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Sources Select ResourcesAn Annotated Bibliography of NonsenseMalik, Kenan Article 1998 Academic critics today not only question the impact of science upon society, but they also question the very idea of scientific rationality. Anti-Science: Left and Right Together?A Systematic Attack on Rationality Pulaski, Stosh Article 2012 CounterPunch The suggestion that left and right thinking may be converging on matters scientific will, no doubt, be offensive to some on the left. After all, the right chooses myth over evolution, and oil profits ... Anti-Vaccination FeverThe Shot Hurt Around the World Hoyt, William John, Jr. Article 2004 Skeptical Inquirer Sensationalist media, religious fanatics, and alternative medical practitioners fanned the fires created by questionable research to spawn worldwide epidemics of a disease that has almost been forgott... Can We Really Tap Our Problems Away?Thought Field Therapy is marked as an extraordinarily fast and effective body-tapping treatment Gaudiano, Brandon; Herbert, James Article 2000 Skeptical Inquirer Thought Field Therapy is marketed as an extraordinarily fast and effective body-tapping treatment for a number of psychological problems. However, it lacks even basic empirical support and exhibits ma... Chomsky 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... Connexions Library: Science FocusWebsite 2009 Connexions Information Sharing Services Selected articles, books, websites and other resources on science. A Consistently Erroneous TechnologyA Magician in the Lab Randi, James Article 2017 Committee for Skeptical Inquiry A look at the polygraph, or lie detector technology, and why it is unreliable. LysenkoismSources Select Resources Encyclopedia Article Media Watch: When the Media Tell Half the StoryEmery, E. Eugene Jr. Article 1997 Skeptical Inquirer Twenty-eight years after Chariots of the Gods? author Eric von Däniken brought pseudoscience to new lows by suggesting that our ancestors were too stupid to create the pyramids, Stonehenge, and other ... 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... 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... The Skeptic's DictionaryWebsite A Collection of Strange Beliefs, Amusing Deceptions, and Dangerous Delusions. Snake Oil in a Computer: The Pseudo-science of Transportation ModelingVandeman, Michael J. Article 1991 Planners, politicians, and other decision-makers want to know what effect their projects will have on the environment. In many cases they don't really want to know, but want to convince their constitu... Why Bogus Therapies Seem to WorkAt least ten kinds of errors and biases can convince intelligent, honest people Beyerstein, Barry Article 1997 Skeptical Inquirer At least ten kinds of errors and biases can convince intelligent, honest people that cures have been achieved when they have not. 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... Merchants of DoubtHow a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming Oreskes, Naomi; Conway, Erik M. Book 2010 Investigative reportage on how private interests and lobbies in America use hired gun scientists to spread doubt and misinformation. The media's binary understanding of balanced repoting has given the... 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... |
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