Category: webscape

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How the Pioneers of the MOOC Got It Wrong(Quest week end thoughts)

In 2011, when Stanford computer scientists Sebastian Thrun and Peter Norvig came up with the bright idea of streaming their robotics lectures over the Internet, they knew it was an inventive departure from the usual college course. For hundreds of years, professors had lectured to groups of no...

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DOUBTFUL NEWS-(Quest Science month special)

A sharp-eyed view of questionable claims Evidence-based critique of news of the paranormal, pseudoscience, health claims, and anomalies. Doubtful News logos created by Aaron Scott Mercer (aaronscottmercer.com) DN is a privately-owned, science- and evidence-based site brought to you by Lithospherica, LLC. We help our audience see beyond the news...

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Resources of interest to skeptics from around the web

CSI Fellows Astrology and Astronomy Creationism Health and Psychology Publications Skeptic Blogs Skeptical Forums Skeptical Organizations and Services Skeptical Websites Transcendental Meditation UFOs Urban Legends CSI Fellows Stephen Barrett M.D., psychiatrist, author, consumer advocate, Allentown, Pa. Andrew Fraknoi Astronomer, Foothill College, Los Altos Hills, Calif. Elizabeth Loftus Professor...

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Snopes.com-A site to lead you from misinformation-online touchstone of rumor research.

It is a website covering urban legends, Internet rumors, e-mail forwards, and other stories of unknown or questionable origin.It is a well-known resource for validating and debunking such stories in American popular culture,[5] receiving more than 300,000 visits a day. The snopes.com website was founded by David Mikkelson,...

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Edge

 (To arrive at the edge of the world’s knowledge, seek out the most complex and sophisticated minds, put them in a room together, and have them ask each other the questions they are asking themselves) It was launched in 1996 as the online version of “The Reality Club”...