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• [Virus] Hoax Warnings - Comprehensive compendium of virus hoaxes by Data Fellows Corp., a developed of data security products.Includes only computer virus hoaxes. Well-designed, easy-to-use, thorough site. (Added: 6-Aug-1999)

• Arts and Letters Daily - Not exactly a skeptical site, but if you have a broad interest in arts, philosophy, the social sciences and humanities you'll probably like this site. Better than the predigested pap the television calls 'news'. (Added: 21-Nov-1998)

• Don't Spread That Hoax! - Nonprofit site that exposes Internet hoaxes of many kinds, includes tips on how to detect hoaxes. (Added: 5-Jul-1999)

• Feng Shui (The Skeptic's Dictionary) - Robert Todd Carroll's brief, clear introduction to the ancient Chinese practice of arranging buildings and interiors to bring good fortune, with a nice selection of links to sites both skeptical and credulous. (Added: 13-Jun-1999)

• Grand Illusions - Attractive site presenting and explaining a wide assortment of optical illusions, scientific toys and visual effects. Great fun. Links to other similar sites. (Added: 2-Apr-1999)

• History Buff's Home Page - Good source for information on hoaxes perpetrated on American newspapers, including a Martian astronaut allegedly buried in a Texas cemetery nearly 100 years ago. (Added: 5-Jul-1999)

• Intellectual Capital - Long rational discussions of current topics (Added: 16-Feb-1999)

• IRC chat: #skepsis - Pretty active group, as of late 2001 (Added: 2-Dec-2001)

• IRC chat: #skeptic - Internet Relay Chat channel info. Meets every Thurday evening. (largely inactive as of late 2001) (pretty much defunct in Jan 2003, although the channel still exists on Sorcery.net) (Added: 21-Nov-1998)

• Penn and Teller - Not exactly skeptical per se, but Penn and Teller are pretty well-known skeptics, even working it into their acts. (Added: 21-Nov-1998)

• sci.skeptic FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions for the Usenet newsgroup sci.skeptic. It is intended to provide a factual base for most of the commonly discussed topics on sci.skeptic. (Added: 21-Nov-1998)

• Skeptics - Skeptics listed on Yahoo (Added: 22-Nov-1998)

• Sources of Skeptical Information on the Internet - Jim Lippard is the Internet contact for Skeptic Magazine. He is known for his criticisms of the argumentative styles of both skeptics and their "opponents." A good collection of links. (Added: 21-Nov-1998)

• Straight Dope, The - The authorized Internet home of Cecil Adams. "Fighting Ignorance Since 1973 (It's taking longer than we thought.)" (Added: 23-Nov-1998)

• The Skeptic's Dictionary - A large collection of essays on topics of interest to skeptics, arranged alphabetically. Searchable. (Added: 21-Nov-1998)

• Thinking Critically about World Wide Web Sources - A single page packed with excellent tips on how to evaluate the quality of information you find on the web. From UCLA College Library Instruction. (Added: 2-Apr-1999)

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