Title:
RationalWiki
Author:
RationalWiki
Abstract:
Our purpose here at RationalWiki includes:
- Analyzing and refuting pseudoscience and the anti-science movement;
- Documenting the full range of crank ideas;
- Explorations of authoritarianism and fundamentalism;
- Analysis and criticism of how these subjects are handled in the media.
Publication:
RationalWiki
Publication Date:
7/1/2008
Citation:
RationalWiki. https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Main_Page. Accessed 27 Oct. 2023.
Topic:
Science of Belief Change
Commenter:
Amanda Morton
Comment Date:
10/27/2023
Comment:
"Reason didn't get them in, reason won't get them out."
We know it feels like if you just present the correct argument with the right citations, that will snap someone out of conspiracy-fueled delusion.
It may be important to understand common logical fallacies, however....