Debunker
![The authors of the Debunking Handbook warn that a failed debunking can actually worsen misconceptions. They recommend simple, positive, and emotionally sensitive education (e.g. bolstering the learner's ego, or avoiding threatening words).](/Images/godic/202501/08/Charles_Napier_Hemy_-_A_Nautical_Argument_18771256.jpg")
A debunker is a person who attempts to expose or discredit claims believed to be false, exaggerated, or pretentious. The term is often associated with skeptical investigation of controversial topics such as U.F.O.s, claimed paranormal phenomena, cryptids, conspiracy theories, alternative medicine, religion, or exploratory or fringe areas of scientific or pseudoscientific research.