On this page I list some of my favorite sites.
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pickover.com: http://sprott.physics.wisc.edu/pickover/home.htm. Home page of Clifford Pickover, which includes computer art, educational puzzles, higher dimensions, fractals, virtual caverns, JAVA/VRML, alien creatures, black hole artwork, and animations. . "My primary interest is finding new ways to continually expand creativity by melding art, science, mathematics and other seemingly-disparate areas of human endeavor. I seek not only to expand the mind, but to shatter it."
"Pickover just seems to exist in more dimensions than the rest of us." -- Ian Stewart, Scientific American
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American Atheists: http://www.atheists.org/ Since 1963 AMERICAN ATHEISTS has been the premier organization laboring for the civil liberties of Atheists, and the total, absolute separation of government and religion. It was born out of a court case begun in 1959 by the Murray family which challenged prayer recitation in the public schools. That case -- Murray v. Curlett -- was a landmark in American jurisprudence on behalf of our First Amendment rights.
ACLU American Civil Liberties Union Home page: http://www.aclu.org/index.html
Freethought: http://www.2think.org/hii/freedom.shtml Aim: to promote and nurture the good life--life guided by reason and science, freed from the dogmas of god and state, inspired in part by compassion . . . and driven by the ideals of human freedom, happiness, and understanding. . . . Our best guide to truth is a free and rational, honest inquiry; we should therefore not be bound by the dictates of arbitrary authority, comfortable superstition, stifling tradition, or suffocating orthodoxy. We should defer to no dogma -- neither religious nor secular -- and never be afraid to ask "How do you know?"
h a l f b a k e r y: http://www.halfbakery.com/ It's the thought that counts. Here is a site where you can see others' bright ideas (in a variety of fields) and submit your own. What better page there than to visit
. . . Popular Velcro Shoes http://www.halfbakery.com/idea/Popular_20Velcro_20Shoes#981845944-5-1Yes, I hate laces!
HealthWatcher.net Canada's Best Consumer Health Watchdog: http://mirage.golden.net/~tpolevoy/index.html#top
HowStuffWorks.com - Learn how Everything Works!: http://www.howstuffworks.com/index.htm For example, the Magna Doodle is a popular toy that uses a magnetic system as its "ink". Excellent presentations and explanations!
Ken Musgrave, algorist artist: http://www.wizardnet.com/musgrave/. I predict that, 200 years hence, Ken Musgrave will rank among the great artists of history, and as a pioneer in the genre of algorithmic art.
Canadian Quackery Watch: http://www.healthwatcher.net/Quackerywatch/index.html. Just because your doctor, chiropractor or dentist has a diploma hanging on the wall, is no protection from quackery. If your health-care provider tells you they have a simple answer to all your problems, and it sounds too good to be true, you need to read every word on this page. If they say they can arrange an appointment in Tijuana, leave the office or hang up the phone immediately. Caveat emptor.
Quackwatch: http://www.quackwatch.com/. Your Guide to Health Fraud, Quackery, and Intelligent Decisions. Operated by Stephen Barrett, MD.
Skeptical Inquirer magazine: http://www.csicop.org/si/ Published by the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal, tells you what the scientific community knows about claims of the paranormal, as opposed to the sensationalism often presented by the press, television, and movies.
Straight Goods: http://www.straightgoods.com Canadian site. Consumer and political issues.
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