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Logic, Critical Thinking and Scientific MethodologyMany of the sites listed in The Millenium Project are there because they are based on a faulty understanding of how science, logic and the universe work. The sites listed here provide some of the tools needed to expose and cut through the nonsense. There are sites listed in this category. AusPharm Consumer Health Watch "AusPharm Consumer Health Watch looks critically at the claims made by non-prescription health related products in the pharmacy marketplace, assesses the therapeutic claims they make against the existing research, looks at product safety and value for money, engages in dialogue with the product sponsor and then publishes its findings. Its primary aim is to help consumers make informed choices about these products". Bad Language (Karen Stollznow) "A site for busting myths about language and a resource for skepticism and critical thinking" "Bad Moves is a weekly series by philosopher Julian Baggini detailing the various ways in which arguments or points are made badly, but often persuasively". Carl Sagan's Baloney Detection Kit Carl Sagan's classic essay on the identification of nonsense. The Critical Thinking Community "Critical thinking is essential if we are to get to the root of our problems and develop reasonable solutions. After all, the quality of everything we do is determined by the quality of our thinking". The Critical Thinking Consortium "The Critical Thinking Consortium is a non-profit association of institutional partners, school districts, faculties of education, teaching professionals, associations and other educational organizations. Our aim is to promote critical thinking from primary to post-secondary education through professional development, publications and research". The Danger of Knowing For Sure (Peter Bowditch) Certain events give us cause to think about what we think and how we think about it. This is an essay about skepticism and critical thinking written immediately following September 11, 2001. The Fallacy Files (Gary Curtis) "There's a lot of debate on the net. Unfortunately, much of it is of very low quality. The aim of this document is to explain the basics of logical reasoning, and hopefully improve the overall quality of debate". Mission: Critical -- SJSU's Critical Thinking Web Page (David Mesher) The goal of Mission: Critical is to create a "virtual lab," capable of familiarizing users with the basic concepts of critical thinking in a self-paced, interactive environment. Philosophy & Reasoning Network "We are a group of teachers who love philosophy and would like to see more of it going on in schools. We also privately (and sometime publicly) campaign against irrationality and disinformation in all walks of life" Probability and Statistics -- from MathWorld The abuse or misunderstanding of statistics is endemic in pseudoscience. This site explains many of the tests and terms used in statistics. (Warning - lots of maths, but generally understandable by a lay person.) Sir Thomas Browne's great 1646 treatise on fallible thinking and self-deception. Psychologists Educating Students to Think Skeptically The PESTS web site is designed to be a resource for those with an interest in teaching about a skeptical approach to testing knowledge claims. The Reason! Project (Tim van Gelder) Responsible Thinking (Robert Korn) People believing things that aren't true has been the cause of wars, persecutions, and other destructive consequences throughout history. Huge sums of money are spent to manipulate our beliefs for the sake of special interests. How big a problem is this? How can we avoid errors and manipulation? What can be done to improve society's concern about truth and responsible thinking? The material here is a hypertext book that is under construction. The Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science ScienceAlert - Australia & New Zealand "ScienceAlert is a website devoted exclusively to delivering Australian & New Zealand science, technology, and innovation news to science, industry, the media, government and the broader community". The Scientific Method Today (Norman W. Edmund) The SKEPTIC Annotated Bibliography (Taner Edis) An annotated listing of books and other resources relevant to paranormal and fringe science topics, mainly from a skeptical point of view. Helpful for exploring weirdness without necessarily accepting paranormal beliefs. "The mission of the Skeptic Friends Network is to promote skepticism, critical thinking, science and logic as the best methods for evaluating all claims of fact, and we invite active participation by our members to create a skeptical community with a wide variety of viewpoints and expertise" The Skeptic's Dictionary (Robert T. Carroll) "A Collection of Strange Beliefs, Amusing Deceptions, and Dangerous Delusions" Statistical Assessment Service The Statistical Assessment Service (STATS), a non-profit non-partisan organization, examines the way that scientific, quantitative, and social research is presented by the media and works with journalists to help them convey this material more accurately and effectively. Urban Legends Reference Pages (Snopes) "A society is generally as lax as its language". The Vocabula Review seeks to promote the richness of our language, battles nonstandard, careless English and embraces clear, expressive English. What is pseudoscience? (Stephen K. Lower) How it differs from science, how to spot it. Junk science, pathological science, quackery and scams. The rules you need to follow to be a genuine Internet woo-woo or kook. The Yuckiest Site on the Internet (Discovery Channel) Science stuff for kids. Member of the Skeptic Ring
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