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News ReleasesDecision not file charges in CIA video destruction deals new setback to right to information2010-11-17 Reporters without Borders The decision not to file charges against any of the CIA officers who destroyed 92 videos of interrogations in secret CIA prisons has dealt a new blow to the search for truth in a matter of public inte... Science for Peace Opposes Cancellation of the Long-Form Census2010-07-23 Science for Peace The decision to cancel the long-form census represents an attack on evidence-based research and is undemocratic. Science for Peace urges the government to reverse the decision. Sources Select ResourcesChomsky on Post-ModernismChomsky, Noam Article 1995 What I find in the writings of the post-modernists is extremely pretentious, but on examination, a lot of it is simply illiterate, based on extraordinary misreading of texts that I know well (sometime... 'The Death of Evidence' in Canada: Scientists' Own WordsData distorted for 'propaganda' and other complaints against the Harper government made at last week's Ottawa rally Gibbs, Katie; Houben, Adam; Hutchings, Jeff, Mooers, Arne, Trudeau, Vance L., Orihel, Diane Article 2012 The Tyee Decision not file charges in CIA video destruction deals new setback to right to informationSources News Release Article 2010 Reporters without Borders The decision not to file charges against any of the CIA officers who destroyed 92 videos of interrogations in secret CIA prisons has dealt a new blow to the search for truth in a matter of public inte... Judging AuthorityLipps, Jere Article 2004 Skeptical Inquirer We are often required to accept the word of another person, but how can we best judge whether or not that person is a legitimate authority? 9/11: Debunking The MythsArticle 2005 Popular Mechanics Popular Mechanics special report on September 11 conspiracy theories. Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - April 23, 2016Science and its enemies Diemer, Ulli (ed.) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2016 Connexions Our society and its institutions, public and private, regularly tell us that science, and education in the sciences, are crucial to our future. These public declarations are strangely reminiscent of t... Post 9/11 ConspiracismArticle 2006 Political Research Associates - PublicEye.org The tendency to explain all major world events as primarily the product of a secret conspiracy is called conspiracism. The antidote to conspiracism is Power Structure Research. Rationality/ScienceChomsky, Noam Article 1995 Chomsky writes: "It strikes me as remarkable that the left today should seek to deprive oppressed people not only of the joys of understanding and insight, but also of tools of emancipation, informing... Science for Peace Opposes Cancellation of the Long-Form CensusSources News Release Article 2010 Science for Peace The decision to cancel the long-form census represents an attack on evidence-based research and is undemocratic. Science for Peace urges the government to reverse the decision. Screw Loose Change VideoWebsite This is a counter-video of the famous "Loose Change 2nd Edition". Using their own video and words, "Screw Loose Change" debunks the theories and statements made in Loose Change 2nd Edition. When 9/11 Conspiracy Theories Go BadCorn, David Article 2002 AlterNet Aren't these conspiracy theories too silly to address? That should be the case. But, sadly, they do attract people. Sources BookshelfBad ScienceGoldacre, Ben Book 2008 Goldacre notes the flaws in research practices and marketing practices leading to human gullibility. He aims to promote public understanding of science so that readers can discern the logic and eviden... Beautiful EvidenceTufte, Edward Book How to produce and consume evidence presentations. How seeing turns into showing, empirical observations turn into explanation and evidence. Eyewitness TestimoneyLoftus, Elizabeth F. Book 1979 Loftus makes the psychological case against the eyewitness. Beginning with the basics of eyewitness fallibility, such as poor viewing conditions, brief exposure, and stress, Loftus moves to more subtl... Life SentenceStories from four decades of court reporting - or, how I fell out of love with the Canadian justice system (especially judges) Blatchford, Christie Book 2016 Through an examination of notable trials she has covered, Chrisitie Blatchford makes the case that Canada's judicial system is out of control and often inept. Judges, she says, are the new senators, u... A Short Course in Intellectual Self-DefenseFind Your Inner Chomsky Baillargeon, Normand Book 2005 What must a citizen in a democracy know to make the word democracy meaningful? Baillargeon provides readers with the tools to see through everyday spin and jargon -- from politics to advertising, from... Towers of DeceptionThe Media Cover-Up of 9/11 Zwicker, Barrie Book 2006 The Visual Evidence of Quantitive InformationTufte, Edward Book A classic book on statistical charts, graphs, and tables. Visual ExplanationsImages and Quantities, Evidence and Narrative Tufte, Edward Book About pictures of verbs, the representation of mechanism and motion, process and dynamics, causes and effects, explanation and narrative. |
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