A Collection of Strange Beliefs, Amusing Deceptions, and Dangerous Delusions

 

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topical index: science & philosophy

science

alpha waves

altered states of consciousness

anomaly

anoxia, cerebral

ball lightning

Blondlot and N-rays

bright

Cambrian explosion

climate skeptics

control group study

cryptomnesia

delusion

dreams

electromagnetic field

false memory

hypnagogic

hypnopompic

ideomotor effect

lunar effects

memory

meta-analysis

mind-control

nocebo effect

pathological science

placebo effect

positive-outcome bias

psychology

science

sleep paralysis

testimonial evidence (anecdotes)

vinyl vision

philosophy

agnosticism

argument from design

atheism

determinism

dualism

empiricism

faith

free will

materialism

metaphysics

mind

natural 

naturalism

ontology

paradigm

positivism

scientism

philosophical skepticism

theist

zombis & p-zombies

Other Sources

New Scientist Planet Science 

Mike Kohary's Science and the Art of Skeptical Thought 

National Center for Science Education Scientific Evolution vs. Metaphysical Creationism

The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

The Bertrand Russell Archives at McMaster University

SciCentral

Grand Illusion - "the site for the enquiring mind. With optical illusions, scientific toys, visual effects, and even a little magic"

Scientific American Frontiers

A Science Odyssey - PBS

University of Michigan's Windows to the Universe

Penny Fischer's Stargazer Home Page 

Recommended Reading

Gardner, Martin. Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science (New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1957), 

Gardner, Martin. Science: Good, Bad and Bogus (Buffalo, N.Y.: Prometheus Books, 1981), 

Gilovich, Thomas. How We Know What Isn't' So: The Fallibility of Human Reason in Everyday Life (New York: The Free Press, 1993)

Kourany, Janet A. Scientific Knowledge: Basic Issues in the Philosophy of Science, 2nd edition (Belmont: Wadsworth Publishing Co., 1998).

Sagan, Carl. The Demon-Haunted World - Science as a Candle in the Dark (New York: Random House, 1995).

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