Website Wednesday
I guess it's like going to a really good restaurant and eating something that's a "wow." and I'm feeling that way about a new shawl pattern from Knitty (more on this on Knitting Friday.) This is a pattern which is a "wow" for me so I'm trying to find as much spare time as possible to work on it. So, I'm typing very, very fast today.
The website for Wednesday is:
http://www.skepdic.com/
It says of itself:
The Skeptic's Dictionary is a website and a book:
(http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0471272426/roberttoddcarrolA/)
Each features definitions, arguments, and essays on topics ranging from acupuncture to zombies, and provides a lively, commonsense trove of detailed information on things supernatural, paranormal, and pseudoscientific....The Web site was created in 1994 - thanks to the Davis Community Network - and is still evolving. The book was published in 2003 by John Wiley & Sons, thanks in large part to literary agent Ted Weinstein and former Wiley editor Jeff Golick.
I know I say this a lot, but this is really a neat site. No pictures this time; just verbal thinking.
The site is skeptical of things, wants you to be skeptical of things, and then lays out a very good case as to why a healthy dose of skepticism is a good thing to have.
This is not a Now children, we can have different points of view and still get along site. This is a Hey you, what that guy/gal is saying is full of shit and I'll tell you why sort of site.
For example, right off the bat in the Apollo moon landing hoax entry, they say: The Apollo Moon landing hoax is a myth perpetrated by many people and organizations, including Bill Kaysing and the Fox TV network. Kaysing and Fox TV are hyperlinked.
So if you're a "birther" or a "tea-bagger" this is not the place for you to stop.
But if you like to think, if you like to learn, if you like to use your brain, you can start scrolling through this page:
http://www.skepdic.com/contents.html#D
It's the table of contents and it's chocked full of good stuff.
Did I mention that they have a "What's New" section? So don't forget to bookmark it for return visits.
The website for Wednesday is:
http://www.skepdic.com/
It says of itself:
The Skeptic's Dictionary is a website and a book:
(http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0471272426/roberttoddcarrolA/)
Each features definitions, arguments, and essays on topics ranging from acupuncture to zombies, and provides a lively, commonsense trove of detailed information on things supernatural, paranormal, and pseudoscientific....The Web site was created in 1994 - thanks to the Davis Community Network - and is still evolving. The book was published in 2003 by John Wiley & Sons, thanks in large part to literary agent Ted Weinstein and former Wiley editor Jeff Golick.
I know I say this a lot, but this is really a neat site. No pictures this time; just verbal thinking.
The site is skeptical of things, wants you to be skeptical of things, and then lays out a very good case as to why a healthy dose of skepticism is a good thing to have.
This is not a Now children, we can have different points of view and still get along site. This is a Hey you, what that guy/gal is saying is full of shit and I'll tell you why sort of site.
For example, right off the bat in the Apollo moon landing hoax entry, they say: The Apollo Moon landing hoax is a myth perpetrated by many people and organizations, including Bill Kaysing and the Fox TV network. Kaysing and Fox TV are hyperlinked.
So if you're a "birther" or a "tea-bagger" this is not the place for you to stop.
But if you like to think, if you like to learn, if you like to use your brain, you can start scrolling through this page:
http://www.skepdic.com/contents.html#D
It's the table of contents and it's chocked full of good stuff.
Did I mention that they have a "What's New" section? So don't forget to bookmark it for return visits.
And now, I return to my knitting.
Happy learning.
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