The Encyclopedia of Misinformation: A Compendium of Imitations, Spoofs, Delusions, Simulations, Counterfeits, Impostors, Illusions, Confabulations, ... ... ... Conspiracies & Miscellaneous Fakery

The Encyclopedia of Misinformation is a compendium examining fakery, deception, and self-delusion throughout history. It explores misinformation across multiple contexts including science, advertising, humor, law, sports, and video games. The book contains 300 short entries arranged alphabetically, covering topics such as Artificial Intelligence, Auto-Tune, Chilean Sea Bass, Clickbait, Cognitive Dissonance, Cryptids, False Flag Operations, Gaslighting, Gerrymandering, Kayfabe, Laugh Tracks, Milli Vanilli, P.T. Barnum, Photoshopping, Potemkin Villages, Ponzi Schemes, Rachel Dolezal, Strategery, Truthiness, and the Uncanny Valley. The entries blend high and lowbrow references with occasional salty language and pop-culture allusions, serving as a guide to understanding how people are deceived and how they deceive themselves.