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Tuesday, June 23, 2009

RDF TV - The Baloney Detection Kit

RDF TV - The Baloney Detection Kit - Michael Shermer

With a sea of information coming at us from all directions, how do we sift out the misinformation and bogus claims, and get to the truth? Michael Shermer of Skeptic Magazine lays out a "Baloney Detection Kit," ten questions we should ask when encountering a claim.

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Video Satellite interview with Richard Dawkins • Royal Society of New Zealand • 26 Jun

Richard Dawkins is interviewed via satellite and announces the Royal Society of New Zealand's Science Book Prize.

Video RDF TV - The Baloney Detection Kit • Michael Shermer, The Richard Dawkins Foundation, Josh Timonen • 23 Jun

With a sea of information coming at us from all directions, how do we sift out the misinformation and bogus claims, and get to the truth? Michael Shermer of Skeptic Magazine lays out a "Baloney Detection Kit," ten questions we should ask when encountering a claim.

Document Correspondence regarding the Templeton Foundation • Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, AC Grayling, Edwin Cartlidge • 21 Jun

The Templeton Foundation organizes an annual meeting in Cambridge where science journalists are invited (and paid very handsomely, not to speak but to listen! When were you last paid to go and be a part of the audience at a conference?).

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