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Quantum Leaps in the Wrong Direction: Where Real Science Ends. . . and Pseudoscience Begins (Popularity:  )
(Score: 14.13)
http://www.nap.edu/catalog/10015.html
Book explains scientific method, and discusses how to tell science from pseudoscience. Considers UFOs, astrology, creationism, and ESP. Searchable page images.
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Main\Science\Science in Society\Skeptical Inquiry\Critical Thinking
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The Skeptic Report (Popularity: )
(Score: 10.56)
http://jebzingo.tripod.com/
The blow against pseudoscience.
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Main\Science\Science in Society\Skeptical Inquiry
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The Skeptic Report (Popularity: )
(Score: 10.56)
http://jebzingo.tripod.com/skepticreport/
Debunking pseudoscience.
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Main\Science\Science in Society\Skeptical Inquiry
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Mario Di Maggio - Religious Heretic (Popularity: )
(Score: 10.11)
http://real.dimaggio.org/
Views on religion and pseudoscience from an astronomer.
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Main\Society\Religion and Spirituality\Agnosticism
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AquaSchemes (Popularity: )
(Score: 10.01)
http://www.chem1.com/CQ/
The science of water and how it gets turned into pseudoscience by promoters of dubious treatment schemes.
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Main\Science\Chemistry\Education
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The Skeptic Magazine (Popularity: )
(Score: 9.90)
http://www.skeptic.org.uk/
United Kingdom publication, taking a skeptical look at pseudoscience and claims of the paranormal.
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Main\Science\Science in Society\Skeptical Inquiry
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When Pseudoscience Meets Honest Science (Popularity: )
(Score: 9.61)
http://www.edconrad.com/
The author, Ed Conrad, presents scientific arguments refuting the validity of evolution theory.
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Main\Science\Anomalies and Alternative Science\Criticism of Darwinism
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The View from Number 80 (Popularity: )
(Score: 9.24)
http://www.btinternet.com/~eighty/
80 lists sites pertaining to, amongst other things, pseudoscience, flim-flam or irrational claims and tries to give them critical attention and, in many cases, a certain amount of ridicule.
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Main\Science\Science in Society\Skeptical Inquiry
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Kenneth S. Pope, Ph.D. (Popularity: )
(Score: 9.06)
http://kspope.com
Articles, research data, guides, and other other resources on topics including forensic assessment, sex abuse, ethics, malpractice, supervision, psychological science and pseudoscience, and memory.
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Main\Health\Mental Health\Counseling Services\Psychologists
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Science, Pseudoscience and Society (Popularity: )
(Score: 8.94)
http://www.softpanorama.org/Skeptics/index.shtml
Papers by Feynman on paranormal 'sciences', Sokal Affair (use of pseudo-physics in social sciences), critique of Kuhn. Also a collection of links.
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Main\Society\Philosophy\Philosophy of Science\Physics
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The History of Phrenology on the Web (Popularity: )
(Score: 8.94)
http://pages.britishlibrary.net/phrenology/
Although now generally considerd pseudoscience, phrenology, the popular Victorian science of the mind and brain, had an enormous historical impact on the development of psychology and neuroscience.
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Main\Society\History\By Topic\Science
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What is pseudoscience? (Popularity: )
(Score: 8.92)
http://www.chem1.com/acad/sci/pseudosci.html
How it differs from science, how to spot it. Junk science, pathological science, quackery and pseudoscientific scams.
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Main\Science\Science in Society\Skeptical Inquiry
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Is the Sky Falling? (from the CSICOP Skeptical Enquirer) (Popularity: )
(Score: 8.81)
http://www.csicop.org/si/9705/asteroid.html
There is a tremendous difference in the estimated dangers of asteroids, stretching on what separates legitimate science from pseudoscience. Ten recent trade books are reviewed that span a broad range in interpretations.
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Main\Society\Future\Catastrophes\Large Near Earth Object Impacts
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Washington Post: The Truth About Polygraphs? (Popularity: )
(Score: 8.81)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A45255-2000Dec8¬Found=true
"Convicted CIA spy Aldrich H. Ames attacks the use of polygraph examinations as 'pseudoscience,' saying he knows from experience that they do not work in counterintelligence investigations." By Vernon Loeb.
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Main\Science\Social Sciences\Psychology\Forensics and Law
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Debunking the Paranormal (Popularity: )
(Score: 8.70)
http://www.aaskolnick.com/paranormal.eyes.htm
A science writer's guide to debunking pseudoscience, the paranormal, homeopathy, and other far out claims of alternative medicine.
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Main\Health\Alternative\Opposing Views
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The Antiquity of Man (Popularity: )
(Score: 8.54)
http://www.antiquityofman.com/
A comprehensive academic website covering the Predynastic and Early Dynastic Periods of Egypt, hominid evolution, and exposing the vacuum of pseudoscience. Includes: summaries of current academic thinking, research projects and debates.
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Main\Science\Social Sciences\Archaeology\Regional
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1846: Portrait of a Nation (Popularity: )
(Score: 8.45)
http://www.npg.si.edu/exh/1846/
Smithsonian online exhibition of the political, cultural, and social character of America in 1846. In adddition to the War, it looks at communications, transportation, manufacturing, social reform, science and pseudoscience, art, and literature.
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Main\Society\History\By Time Period\Nineteenth Century
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Donald Simanek's Pages (Popularity: )
(Score: 8.41)
http://www.lhup.edu/~dsimanek/
A comprehensive, quality collection of links as well as Dr. Simanek's own collected opinions. Topics include physics, history of science, pseudoscience, hoaxes, writing, education, skepticisism, humor, and quotes. The page is over 300K to load.
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Main\Science\Physics\Education\Directories
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NYTimes.com - Odds Are Stacked When Science Tries to Debate Pseudoscience (Popularity: )
(Score: 8.29)
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/30/science/30ESSA.html
Essay. Having a debate inevitably suggests that each side has some credibility. As a result, opponents of the scientific method try very hard to appear in debates with scientists. [Requires free NYTimes.com registration to view]
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Main\Science\Science in Society\Skeptical Inquiry
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London School of Economics: Lakatos (Popularity: )
(Score: 8.25)
http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/lakatos/
Profile of this thinker, from the school where he taught. Includes introduction, links, and both transcript and audio of Lakatos' talk on "Science and Pseudoscience."
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Main\Society\Philosophy\Philosophers\L
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Pseudoscience, Cross-examination, and Scientific Evidence in the Recovered Memory Controversy (Popularity: )
(Score: 8.24)
http://kspope.com/repweb2a.shtml
A white paper from the American Psychological Association journal "Psychology, Public Policy, and Law", examining the concept of recovered memories from a research perspective.
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Main\Society\Issues\Health\Mental Health
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H2Odotcom: Water-Related Pseudoscience and Quackery (Popularity: )
(Score: 7.54)
http://www.chem1.com/CQ/
Critical examination of the scientific validity of various "alternative" devices promoted to treat water, including magnetic and catalytic devices purported to remove hardness and chlorine, "clustered water," electromagnetic treatment ...
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Main\Science\Environment\Water Resources\Drinking Water
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