Photo Fakery

Identifying falsified images can be straightforward if you know a few tricks.
http://oemagazine.com/fromTheMagazine/jan05/photofakery.html

Skeptic's Dictionary Newsletter 58

* What's New
* I lied when I should have laid myself
* Dr. Doctor David Hawkins's AK Quakery
* Toby Alexander's DNA Quackery
* Skepticality Interview
* Amazing Meeting IV
* Amazing Grace
http://www.skepdic.com/news/newsletter58.html

James Randi, August 26, 2005

Charles Is At It Again, However – There’s Hope, Questions from Holland, More Well-Earned Lumps for Trudeau, Astrology Now Official in Brazil, Ya Gotta Luv It, Nemah’s Back, Very Wise Words, Poor Kramer – Chapter Two, Obviously, Where’s Morehouse?, Two Professional Chickens, Facilitated Fakery Again, And Goofy Too?, Scientology Gets Tax Funds, A Radio Note, Another Smart Kid, Quack-King on King, and In Closing...
http://www.randi.org/jr/082605charles.html

ETs May Be Out There . . .

But He Says They're Not Here
An Interview with Philip J. Klass,
the World's Leading UFO Skeptic
By Gary P. Posner
http://members.aol.com/garypos2/Klass_inter.html

Homeopatia pode ter efeito de placebo, dizem pesquisadores

A revista científica "The Lancet" publica um artigo nesta sexta-feira em que diz não existir provas de que os remédios homeopáticos funcionam mais do que placebos --pílulas sem efeito, usadas em estudos, que são dadas ao pacientes como se fossem remédio.
Os autores do artigo dizem que chegou a hora de parar com as pesquisas sobre a homeopatia, e que os médicos deveriam ser honestos com seus pacientes, revelando "a falta de benefícios" dessa alternativa.
http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/bbc/ult272u45786.shtml

[Via Science and sarcasm]

Entre crer e saber, editorial de 'O Globo'

É desonestidade intelectual querer conferir a narrativas bíblicas status de argumento científico.
http://www.jornaldaciencia.org.br/Detalhe.jsp?id=30858

Can Probability Theory Be Used To Refute Evolution? (Part One)

By Jason Rosenhouse

Claims of mathematical disproof of evolution typically make use of probability theory. The idea is to show that it so improbable that a given complex biological structure, such as the vertebrate eye, could have evolved gradually that it is effectively impossible for it to have done so. Frequently this argument will include actual calculations purporting to place the assertion on a rigorous mathematical footing.As a professional mathematician, I am well aware of how impressive such calculations can appear to people untrained in probability.
http://www.csicop.org/creationwatch/probability-one.html

Why God's in a class by himself

By Michael Shermer, MICHAEL SHERMER is the publisher of Skeptic magazine, a columnist for Scientific American and the author of "The Science of Good & Evil" and "Science Friction"
You can believe in God and evolution as long as you keep the two in separate, logic-tight compartments. Belief in God depends on religious faith. Belief in evolution depends on empirical evidence.
http://tinyurl.com/8ngdm

James Randi, August 19, 2005

TIME Magazine Boo-Boo, I Suggest a Gentle Sigh, An Open Request, Mr. Walker Doesn’t Learn Easily, On the Remarkable Tweeter, No Thinking in the Bathtub, A Puzzle Well Solved, Basic Science from our Favorite Authority, From the UK, Kabbalah Strings Along, He Got Over It, A Step Backward for Sweden, Bamboo in Australia, Math Is Not Their Strong Point, How Embarrassing, Psychics On the Job, A Strong Representation of Skeptics, On the Trudeau Matter – Two Perceptive Executives, No Mystery After All, Superstition vs. Science, Our Phil Sounds Off, and In Conclusion...
http://www.randi.org/jr/081905time.html

EL ESCÉPTICO DIGITAL - Edición 2005 - Número 8

1.- PSEUDOCIENCIAS EN LA UNIVERSIDAD DE ZARAGOZA
Sergio Gil Abán

2.- MANIFIESTO POR LA CIENCIA

3.- EL NUEVO SOLÓN
Fernando L. Frías

4.- CONTENIDOS DE EL ESCÉPTICO Nº 19
Redacción de El Escéptico

http://www.elistas.net/lista/el_esceptico/archivo/msg/185/

James Randi - August 12, 2005

Another Silly Dowsing Rod, Statue of Stature, Support from a Bishop, Progress North of the Border, A Squirming Astrologer, Good Ammunition, Astrology for Airlines, God In Orbit, The BBC “Responds,” The Usual Tirade, A Quick and Desperate Response, Asking Those Awkward Questions, True, Pity Kramer, and A Wonderful Closer for This Week...
http://www.randi.org/jr/081205another.html

The Martians aren't coming

British UFO-spotting clubs may have to close because of a lack of sightings. Have the little green men really stopped visiting, or do we earthlings just have bigger things to worry about?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,,1546578,00.html

Desígnios celestes

(...)Se o Nefp pode pretender investigar a astrologia e discos voadores, amanhã alguém poderá propor --e conseguir-- que a UnB financie uma expedição científica ao pólo Norte em busca de Papai Noel. Em termos rigorosos ninguém até hoje demonstrou que o bom velhinho não existe.(...)
http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/pensata/ult510u206.shtml

Pensamento crítico e argumentação sólida

Autor: Sergio Navega
Editora: Publicações Intelliwise
Formato: 16 x 23 cm
Número de Páginas: 312
Data Publicação: Julho 2005
ISBN: 85-90524-1-X

Em um mundo acelerado pela velocidade da Internet, é vital saber julgar as idéias que chegam até nós de forma crítica e racional, para evitarmos a manipulação. Também é essencial suportar nossas idéias usando argumentos sólidos e válidos. Em linguagem clara e acessível, utilizando exemplos motivadores, este livro elabora os principais cuidados que se deve ter ao argumentar, tanto em debates públicos quanto em mensagens escritas. Um dos capítulos apresenta uma inédita lista de erros de argumentação (falácias) típicas. O livro faz uso de citações reais de jornais e revistas, apresentando como e porque essas construções são falaciosas. Com o uso de quadros explicativos, o texto remete o leitor a conexões com outras matérias, enfatizando o caráter abrangente e multidisciplinar do conhecimento humano.
http://www.intelliwise.com.br/pcrit.asp
(no site está disponível uma parte de cada capítulo)

Descoberta a origem da "sereia do Taiti"

http://ceticismoaberto.com/news/index.php/2005/08/02/descoberta_a_origem_da_sereia_do_taiti

James Randi - Encyclopedia

An Encyclopedia of Claims, Frauds, and Hoaxes of the Occult and Supernatural
http://www.randi.org/encyclopedia/

Blog Líquito

Está em novo endereço
http://www.ceticismoaberto.com/news/

(parece que sem o nome ´Líquito´)

James Randi, July 29, 2005

Been There & Dunne That, Ancient Flummery, Divine Wrath?, Transforming Your Money Into Theirs, Up One Scale and Down Another, Religious Extremes, Error, Angel School, A Contrary Opinion, Re-Writing Astrology, Epiphany Time, Challenging Homeopathy, Do This, and In Closing...
http://www.randi.org/jr/072905beenthere.html

DNA tests squelch Canadian sasquatch discovery

Big Foot will remain just a tall tale, for a while at least, after DNA hair samples thought to be from the mythic creature turned out to be bison hair.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/oukoe_odd_canada_sasquatch