http://www.metafilter.com/tags/skepic Posts tagged with 'skepic' at MetaFilter. Fri, 06 Feb 2004 06:01:49 -0800 Fri, 06 Feb 2004 06:01:49 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/31173/The%2DSkeptics%2DDictionary <a href="http://www.skepdic.com">The Skeptic's Dictionary</a> is a wonderful resource for all sentient individuals: 'A Collection of Strange Beliefs, Amusing Deceptions, and Dangerous Delusions (and <a href="http://www.skepdic.com/tilogic.html">how to think critically about them</a>)'. It's where I send people when they start telling me nonsense. It is also a jolly good read: try the entry for <a href="http://skepdic.com/natural.html">natural</a>, for example. And some entries, like the entry for <a href="http://skepdic.com/iqrace.html">IQ and race</a>, verge on the profound. There is a print edition, but the extensive internal and external site linkage makes reading the collection online a particular joy. While The Skeptic's Dictionary has been referred to <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/18459">before</a> on MeFi, the link made the site out to be a cornucopia of Urban legend-style oddities, like <a href="http://www.snopes.com">Snopes</a>. Which I thought was a shame: not dissing Snopes, but the Skeptic's Dictionary delivers a firm grounding in critical thinking as well. This post is dedicated to all of my relatives who chipped in to buy <a href="http://skepdic.com/shark.html">shark cartilage</a> tablets and several fifty-dollar pamphlets full of <a href="http://skepdic.com/testimon.html">testimonials</a> after my father had been diagnosed with terminal cancer, and who probably still think the worse of me for not contributing to their folly. tag:metafilter.com,2004:site.31173 Fri, 06 Feb 2004 06:01:49 -0800 debunking dictionary myths reference resource skepic skepticism snopes chrisgregory