myths

A friend pointed out that, Sabine Baring-Gould, now has had some of his works up on Wikipedia as they've long passed out of copyright. One of them is Curious Myths of the Middle Ages, from 1866. There's a rather lengthy section on dowsing, where Sabine Baring-Gould takes a fairly skeptical...

While working on a little write-up that will be used to counter an e-mail-circulated Danish local newspaper comment full of anti-microwave woo, I've come across two topics I havn't managed to get a handle on so far. 1) It is claimed that microwave ovnes have been banned in the former Soviet...

Sorry if this has been posted before... Debunking The 9/11 Myths - Mar. 2005 Cover Story 'Popular Mechanics' examines the evidence and consults the experts to refute the most persistent conspiracy theories of September 11. http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/military_law/1227842.html

This is always an entertaining site, but last week's episode was recommended viewing for all skeptics. Check out its majesty!

Creation myths Featuring Acoma, Algonquin, Babylonian, Californian, Cherokee, Greek, Hawaiian, Japanese, Jewish, Maori, Mayan, Navaho, Norse, Samoan, Siberian, Uitoto, Yoruba, Zulu and Zuñi creation myths. You'll enjoy the whacky one with the talking snake. The perfect gift for that special...

Indeed, we are all legends in our own minds. Even the myth of Science!

An American Cancer Society survey finds up to half of Americans mistakenly believe surgery can spread cancer, and more than one in four thinks a cure for cancer already exists but is being held back by a profit-driven industry. Results of the survey are published in the August 1, 2005 issue of...

Does anyone know of a website where I can find information about the "Baa baa Green sheep" type of myths/exaggerations spread about PC in the UK? I'm having a discussion with people who keep quoting examples of "Political Correctness gone mad!"* which I just KNOW are urban myths, but I can find...

I got this link from a believer forum: http://www.rpi.edu/~sofkam/talk/talk.html It's not the usual anti-skeptic rant, but is actually relatively fair, well written and interesting, imo. I agree with much of what he says, but disagree with much as well. Opinions on the article are most...

Believe what you will, until you die that is, for then you can believe no more ... Or, can you? So, what's the point in looking for God, or invisible pink fairies or, any other of these other "mythological beings?" We need look no further than ourselves. We are all myths in the making! :D

Popular Mechanics examines several 9/11 conspiracy theories. For anyone who's interested.

Mind Myths --- ed. Sergio Della Sala. A collection of papers by psychologists on psychological woo, with lots of interesting stuff about hypnosis, OOBEs induced by magnetism, the 10% myth, subliminal messages, the "intuitive right brain", "recovered memory", the lot. And unlike woo books on the...

http://www.etext.org/Politics/MIM/wim/mythsofmao.html An most stimulating webpage which exposes the chief myths with concern to Maoism. For example, about the cultural revolution:

While posting in this forum I discovered, quite surpised at the beginning, a couple of misconceptions regarding the Nature and the History of Antisemitism that seem to be supported in this forum too. Some of them have been debated and addessed successfully. Some other ideas that I call...