More news Articles A Wildfire in Africa Warns the World’s High PeaksNews subtitleProfessor Meredith Kelly helped trace a fire to conditions unseen in 12,000 years.ImageImage 5/20/2026BodyProfessor Meredith Kelly helped trace a fire to conditions unseen in 12,000 years.Written byOffice of CommunicationsShare thisFacebookXEmail QuotedQuoteYou create instability in a society not by convincing people of a lie, but by making the signals so noisy that people don’t know what to believe.BylineHany Farid, returning professor of computer science | AttributionSan Francisco ChronicleDate6/9/2026 QuotedQuoteThey want a majority of the population to turn their backs. That’s all that’s necessary.BylineBenjamin Valentino, Nelson A. Rockefeller Professorship in Government | AttributionThe New York TimesDate6/8/2026
QuotedQuoteYou create instability in a society not by convincing people of a lie, but by making the signals so noisy that people don’t know what to believe.BylineHany Farid, returning professor of computer science | AttributionSan Francisco ChronicleDate6/9/2026
QuotedQuoteThey want a majority of the population to turn their backs. That’s all that’s necessary.BylineBenjamin Valentino, Nelson A. Rockefeller Professorship in Government | AttributionThe New York TimesDate6/8/2026
