{"id":13254,"date":"2014-05-28T10:30:58","date_gmt":"2014-05-28T14:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/collideascape\/?p=13254"},"modified":"2014-05-28T10:30:58","modified_gmt":"2014-05-28T14:30:58","slug":"opportunistic-scaremongering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.keithkloor.com\/?p=13254","title":{"rendered":"Opportunistic Scaremongering"},"content":{"rendered":"

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