Yes, you can help too!

Skeptical Activism

Skeptical Activism isn’t difficultIt doesn’t require a lot of timeThe tools already existYou probably do a version of this already, just

without focusSlides abbreviated for time constraints,

please contact me or other skeptical activists

Overview

Skeptic ActionTwitter: @skepticactionFacebook:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/374214662687994/ (You have to ask to join.)

Web of Trust: http://www.mywot.com/Installed over 96 million times

These two work hand in hand

The Easy Stuff!

Wicked EasySkeptic Action suggest a site a day for you to

rateTakes only a few seconds to rate (commenting

of course is entirely dependent on what you want to say)

You can do it in the course of your normal web browsing

Remember that it’s not only about negative rating, if you do indeed trust a site, give it good ratings

CONGRATULATIONS! You are a Skeptical Activist!

Provide Answers to Skeptical QuestionsSkeptics StackExchange:

http://skeptics.stackexchange.com/Yahoo Answers: http://answers.yahoo.com

Skeptics StackExchange has a much higher standard for answers (read their FAQ)The indexing is the key of this site and why it

mattersFor instance, Googling about L. Ron Hubbard’s

Education shows a Skeptics StackExchange answer in the top 10

Yahoo Answers on the other hand…

More Advanced

Skeptics Stack Exchange

Yahoo Answers

This level of skeptical activism requires you put some time and effort into it

However, do you already blog, comment on facebook, engage in discussions on forums, or anything like that?

Start off with yahoo answers if you feel uncomfortable, but I recommend you move up to the areas where your answers will impact skeptical activism.

Congratulations, you are a Skeptical Activism Warrior!

Do you do this already?

This is much like the previous two, but I separated it because it only works with the Chrome Browser

Rebutr: http://rbutr.com/ rbutr is a community driven app which creates

links between  webpages where the content of one page is a rebuttal against the other. The content may be directly arguing against the original content, or generally presenting contradictory evidence

No active site like Skeptic Action, so requires more initiative on your part

Has easy to use tools once installed

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Activism Zen MastersGuerrilla Skepticism on Wikipedia

2 years old100+ editors17 languages

Join the Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/302869106442712/

Join their Forums: http://skeptics.freeforums.net/Requires a very precise and collaborative effortSubject matter experts, research expertise, and

language skills always desiredWhy bother? How about an example?

American Medical Association considers homeopathy to be quackery.

Homeopathic remedies have been criticized as unethical

The scientific community regards

homeopathy as a sham

...at worst that homeopathy

could be actively harmful

1,447,282

Skeptical ActivismNo need to ask, just do it!Commit to what you are comfortable with

EasyAdvancedZen Masters

Even each level has easy, advanced, or master level approaches to it. It’s all up to you.

I bet you have it in you to be a Skeptical Activism Zen Master!

Please feel free to contact me and I can send you this presentation and many more links and resources.

Steve@LarianLeQuella.com

Questions?