Critical Thinking

"Our greatest resource is the mind, and the mind is not well-trained by being taught to assume what has to be proved." -Christopher Hitchens

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances." -The First Amendment to the United States Constitution

Thursday, April 26, 2007

The Fine Art of Baloney Detection

The Fine Art of Baloney Detection, by Carl Sagan

Read the reference The Burden of Skepticism linked on the same page. (There are a few typos on both pages.)