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Good Skeptic/Science Sites - For Health and Otherwise
minxonastick
Posts: 48
I only have a few sites I visit regularly, so I welcome any additional links. The sites are not in any particular order.
NOTE: HTML doesn't seem to work here, but I will make the links clickable if I can figure out how.
The Skeptic's Dictionary
http://skepdic.com
A great place to start if you are new to skepticism. Consider this question and answer, which is very relevant to MFP:
QUESTION
What's the harm in believing in something if it works for you? If I believe that by doing 50 jumping jacks in a row I will be "cured" of acne and it works, what is bad about that?
ANSWER
http://skepdic.com/faq.html#2A
Check out the FAQ and "Junk Science" section too: http://www.skepdic.com/tijunk.html
*The Skeptics Society and Skeptic Magazine"
http://www.skeptic.com/
The site covers lots of topics, and while there are a fair number exclusive to the magazine, there are also plenty of free articles, including ones on health and medicine. I love their magazine, but it's pricey.
*American Council on Science and Health*
http://www.acsh.org/
An excellent site chock full of interesting and sound articles on health. Here's a link to the section on nutrition and lifestyle: http://www.acsh.org/healthissues/categoryID.5/category_detail.asp
*The Committee for Skeptical Inquiry and Skeptical Inquirer Magazine*
http://www.csicop.org/
*Quackwatch*
http://www.quackwatch.org/
I've been reading this site since 1998. You could spend a lot of time wandering around reading articles, some of them very entertaining as well as informative. Tons and tons of info and links.
*National Council Against Health Fraud*
http://www.ncahf.org/index.html
There are some good diet and health papers on this site, although everything is quite old. However, there is a list of links that I find very useful (some of the links are listed here).
*James Randi Foundation*
http://www.randi.org/site/
The big kahuna in skeptics circle. He's mostly concerned with claims of supernatural phenomena and abilities, but it's a great site around which to wander.
NOTE: HTML doesn't seem to work here, but I will make the links clickable if I can figure out how.
The Skeptic's Dictionary
http://skepdic.com
A great place to start if you are new to skepticism. Consider this question and answer, which is very relevant to MFP:
QUESTION
What's the harm in believing in something if it works for you? If I believe that by doing 50 jumping jacks in a row I will be "cured" of acne and it works, what is bad about that?
ANSWER
http://skepdic.com/faq.html#2A
Check out the FAQ and "Junk Science" section too: http://www.skepdic.com/tijunk.html
*The Skeptics Society and Skeptic Magazine"
http://www.skeptic.com/
The site covers lots of topics, and while there are a fair number exclusive to the magazine, there are also plenty of free articles, including ones on health and medicine. I love their magazine, but it's pricey.
*American Council on Science and Health*
http://www.acsh.org/
An excellent site chock full of interesting and sound articles on health. Here's a link to the section on nutrition and lifestyle: http://www.acsh.org/healthissues/categoryID.5/category_detail.asp
*The Committee for Skeptical Inquiry and Skeptical Inquirer Magazine*
http://www.csicop.org/
*Quackwatch*
http://www.quackwatch.org/
I've been reading this site since 1998. You could spend a lot of time wandering around reading articles, some of them very entertaining as well as informative. Tons and tons of info and links.
*National Council Against Health Fraud*
http://www.ncahf.org/index.html
There are some good diet and health papers on this site, although everything is quite old. However, there is a list of links that I find very useful (some of the links are listed here).
*James Randi Foundation*
http://www.randi.org/site/
The big kahuna in skeptics circle. He's mostly concerned with claims of supernatural phenomena and abilities, but it's a great site around which to wander.
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