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This Blog is what brought us together for this common purpose. Thank you Dr. Plait, and hopefully the world will thank you as well.JREF
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Say what you want, but back it up with links.
General Links:
Bad Astronomy - The impetus for creating this website
James Randi Educational Foundation - If we don't discuss it here, they do there.
What's the harm - The dangers of non-critical thinking (Yes, people DIE!)
Jan Stephan Lundquist - One of the administrators
Vaccine Related Links:
American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
American Academy of Pediatrics FAQ
U.K. Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)
PudMed - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/
Orac's blog, Respectful Insolence
Evolution Related Links:
Evolution Textbook - A free online textbook explaining evolution.
Evolution Education - http://evoedu.com/ Five Major Misconceptions about Evolution -- http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/faq-misconceptions.html Arguments against Creationism -- http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/evolution-fact.html Frequently Asked Questions About Evolution -- http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/library/faq/cat02.html
Understanding Evolution -- http://evolution.berkeley.edu
Fundamentalist Follies: Creationism and Intelligent Design! --
https://webspace.utexas.edu/cokerwr/www/slides/creation/creation.shtml
Not Just a Theory -- http://www.notjustatheory.com/
Evolution is a Fact and a Theory -- http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/evolution-fact.html
Transitional Vertebrate Fossils FAQ -- http://www.toarchive.org/faqs/faq-transitional.html
If we evolved from monkeys, why are there still monkeys? -- http://karmatics.com/docs/evolution-still-there-are-monkeys.html
List of Transitional Fossils -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_transitional_fossils
AAA Statement on Evolution and Creationism -- http://www.aaanet.org/stmts/evolution.htm
No Answers in Genesis! -- http://www.noanswersingenesis.org.au/
The Clergy Letter Project - http://www.butler.edu/clergyproject/rel_evol_sun.htm
FAQ on TalkOrigins itself http://www.talkorigins.org/origins/faqs-qa.html
Common Descent FAQ - http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/comdesc/
Blog and resource for Evolution News - http://pandasthumb.org/