Relevant Web Sites
Good Science *
- What's New - Column by Dr. Robert L. Park (who spoke at SMU)
- James Randi Educational Foundation - an educational
resource on the paranormal, pseudoscientific, and the supernatural, by James Randi (who spoke at SMU)
- CSICOP - Committee for the Scientific
Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal
- Association for Skeptical Inquiry - U.K. equivalent of CSICOP. Good.
- The Skeptiseum - Skeptical Museum of the Paranormal
- Bad Astronomy by Philip Plait
- SkepticWiki
- the Encyclopedia of Science and Critical Thinking
- Bad Science by Alistair Fraser
- The Talk.Origins Archive
- National Center for Science Education -
Defending the Teaching of Evolution in the Public Schools
- The Skeptics Society and Skeptic Magazine
- The Skeptic Magazine
- The Skeptic's Dictionary
- The Museum of Hoaxes
- Urban Legends Archive
- FactCheck.org - Holding Politicians Accountable
- FAIR.org - Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting: The National Media Watch Group
- Geology Confronts Creationism
- An Antidote to Velikovskian Delusions
- The Mad Scientist Network
- The Straight Dope by Cecil Adams
- The History News Network
edited by Rick Shenkman (who spoke at SMU)
- What is
science, exactly?
- Nobel Prize in Physics 1999 co-winner
Gerard t'Hooft's take on the
paranormal
- Scientific American Magazine
- SETI@home - the Search
for Extraterrestrial Intelligence at home
- featuring their links to
SETI information
- Sky & Telescope
magazine's SETI Section
- The Glossary of Mathematical Mistakes
- Langmuir's talk on Pathological
Science (December 18, 1953)
- Astronomical Society of the Pacific
- Norwegian Skeptics
- Jim Lippard's Skeptical Information Links
- Cliff Pickover's Internet
Encyclopedia of Hoaxes
- In Search of Mathematical Miracles - A skeptical
look at Bible Codes and other sacred text codes
- New Mexicans for Science and Reason
- What's up with the "Bible Code"?
from The Straight Dope
- Do anagrams in Lewis Carroll's poems
prove he was Jack the Ripper? from The Straight Dope
- The Annals of Improbable Research (formerly the Journal of
Irreproducible Results)
- Revealing the Star of Bethlehem - by Michael R. Molnar
- The Skeptic's Annotated Bible and Quran
(Koran) and Book of Mormon
- The Particle Adventure - an
interactive tour of particle physics
- Skeptics Webring
- Quackwatch Your Guide to Health
Fraud, Quackery, and Intelligent Decisions
- Homeowatch Your
Skeptical Guide to Homeopathic History, Theories, and Current Practices
- The Debunker's Domain
- No Answers in Genesis!
- The North Texas Skeptics
- The Quack-Files
- ChiroLinks
- Anti-Quackery Ring
- The First Amendment, Science and
Pseudoscience
- Reasonings: The
Official Newsletter of the Atheists and Agnostics of Wisconsin
- Things creationists hate
- DETOX: Forum Message - Re: The
Bible
- Creation or just natural
events? Some things bible literalists / creationists hate!
- Fraud, Mistaken Identity and
Claims Thereof
- Fantasies and Misconceptions on the WEB
- Fuz
Rana on NPR's Glenn Mitchell show Read Rana for bad science and Rennie for good science
- Showtime - Penn & Teller:
Bullshit!
- Mythbusters! - on the Discovery Channel
- The Darwin Awards
- Coalition for Excellence in Science and Math Education
- Skeptics Corner by Louis w. Cable
- The Skeptic Tank
- Truth or Fiction - your email reailty check
- Break the Chain - stop junk email and misinformation
- Is ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder) a disease?
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Power Lines and Cancer: Nothing to Fear by John W. Farley, Ph.D
- Independent Investigations Group
- The Scientific Review of Alternative
Medicine
- Creation Watch
-
Dangers of chiropractic therapy : MUST SEE! : Confessions of a Quackbuster
- Dangers of alternative medicine
- Neck911USA.com
- A Different way to Heal? -
Alternative Medicine - Scientific American Frontiers with Alan Alda
- National Council Against Health Fraud
- SkepticReport.com
- Rothwell, D., Bondy, S., & Williams, J. I. (2001). Chiropractic
manipulation and stroke: A population-based case-control study.
