- a word derived from debunk.
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"The US Top Secret-cleared aerospace and nuclear workforce is ~700,000 people," science writer, investigator and pseudoscience debunker Mick West wrote on 16 April on his Substack.
From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026
The City of Hope biochemist has used science to poke holes in one life-extension claim after another, including those of Sinclair and Johnson, and has become known as the longevity skeptic and the great debunker.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2024
As Mick West, a prominent skeptic and debunker, writes in a 2021 Guardian piece, such influential messengers couch “weak evidence” for UFOs as compelling.
From Scientific American • Jun. 27, 2023
Immediately afterwards, I received an email from the so-called "UAP debunker," Mick West.
From Salon • Oct. 9, 2022
“How about that? The great debunker himself” Chronicler relaxed slightly, obviously pleased to have his reputation precede him.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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