The Happy Sceptic: Links to other sceptical stuff

This isn't even really started yet, but in the meantime here's a few pointers to get you started in your Quest for the Truth:

• The James Randi Educational Foundation (JREF).

The JREF will pay over $1,000,000 to anyone who can demonstrate any psychic, supernatural or paranormal ability of any kind under satisfactory observing conditions. No one has succeed in the challenge to date (hmm... why could that be?). Randi has fought for many years against misinformation, pseudoscience, and fraud and is the nemesis of many dodgy geezers. He rocks.

• The Skeptic's Dictionary - a superb resource of all things sceptical, by Robert Carroll. Essential reading.

• Creation "Science" Debunked.

• Skeptic's Society.

• Useful FAQs from the talk.origins newsgroup archives.

• Philosophy, Science & Skepticism - lots of information, including critiques, essays & papers.

• Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (CSICOP).

Including their magazine, the Skeptical Inquirer.

• A comprehensive list of links to other sceptical resources on the Internet.

• Operation Clambake: exposes the cult of Scientology.

• The Straight Dope. Does bathwater drain different ways in different hemispheres? How many calories are in the average male ejaculation? What exactly causes "new car smell"? Contains the sum of all human knowledge!!

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