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left"><font face="Arial" size="3"><font ><b>The Skeptic's Dictionary.</b></font> Hundreds of definitions, arguments, and essays on occult topics ranging from acupuncture to zombies, The Skeptic鈥檚 Dictionary is a lively, commonsense trove of detailed information on all things supernatural, paranormal, and pseudoscientific. Each entry gives a skeptical definition or description. Most entries include both internal and external links to related material, including comments from readers and my responses. <br> <br> <font ><b>About. </b><a href="about.html">Here</a> you will find a brief description of what <i>The Skeptic's Dictionary</i> is and how it came about.</font></font></p> <p style="text-align: left"><font face="Arial" size="3"> <font ><b>Complete list of topics</b>.</font> <a HREF="contents.html">Here</a> you will find an alphabetical listing of all dictionary entries from acupuncture to zombies.</font></p> <p style="text-align: left"><strong>Complete list of reader comments.</strong> <a href="http://skepdic.com/commentscontents.html">Here</a> you will find an alphabetical listing of all reader comments to dictionary entries.</p> <p style="text-align: left"><font face="Arial" size="3"><b><font >Preface and Introduction</font></b>. <i>The Skeptic's Dictionary</i> is a book and these are exactly what they purport to be. Please read <a HREF="preface.html">these</a> before submitting comments.</font></p> <p style="text-align: left"><font face="Arial"><b><font size="3" >Translations<i>. </i> </font></b><font size="3"><i>Dicion谩rio C茅ptico </i>is a <a href="http://brazil.skepdic.com/">Portuguese translation</a> of the <i>Skeptic's Dictionary</i>, done gratis by Antonio Ingles of Portugal and Ronaldo Cordeiro of Brazil. There are also many entries that have been translated into <a href="http://skeptik.freehomepage.com/index.html">Slovak</a> by Vlado Luknar and <a href="http://skepdic.com/German/morgenwelt.html">German</a> by Larissa Wagner and <a href="http://www.skeptischeecke.de/Worterbuch/worterbuch.html">Tobias Budke</a>.  Kim Jeanman has translated many entries into <a href="http://www.rathinker.co.kr/skeptic/index.html">Korean</a>. A <a href="http://www.aladin.co.kr/shop/wproduct.aspx?isbn=8995876441"> Korean translation</a> is also available in paperback. Many entries have been translated into </font> <a href="http://www.sceptiques.qc.ca/SD/sdmain.html"> <font size="3">French</font></a><font size="3"> by the good people at Les Skeptiques du Qu茅bec</font></font><font SIZE="3" face="Arial">. Several entries have been translated into <a href="http://italiano.skepdic.com/">Italian</a> by Dario Ventra and Alesia Guidi, and into <a href="http://www.vantru.net/efahyggjuordabokin/">Icelandic</a> by the folks at <a href="http://www.vantru.net/">Vantr煤.net</a>. Many entries have been translated into <a href="http://skepdic.gr/"> Greek</a> by George Moustris and into <a href="http://skepdic.fw.hu/"> Hungarian</a> by Lovasi P茅ter. Evgeny Volkov has translated several entries into <a href="http://skepdic.ru/">Russian</a>. Members of the Swedish Skeptics Society have translated many entries into <a href="http://www.vof.se/skepdic/"> Swedish</a>. A few entries have been translated into <a href="http://turkish.skepdic.com/">Turkish</a> by authors who wish to remain anonymous. There is also a <a href="http://skepticus.org/dicc/">Spanish</a> translation of several entries by Adriana Ch谩vez, Gloria S谩nchez, and Gerardo Fern谩ndez. Some entries have been translated into <a href="http://www.genpaku.org/skepticj/">Japanese</a> and Herman Boel has translated the entire SD into <a href="http://www.hermanboel.be/wbk_sceptic.htm">Dutch</a>; his translation is also available in <a href="http://www.lannoo.be/content/lannoo/wbnl/listview/1/index.jsp?titelcode=24816&fondsid=8"> print</a>. Print translations are also available in <a href="http://www.dialektika.com/books/5-8459-0830-2.html">Russian</a>, <a href="http://www.aladin.co.kr/shop/wproduct.aspx?isbn=8995876441">Korean</a>, and <a href="http://www.rakkousha.co.jp/info/index.html#2"> Japanese</a>. </font>Rights to translate <em>The Skeptic's Dictionary </em> into Estonian and Spanish were bought, but neither came to fruition. I heard from the Estonian translators that the publishing house closed before their translation could be publshed. I have no idea why the publisher who bought the rights to the Spanish translation never published the book.</p> <p style="text-align: left"><font face="Arial" size="3"><font ><b>FAQ and interviews.</b> </font> <a HREF="faq.html">Here</a> you can quickly find out how this project came about, what assumptions and guidelines I am working under, what I am trying to accomplish, and what I am not trying to do here. Read this page before submitting comments.</font></p> <p style="text-align: left"><font face="Arial" size="3"><b>What is The Skeptic's Dictionary?<font color="#990000"> </font> </b> <a href="http://skepdic.com/whatisthesd.html">Here</a> you will find a brief description of both the book and the web site.</font></p> <p style="text-align: left"><font face="Arial" size="3"><b>What's the Buzz?<font color="#990000"> </font> </b> <a href="http://skepdic.com/buzz.html">Here</a> you will find a collection of comments from readers of the book and the web site.