It Must Be True - I Saw It On The Internet

With so much information available on the Internet, how do you assess whether something you see is authoritative, credible or even just plain true? Chris and Gihan discuss one rule of thumb that will get you 80% of the way there, and then suggest how to dig deeper to be even surer.


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Web sites we discussed:

• Thunderwood College (for your free Ph.D.)
• Wikipedia
• Skeptoid.com
• The Skeptic's Guide to the Universe
• iReport, CNN's new initiative for citizen journalism; and Slashdot discussion of the concept