Philosophy 210:
Links to the Unusual
General:
Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (formerly Committee for the Scientific Investigation of the Paranormal (CSICOP) - lots of online articles regarding all kinds of paranormal phenomena!
Jim Lippard's Skeptical Links - 500+ links to the weird!
The Skeptic's Dictionary - Brief explanations regarding many paranormal and pseudi-scientific phenomena plus links.
The Museum of Unnatural Mystery - contains history regarding many paranormal phenomena, e.g., the Bermuda Triangle, UFOs, etc.
Crank.net - a guide to cranks on the net.
Understanding Scientific Methodology:
Sense About Science - covers methods and pseudoscience.
EurekAlert - includes a partial list of peer-reviewed journals on its links page.
Improving Medical Statistics - explains common misinterpretations via real examples.
Science and Pseudo-Science - a useful article outlining the philosophical issues involved in distinguishing the two.
TOPICS:
Bible CodeDavid Thomas' page - contains lots of useful links, from the author of one of our course pack articles.
Brain, Myth of Using Only 10%:Do We Use Only 10% of Our Brain? - includes some additional links.
Creationism and Evolution:
Science and Creationism: A View From the National Academy of Sciences - a terrific resource!
The Talk Origins Archive - a huge amount of information!
The Institute For Creation Research
Answers In Genesis - many articles from their Creation magazine are available online.
The Human Behavior and Evolution Society
Lots of great links!
Intelligent Design? A Special Report from Natural History Magazine - presents brief articles by creationists along with rebuttals.
Discovery Institute - home of Intelligent design
Darwinism: Science or Philosophy? - papers from a symposium.
National Center For Science Education - contains online pamphlets arguing against creationism as well as updates on current legal battles to get creationism taught in schools.
Understanding Evolution - very accessible discussion of evolution.
The Biblical Astronomer - gives an account of a Bible-based astronomy.
American Association for the Advancement of Science Evolution Page
Crop Circles:
Circlemakers - an organization of crop-circle makers.
Firewalking:
Flat Earth Theory:
Some useful papers on Flat-Earth "science."
Ghosts:
New Orleans Ghost Hunters - who ya gonna call?
Medical:Quackwatch - debunks homeopathy, iridology, herbal medicines, etc.
National Council Against Health Fraud - studies of homeopathy, herbal remedies, etc.
Pareidolic Interpretation:
Politics and Pundits:
Prophecies:
Lists of end-of-the-world prophecies at RationalWiki and at Religious Tolerance.org.
UFOs:
The UFO Skeptic's Page by Robert Scheaffer.
Urban Legends:
