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Re:Calling bullshit by arethuza on Thursday January 12, 2017 @07:50AM (#13381784)
From the "patron saint of reason and common sense" I can recommend Carl Sagan's "Baloney Detection Kit" from superb The Demon-Haunted World:

https://www.brainpickings.org/2014/01/03/baloney-detection-k...

Re:Calling bullshit by tronje on Thursday January 12, 2017 @07:54AM (#13381801)
In fact, that's one of Calling Bullshit's sources:

http://callingbullshit.org/syllabus.html#Spotting

Re:Calling bullshit by arethuza on Thursday January 12, 2017 @08:28AM (#13381987)
Oh dear - I should have read that page more carefully.

Anyway here is one that isn't on their list:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Why_People_Believe_Weird_Thing...

Re:Calling bullshit by TillE on Thursday January 12, 2017 @09:55AM (#13382629)
The whole book is essential reading. Sagan mostly picks easy targets (supernatural claims), but the process is enlightening. For example he lays out the general uselessness of witness testimony and memory, which has extremely broad implications.