Links to great articles or content

[Admin]

This thread is for the posting of links to great articles, documents, etc.*, that you find elsewhere.

Only post the link and a short comment or two on why you like it. If you want to discuss it, then leave the link to the article in here along with a link to another thread elsewhere on this forum for the discussion.

This way, it will build up into a good resource without getting derailed by discussion.





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[Floppit]

I really enjoyed this article and agree wholeheartedly with the author. I have never enjoyed arguing with people unwilling or unable to engage with reason and evidence - but I've never been able to put 'why' into words quite so well as done here:

http://www.csicop.org/si/show/playing_by_the_rules

It is useless for skeptics to argue with someone who doesn’t play by the rules of science and reason.

If no amount of evidence will change your opponent’s mind, you are wasting your breath.

Scientists will change their minds when the evidence warrants. Before we waste time arguing, one thing we can do is ask our opponents what it would take to change their minds. One woman I asked said no amount of evidence could change her mind because she knew from personal experience that her claim was true, so any evidence that said otherwise would have to be false and fabricated. End of discussion. She’s out of the game.