Skeptics Circle #44!

How could you ever doubt it?

September 27th, 2006 5:29 PM by Phil Plait in Antiscience, Astronomy, Cool stuff, Debunking, Piece of mind, Science, Skepticism | 3 comments | RSS feed | Trackback >

3 Responses to “Skeptics Circle #44!”

1. Damien Evans Says:
September 28th, 2006 at 3:03 am

i hate to see posts with no replies, so heres one
2. skeptigirl Says:
September 28th, 2006 at 10:19 am

I’m still following all the links that have more links that have more links…..

Actually, though, I found the categories of denial very useful. Repeating knowledge that isn’t believed doesn’t result in change. It’s like typing in the same computer command over and over expecting the result to differ. When knowledge alone isn’t sufficient, you have to analyze why it isn’t effective just as you would solve other problems in science.
3. Lab Lemming Says:
September 28th, 2006 at 2:08 pm

I think that a lot of the intellectual weakness found in crackpot theories may result from insufficient diversity in the lunatic fringe. To address this point, I have recently blogged on the under-reported issue of female under-representation in the pseudosciences. The post is here:
http://lablemminglounge.blogspot.com/2006/09/women-in-pseudoscience.html

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