Just when I thought I was out-they pull me back in
Baloney Detection Kit
« on: 2009-08-22 19:07:05 »
Face it.
We all have those friends and/or relatives that are so invested in what are, to us, incredulous and preposterous belief systems that we wish we could help them in some small way.
1. How reliable is the source of the claim? 2. Does the source make similar claims? 3. Have the claims been verified by somebody else? 4. Does this fit with the way the world works? 5. Has anyone tried to disprove the claim? 6. Where does the preponderance of evidence point? 7. Is the claimant playing by the rules of science? 8. Is the claimant providing positive evidence? 9. Does the new theory account for as many phenomena as the old theory? 10. Are personal beliefs driving the claim?
Walter
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