Stroke: The Journal of the American Heart Association, 32, 1054.
- Smith WS and others.
Spinal manipulative therapy is an independent risk factor for vertebral artery dissection.
Neurology 60:1424-1428, 2003.
-
Chiropractic's Dirty Secret: Neck Manipulation and Strokes
- ScamBusters.org
- Hoaxbusters
- The Museum of Unworkable Devices
- Art and UFOs?
- The reDISCOVERY INSTITUTE
- a parody of the bad science
Discovery Institute
- Recovery from Mormonism
- The Skeptical Gourmet
- American
Association of Physics Teachers Statement on the Teaching of Evolution
and Cosmology
- The fact of
Evolution and the construct of "Intelligent" Design on the Diane Rehm
Show (NPR)
- A Skeptic Moment
with Tim Kammer - skeptical podcasting
- What is Pseudoscience?
-
The Scopes "Monkey" Trial - Tennessee v. John Scopes
- Understanding Evolution
- On the Effectiveness of Aluminium Foil Helmets
- What Was God Thinking? Science Can't Tell - by Nobel Prize Winner Eric Cornell
- Pat Robertson and Intelligent Design - If Intelligent Design is not religion, then why is Pat Robertson angry?
- Holiday Scams
- Randell Mills - Crackpot
- Intelligent Design: The New Creationism Threatens All of Science
and Society from the American Physical Society (APS)
- Natasha Demkina - The Girl With X-Ray Eyes (NOT!)
- Facts of Life People may have different
beliefs and theories about how we got here, but only one should be
taught in our children's science classes: evolution.
- Barry Marshall
and Robin Warren win Nobel Prize for work on ulcers
- Evolution FAQ from the NY Times
- Achau
Nguyen Test from CSICOP.org
-
Intelligent Falling - satire from The Onion parodying the
Evolution / Intelligent Design debate.
- OPEN LETTER TO KANSAS SCHOOL BOARD
- AntiPolygraph.org - Polygraphy is Quackery
- The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin - read it for free
- Recycling paper and plastic actually hurts the environment.
- The Rest of the Story: Tobacco News Analysis and Commentary
- The Facts About Second Hand Smoke
- Latest Email Hoaxes - Current Internet Scams - Hoax-Slayer Newsletter
- Phishing scams and spoof emails
- Skepchicks - female skeptics
- Snopes.com - Urban Legends Reference Pages
- Evolution Ale from Wasatch Beers
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- Kitzmiller et al. vs.
Dover Area School District et al. Memorandum Opinion 20 Dec 2005
- Intelligent Design (ID)
gets spanked in court. Judge John E. Jones III threw the book at
them, and you can read it (the book, that is).
See for summaries:
Featuring these "expert" witnesses defending ID, professors all:
(Thermometers aren't the only things graduated with degrees that can crack!)
- Michael Behe -
Professor of Biochemistry at Lehigh University in Pennsylvania
- Scott Minnich -
Associate Professor of Microbiology at the University of Idaho
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Stephen William Fuller -
Professor of Sociology at University of Warwick, UK (Sociology?!?)
And two more professorial proponents of ID not called at trial
- Astronomy FAQ -
Frequently Asked Questions
- Usenet
Physics FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
Bad Science *
Good News *
Bad News * a.k.a. Infotainment
Good Entertainment * - Hone your logic skills with these
- NPR's Car Talk - listen to Click and Clack diagnose car trouble
using inductive reasoning
- featuring The Puzzler - weekly logic puzzles
(be sure to check the archive)
- Columbo - the TV detective catches murderers through induction
- Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's detective who, despite claiming to use
deduction, actually uses induction
- The Mensa Workout logic quiz, but don't actually
join Mensa until they stop believing in psi phenomena
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In the opinion of the instructors and other rational people.