One Contest to Debunk Them All

Ok. It happened. I’m running low on ideas, at least what to debunk next. So, I thought, it might be a nice idea to create a little contest. Quite often, the contests or challenges one can find on this platform are useless as fuck. This one will be different. I promise.

Since the curation team of the @steemstem community is currently quite generous in supporting my posts, I deem it a decent idea to give something back to the community. I’m such a nice guy, I know.

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You guys have only one job to do: provide me with interesting topics, which I can dig into.
Since I’m an evil capitalist, I think your efforts shall not be in vain and I am going to compensate every idea I decide worthy to be debunked.
I haven’t decided yet, how much I am going to pay for each selected entry, but it will be at least 3 SBD (maybe more, depends on the payout) and I will mention you in the post as well.

“Wait, only 3 SBD? Dude. This is not even worth getting out of bed.”

Well, then don’t. I couldn’t care less. If no one submits any entries, I will save SBD, that’s alright too.
For all you other guys: have you ever asked yourself, whether something was true or not? Submit the idea to me and earn some easy money. 3 SBD is still more than many people earn on their posts – and you only have to submit a question and get a bit lucky. And maybe you get even more. Seems fair to me.

Ok, what to do exactly?

Write a post with an idea worth debunking.
Explain why it’s important to dig into this one.
Use the tag #debunkdonkey (don’t ask).
DON'T submit your ideas below this post. Please.
There is no fixed end date to this contest, since I’m always looking for new ideas, so feel free to submit whenever you like, I will check regularly.
Wait until I chose your idea, wrote an article and received the rewards.
Profit.

The people who have already provided me with some ideas are automatically winners, as soon as I’m covering their topics. First come, first serve and stuff.

But wait, how can you be sure, I’m not just going to screw you over, take your idea and not going to reward you? You can’t.
This is, where you need a bit of faith – or knowledge of social pressure. Since I’m part of the Honor Member Team of the @steemstem community, I would be nuts to put my (and probably the community’s one as well) reputation at risk in an attempt to scam you. So, IF you realize, all my promises were empty, and I did indeed rob you of your idea – call me out openly and let everybody know, what a big fraud I am.
I will do my best to make sure it doesn’t happen.

There is so much pseudo-science in the world and I think, it’s always worth fighting for a more rational approach to deal with the hardships of life. Now you can become an even bigger part in it and get paid for your efforts – sounds like a fair deal to me.
It’s up to you. I’m waiting.

Feel always free to discuss my ideas and share your own thoughts about the things I’m writing about. Nobody is omniscient and if we all walk away a bit smarter than before, we’ll have achieved a lot.
Thanks for reading and stay sceptical.

@egotheist

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One Contest to Debunk Them All

Ok, what to do exactly?

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