News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Ask HN: How to tell what's true from false or right or wrong?.

Re:Ask HN: How to tell what's true from false or right or wr... by arethuza on Friday August 15, 2014 @05:03AM (#8181452)
I can strongly recommend Carl Sagan's "Baloney Detection Kit" from The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark:

http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2014/01/03/baloney-de...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Demon-Haunted_World

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Ask HN: How to tell what's true from false or right or wr... by shire on Friday August 15, 2014 @05:07AM (#8181456)
Perfect! thanks
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Ask HN: How to tell what's true from false or right or wr... by arethuza on Friday August 15, 2014 @05:18AM (#8181476)
Also:

Why People Believe Weird Things - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Why_People_Believe_Weird_Things

Bad Science - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_Science_%28book%29

[ Parent | on HN ]