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Benson">Ophelia Benson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RationalWiki:Bookshelf" title="RationalWiki:Bookshelf">RationalWiki:Bookshelf</a></li></ul></div><div class="mw-category-group"><h3>C</h3> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Steuart_Campbell" title="Steuart Campbell">Steuart Campbell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Center_for_Inquiry" title="Center for Inquiry">Center for Inquiry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Committee_for_Skeptical_Inquiry" title="Committee for Skeptical Inquiry">Committee for Skeptical Inquiry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Czech_Skeptics%27_Club_Sisyfos" title="Czech Skeptics' Club Sisyfos">Czech Skeptics' Club Sisyfos</a></li></ul></div><div class="mw-category-group"><h3>D</h3> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Discovery_Channel" title="Discovery Channel">Discovery Channel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Dragon_in_My_Garage" title="The Dragon in My Garage">The Dragon in My Garage</a></li></ul></div><div class="mw-category-group"><h3>E</h3> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Encyclopedia_of_American_Loons" title="Encyclopedia of American Loons">Encyclopedia of American Loons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edzard_Ernst" title="Edzard Ernst">Edzard Ernst</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_European_Skeptics_Podcast" title="The European Skeptics Podcast">The European Skeptics Podcast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Extraordinary_claims_require_extraordinary_evidence" title="Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence">Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence</a></li></ul></div><div class="mw-category-group"><h3>F</h3> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fads_and_Fallacies_in_the_Name_of_Science" title="Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science">Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Fine_Art_of_Baloney_Detection" title="The Fine Art of Baloney Detection">The Fine Art of Baloney Detection</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forteanism" title="Forteanism">Forteanism</a></li></ul></div><div class="mw-category-group"><h3>G</h3> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gossip_Cop" title="Gossip Cop">Gossip Cop</a></li></ul></div><div class="mw-category-group"><h3>H</h3> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Haldeman-Julius_Publishing" title="Haldeman-Julius Publishing">Haldeman-Julius Publishing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jan_Helles%C3%B8e" title="Jan Hellesøe">Jan Hellesøe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Here_be_Dragons" title="Here be Dragons">Here be Dragons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hoax" title="Hoax">Hoax</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hoax-Slayer" title="Hoax-Slayer">Hoax-Slayer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HoaxWiki" title="HoaxWiki">HoaxWiki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homeopathy_and_Its_Kindred_Delusions" title="Homeopathy and Its Kindred Delusions">Homeopathy and Its Kindred Delusions</a></li></ul></div><div class="mw-category-group"><h3>I</h3> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/International_Fact-Checking_Network" title="International Fact-Checking Network">International Fact-Checking Network</a></li></ul></div><div class="mw-category-group"><h3>K</h3> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kissing_Hank%27s_Ass" title="Kissing Hank's Ass">Kissing Hank's Ass</a></li></ul></div><div class="mw-category-group"><h3>L</h3> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Littlewood%27s_law" title="Littlewood's law">Littlewood's law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Logical_positivism" title="Logical positivism">Logical positivism</a></li></ul></div><div class="mw-category-group"><h3>M</h3> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Metabunk.org" title="Metabunk.org">Metabunk.org</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Minchin" title="Tim Minchin">Tim Minchin</a></li></ul></div><div class="mw-category-group"><h3>O</h3> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Oh_No_Ross_and_Carrie" title="Oh No Ross and Carrie">Oh No Ross and Carrie</a></li></ul></div><div class="mw-category-group"><h3>P</h3> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Penn_%26_Teller:_Bullshit!" title="Penn & Teller: Bullshit!">Penn & Teller: Bullshit!</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pigeon_chess" title="Pigeon chess">Pigeon chess</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PolitiFact" title="PolitiFact">PolitiFact</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professor_Dave" title="Professor Dave">Professor Dave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professor_Stick" title="Professor Stick">Professor Stick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prometheus_Books" title="Prometheus Books">Prometheus Books</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pseudoskepticism" title="Pseudoskepticism">Pseudoskepticism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Psiram" title="Psiram">Psiram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pyrrhonism" title="Pyrrhonism">Pyrrhonism</a></li></ul></div><div class="mw-category-group"><h3>Q</h3> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Quackwatch" title="Quackwatch">Quackwatch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quote_Investigator" title="Quote Investigator">Quote Investigator</a></li></ul></div><div class="mw-category-group"><h3>R</h3> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rationality" title="Rationality">Rationality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RationalWiki" title="RationalWiki">RationalWiki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Respectful_Insolence" title="Respectful Insolence">Respectful Insolence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roswell" title="Roswell">Roswell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russell%27s_Teapot" title="Russell's Teapot">Russell's Teapot</a></li></ul></div><div class="mw-category-group"><h3>S</h3> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Science-Based_Medicine" title="Science-Based Medicine">Science-Based Medicine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Shermer" title="Michael Shermer">Michael Shermer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skeptic%27s_Annotated_Bible" title="Skeptic's Annotated Bible">Skeptic's Annotated Bible</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Skeptic%27s_Dictionary" title="The Skeptic's Dictionary">The Skeptic's Dictionary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Skeptics%27_Guide_to_the_Universe" title="The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe">The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skeptical_Libertarian" title="Skeptical Libertarian">Skeptical Libertarian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skepticism_about_science" title="Skepticism about 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