</font></p> <p style="text-align: left"><b><font size="3" face="Arial" >Feedback</font></b><font size="3" face="Arial">. <a href="http://skepdic.com/feedback.html">Here</a> you will find information about contacting me. </font></p> <p style="text-align: left"><font face="Arial" size="3"><font ><b>Newsletter</b></font><i>. </i> <a href="http://skepdic.com/news/">Here</a> you will find a link to the archived newsletters. The newsletter provided comments in response to selected feedback and information about skeptical publications, including news on the print version of <i>The Skeptic's Dictionary</i> (John Wiley & Sons 2003). </font> </p> <p style="text-align: left"><font face="Arial" size="3"><font ><b>Critical Thinking Mini-lessons.</b></font> <a href="http://skepdic.com/refuge/ctlessons.html">Here</a> you will find links to short critical thinking lessons.</font></p> <p style="text-align: left"><font face="Arial" size="3"><font ><b>Young Thinkers.</b> </font></font><a href="http://sd4kids.skepdic.com/">Mysteries and Science</a> has about fifty short entries for kids 9 and up.</p> <p style="text-align: left"><font face="Arial" size="3"><b><font >Skeptical Essays.</font> </b> <a href="refuge/essays.html">Here</a> you will find links to several essays I've written, as well as links to essays by other skeptics published on the Internet.</font></p> <p style="text-align: left"><font face="Arial" size="3"><b><font >Book Reviews. </font></b> <a href="refuge/randr.html">This page</a> contains links to several book reviews I have posted.</font></p> <p style="text-align: left"><font face="Arial" size="3"><b><font >Skeptimedia (blog). </font></b> <a href="http://skepdic.com/skeptimedia/skeptimediaarchive.html">Here</a> you will find articles about news stories, magazine articles or TV programs of interest to skeptics, especially stories dealing with science, the paranormal, or the supernatural. (This site consolidates what used to be the <a href="refuge/funkarchive.html">Mass Media Funk</a> and <a href="refuge/bunkarchive.html">Mass Media Bunk</a> blogs.)</font></p> <p style="text-align: left"><strong>Unnatural Acts (blog):</strong> <a href="http://59ways.blogspot.com/">Here</a> you will find articles about biases, illusions, and fallacies. The blog is a follow-up to my e-book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=B006ONRGT0/roberttoddcarrolA/"><em>Unnatural Acts: Critical Thinking, Skepticism, and Science Exposed! </em></a>(James Randi Educational Foundation 2011). This blog ran for a year and is no longer maintained.</p> <p style="text-align: left"><strong>Unnatural Virtue (podcast):</strong> <a href="http://skepdic.com/UnnaturalVirtue.html">Here</a> you will find the archive of podcast episodes I have done for <a href="http://www.skepticality.com/">Skepticality</a>, the official podcast of <em>Skeptic</em> magazine and the Skeptic Society. These podcasts offer brief comments on topics relating to cognitive biases, logical fallacies, and illusions. These podcasts ran from March 2012 to April 2014.</p> <p style="text-align: left"><font face="Arial" size="3"><b><font >Suburban Myths</font></b>. <a href="refuge/suburbanmyths.html">Here</a> you will find a list of misconceptions and false beliefs that are commonly claimed to be true by experts and non-experts alike.</font></p> <p style="text-align: left"><font face="Arial" size="3"><b><font >Internet Bunk. </font></b> <a HREF="refuge/wwwbunk.html">Here</a> you fill find references to Internet sites that provide false, misleading or deceptive information regarding scientific matters or alleged paranormal or supernatural events.</font> This page is no longer maintained.</p> <p style="text-align: left"><font face="Arial" size="3"><b><font >Too Good to Be True. </font></b> <a HREF="refuge/2good.html">Here </a>you will find articles on Internet business opportunities that seem too good to be true. Current articles are restricted to pseudoscientific scams.</font> This page is no longer maintained.</p> <p style="text-align: left"><font face="Arial" size="3"><font ><b>What's the harm?</b> </font> <a href="http://skepdic.com/refuge/harmarchive.html">Here</a> you will find links to news articles and <i>Skeptic's Dictionary</i> entries that illustrate the harm that is done by occult, paranormal, pseudoscientific, and supernatural beliefs. The harm may be physical, financial, or interpersonal. Those harms are tangible and easily documented. The harm done to society and the world at large by the spread and encouragement of irrational and <a href="magicalthinking.html">magical thinking</a> is more difficult to access. It is also difficult to measure the extent of harm done to individuals and their families who give up thinking for themselves to follow some guru <a href="astrolgy.html">astrologer</a>, <a href="psychic.html">psychic</a>, or <a href="cults.html">cult</a> leader.</font> This page is no longer maintained.</p> <p style="text-align: left"><strong>The Skeptic's Dictionary App.</strong> <a href="http://skepdic.com/app4sd.html">Here</a> you will find information about the SD app for the iPhone and iPad.</p> <p align="left"><font face="Arial" size="3">Robert T. 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