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Hoaxes, Pseudoscience & the Paranormal

    Hoaxes


  • DHMO.org - Dihydrogen Monoxide Research Division
    Information resource about the dangers of DHMO. The ominous-sounding compound is actually H2O, or water. Content includes the DHMO FAQ, a definitive primer on the subject, plus reports on the environment, cancer, current research, and an insider exposé about the use of DHMO in the dairy industry.

  • Hoax Sites
    A listing a several hoax websites including the first human male ever to give birth.

  • The Museum of Hoaxes
    A reference guide to hoaxes, pranks, practical jokes, frauds, tricks, and other forms of deception.

  • The Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus
    This site is used in many instructional programs on the detection of hoax Web sites. It focuses on the (fictitious) endangered Pacific Northwest tree octopus, which has been spotted on the eastern side of the Olympic mountain range, adjacent to Hood Canal.

      Pseudoscience & the Paranormal

  • 15 Answers to Creationist Nonsense
    Creationist pseudoscience vs. evolution debate. Opponents of evolution want to make a place for creationism by tearing down real science, but their arguments don't hold up. This article was published in Scientific American.

  • Bad Astronomy
    The Bad Astronomy web pages are devoted to airing out myths and misconceptions in astronomy and related topics. The author is an astronomer who works at the physics and astronomy department at Sonoma State University.

  • Distinguishing Science and Pseudoscience
    Outlines the major characteristics of pseudoscience including its appeal to people's emotions, its avoidance of meaningful tests, and its inability to progress.



  • Frauds, Myths and Mysteries
    Links to all of the web sites that are listed in the Best of the Web sections of each chapter of Frauds, Myths, and Mysteries: Science and Pseudoscience in Archaeology. Available in the CGCC Library.

  • Quackwatch
    Consumer guide to health fraud, quackery, and intelligent decision making on traditional and alternative health topics.

  • The Skeptic's Dictionary
    Alphabetical collection of strange beliefs, amusing deceptions, and dangerous delusions.

  • Skeptical Inquiry
    Google Directory category that has many links to pseudoscience topics.

  • The Skeptiseum
    Skeptical museum of the paranormal. Exhibits explore creationism, UFOs and aliens, ghosts, cryptozoology, creationism, alternative medicine, superstitions, and other oddities. Hosted by the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal, publisher of Skeptical Inquirer magazine.

    Selected CGCC Library Books on Pseudoscience and the Paranormal

Randles, Jenny
Alien contact: the first fifty years
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BF2050 .R36 1997b

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