Critical Thinking
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The Odds Must Be Crazy
I’m shockingly realizing right now that an entire decade ago the film The Ring came out in theaters. For anyone who was around at the time and had movie-going friends, this was a phenomenon. It was impossible to avoid hyperbole about what a brilliant, shocking, terrifying horror film it was, and it simply, truly, positively could NOT be missed. I’m not a horror fan, but my then-wife was and I did my job and took her to the theater to see it.
The Battle for Your Mind: Brainwashing Techniques Being Used On The Public By Dick Sutphen
The Birth of Conversion/Brainwashing in Christian Revivalism in 1735.
Conducting research involves using the scientific method at its core.
Experiment Resources - A website about the Scientific Method, Research and Experiments
Bad Science
James Ball sent me the data for the Russian election vote counts this morning and asked me to test whether it deviates from Benford’s law, a test that can give a hint at whether numbers are the product of fraud.RationalWiki
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From FreeThoughtPedia Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blind-folded fear. - Thomas Jefferson
FreeThoughtPedia
The FDA is giving serious consideration to our petition to require that all over-the-counter homeopathic drugs meet the standards of effectiveness applicable to non-homeopathic drugs.
Center for Inquiry
Psychology of Intelligence Analysis , by Richards Heuer. A good overview of how to improve thinking in the light of insights from cognitive psychology.
Critical Thinking On The Web
Robert L. Park, Ph.D The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is investing close to a million dollars in an obscure Russian scientist's antigravity machine, although it has failed every test and would violate the most fundamental laws of nature.
Seven Warning Signs of Bogus Science
The periodic table of irrational nonsense
Creationism n.A List Of Fallacious Arguments
attacking the person instead of attacking his argument.What's The Harm?
368,379 people killed, 306,096 injured and over $2,815,931,000 in economic damages Below are the topics in which we have found stories of harm.Top 20 Logical Fallacies
Structure of a Logical Argument Whether we are consciously aware of it or not, our arguments all follow a certain basic structure.An Encyclopedia of Errors of Reasoning