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Here Be Dragons: a guide to critical thinking.


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299 792 458 m·s^−1 6.67384(80)×10−11 m³·kg^−1·s−2 6.626 069 57(29) × 10^−34 J·s 1.054 571 726(47) × 10^−34 J·s 4π × 10^−7 N·A^−2 = 1.256 637 061... × 10^−6 N·A^−2 8.854 187 817... × 10^−12 F·m−1 376.730 313 461... Ω 8.987 551 787... × 109 N·m²·C^−2 1.602 176 565(35) × 10^−19 C 9.274 009 68(20) × 10^−24 J·T^−1 7.748 091 7346(25) × 10^−5 S 12 906.403 7217(42) Ω 4.835 978 70(11) × 10^14 Hz·V−1 2.067 833 758(46) × 10^−15 Wb 5.050 783 53(11) × 10^−27 J·T^−1 25 812.807 4434(84) Ω 5.291 772 1092(17) × 10^−11 m 2.817 940 3267(27) × 10^−15 m 9.109 382 91(40) × 10^−31 kg 1.166 364(5) × 10^−5 GeV^−2 7.297 352 5698(24) × 10^−3 4.359 744 34(19) × 10^−18 J 1.672 621 777(74) × 10^−27 kg 3.636 947 5520(24) × 10^−4 m² s^−1 10 973 731.568 539(55) m^−1 6.652 458 734(13) × 10^−29 m² 0.2223(21) 1.660 538 921(73) × 10^−27 kg 6.022 141 29(27) × 10^23 mol^−1
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Here Be Dragons: a guide to critical thinking.

Posted 12-08-2008 at 08:01 PM by Bullet Magnet
Updated 12-08-2008 at 08:19 PM by Bullet Magnet
If you have forty minutes to spare, I strongly advise you to spend them watching this video. To some, I'm sure it is preaching to the choir, but it never hurts to ensure you are remaining vigilant. Watch it, learn it, pass it on, and stop the madness.


Though it's mainly very good, I must say he's not above using a few bogus techniques himself. Also, try to ignore the music over the end credits. It's all in your head.
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Today, star maps typically have "Here Be Space-Dragons."
Posted 12-09-2008 at 03:54 AM by Nemo

Bullet Magnet's Avatar
Wut?
Posted 12-09-2008 at 09:19 AM by Bullet Magnet

Hobo's Avatar
I am not spending forty minutes of my life to learn about something I have an average graded As level in.
Posted 12-09-2008 at 12:51 PM by Hobo

Nate's Avatar
I need a precis before I consider putting the time aside.
Posted 12-09-2008 at 03:27 PM by Nate

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Hmm. I notice people are far more willing to watch four sequential ten minute videos of a forty minute show than a single forty minute video.

Most people fully accept paranormal and pseudoscientific claims without critique as they are promoted by the mass media. Here Be Dragons offers a toolbox for recognizing and understanding the dangers of pseudoscience, and appreciation for the reality-based benefits offered by real science.

It includes debunking specific pseudosciences only as examples. It mainly focuses on sorts of events (deceptively rare coincidences) and mental quirks (eg confirmation bias) that mess up our critical thinking, and a lot of surprisingly common hokey advertising techniques (red herrings, appeals to authority) that can tempt the best of us if we turn off our brains for even a moment.
Posted 12-09-2008 at 04:47 PM by Bullet Magnet

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That was a well spent 41 minutes. I've learned something very useful today.
Posted 12-11-2008 at 07:42 AM by Oddey

 

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