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Basic Knowledge:
Scott
O. Lilienfeld, PhD
Information about Dr. Lilienfeld, including biographical elements and current
interests and research.
Basic Knowledge:
Emory
Report:
"Healthy Skepticism is Crucial to Scott Lilienfeld"
Basic Knowledge:
Emory
Report:
"Lilienfeld Paying Real Attention to Pseudosciences."
Two articles, the first from 1995 outlining Dr. Lilienfeld's research and
his "healthy skepticism," and the second from August of 2000.
The first article contains basic background information on Dr. Lilienfeld,
including information on his research interests and his involvement with
the Georgia Skeptics Society. The second article contains information on
pseudoscience in fields of psychotherapy.
Basic Knowledge:
16
Questions to Help Distinguish a Pseudoscience From a Protoscience
Questions to help distinguish a pseudoscience from a protoscience (a new
science trying to establish its legitimacy). The site is maintained by the
Psychology Department at Syracuse University.
Basic Knowledge:
Philadelphia
Association for Critical Thinking
An association seeking truthful answers to questions including "Does
astrology work?ƒ What is therapeutic touch?ƒ Are UFOs alien spacecraft?ƒ
Can we remember past lives?ƒ Can psychics foretell the future?ƒ What do
near death experiences mean?ƒ Can hypnotism recover lost memories? What
frequency are psychic vibrations?" The site contains a plethora of
links, a newsletter, and a "PhACT board."
Basic Knowledge:
Committee
for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal
CSICOP encourages the critical investigation of paranormal and fringe-science
claims from a responsible, scientific point of view and disseminates factual
information about the results of such inquiries to the scientific community
and the public.
Basic Knowledge:
The
Skeptics Society
The Skeptics Society and Skeptic magazine investigate claims by scientists,
historians, and controversial figures on a wide variety of theories and
conjectures including but not limited to: evolution, creationism, cults,
religion, Holocaust revisionism, conspiracy theories, near-death and out-of-body
experiences.
Basic Knowledge:
The
James Randi Educational Foundation
The James Randi Educational Foundation is a not-for-profit organization
founded in 1996. Its aim is to promote critical thinking by reaching out
to the public and media with reliable information about paranormal and supernatural
ideas so widespread in our society today.
Popular Press:
Skeptical Inquirer
CSICOP's magazine that claims to "tell you what the scientific community
knows about claims of the paranormal, as opposed to the sensationalism often
presented by the press, television, and movies." The site contains
information about the current issue as well as links to many of the articles
from past issues.
Popular Press:
Society
for Scientific Exploration
The Society for Scientific Exploration "was founded in 1982 by a committee
of fourteen scientists and scholars who had identified the need for a new
type of scientific organization, one that would foster the study of all
questions that are amenable to scientific investigation without restriction.
Despite the enormous advances in science in the last century, there are
important areas that remain almost unexplored. Some are of great public
interest and touch deep philosophical questions."
Education:
College: Science
& Pseudoscience
A link to a University of Maryland course.
Link Index: Skeptical Information Links
Link Index: The James Randi Educational Foundation link index
Message Board:
Tight Forum
This site contains a messageboard on pseudoscience and science. The board
requires registration.
Regional:
Lists of Skeptics Clubs by Area
Australian Skeptics
Bay Area Skeptics
The
British Columbia Skeptics
New York Area Skeptics
Inquiring Skeptics of
Upper New York
East Bay Skeptics Society
The Tampa Bay
Skeptics
Wichita
Area Skeptics Page (WASP)
National Capital Area Skeptics
North Texas Skeptics
New Mexico Skeptics
GWUP German Skeptics
Rocky Mountain Skeptics
Italian Skeptics
The New England Skeptical Society
Les
sceptiques du Quebec (in French)
Montana Skeptics
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