A lot of the advice here (and in the underying article Plait mentions twice) is focused on scientific propositions, but it can potentially hold true in other realms as well, esp. in questions of fact (did politician X say Y at event Z? Did economic number A go in direction B over period C?). Interpretations of what those facts mean might (will) vary, but at least if you have the facts in hand, you can start drawing conclusions from reality.
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Alt-Med | Alan Henry | So you hear some claim on the Internet — say, vaccines will make you grow a second head — and you're not sure if it's true. What do you do?This is not a trivi
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