0.1: What is sci.skeptic for?
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This article is from the Scientific Skepticism FAQ, by Paul Johnson Paul@treetop.demon.co.uk with numerous contributions by others.
0.1: What is sci.skeptic for?
Sci.skeptic is for those who are skeptical about claims of the
paranormal to meet with those who believe in the paranormal. In this
way the paranormalists can expose their ideas to scientific scrutiny,
and if there is anything in these ideas then the skeptics might learn
something.
However this is a very wide area, and some of the topics covered might
be better kept in their own newsgroups. In particular the evolution
vs. creation debate is best kept in talk.origins. General New Age
discussions belong in talk.religion.newage. Strange "Heard it on the
grapevine" stories belong on alt.folklore.urban, which discusses such
things as vanishing hitchhikers and the Everlasting Lightbulb
conspiracy. Serious conspiracy theories should be kept on
alt.conspiracy, and theories about the assassination of President
Kennedy should be kept on alt.conspiracy.jfk. CROSS-POSTING from
these groups is NOT APPRECIATED by the majority of sci.skeptic
readers.
The discussion of a topic in this FAQ is not an attempt to have the
final word on the subject. It is simply intended to answer a few
common questions and provide a basis for discussion of common topics.
Conversely, the omission of a topic from this FAQ does not indicate
that the topic is not suitable for sci.skeptic. It just means that it
has not been discussed recently. If you want to start a thread on it
then go ahead.
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