallibility of the web is to have them research the endangered tree octopus.

I had a friend's rather brilliant fourth grade son accept this creature without a thought. I hope he's more vigilant now.

Re:Computer Scientist Warns of Social Media Manipulation in ... by Zenst on Friday October 26, 2012 @04:23PM (#4704096)
Almost as good as grass fish, though given some weather events they do make an appearance once in a while. I did do a image search of "octopus in a tree" on google and saw more results than one would of thought, which goes to show that on the internet you can always find something to back up your imagination as reality - scary.
Re:Computer Scientist Warns of Social Media Manipulation in ... by Groxx on Friday October 26, 2012 @02:02PM (#4703391)
xD that's a good one! I haven't seen that hoax before. One of my personal favorites is DHMO, though it's of a slightly different flavor: http://dhmo.org/
Re:Computer Scientist Warns of Social Media Manipulation in ... by nhebb on Friday October 26, 2012 @03:54PM (#4703950)
My daughter's chemistry teacher had the class research this. Unfortunately, my daughter thought it was just "stupid nerd humor" and missed the point.