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RationalWiki | RationalWiki is a wiki which supports scientific investigation and the scientific method against blind dogma. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
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==Rationalwiki today== | ==Rationalwiki today== | ||
Most articles focus on unfounded medical claims, pseudoscience and Biblical literalism. Despite a seemingly anti-religious stance, many editors are practicing | Most articles focus on unfounded medical claims, pseudoscience and Biblical literalism. Despite a seemingly anti-religious stance, many editors are practicing Christians or Jews, tending towards the more liberal aspects of their religion rather than fundamentalism. | ||
The site works to refute a range of faith based ideas and superstitions. They have material on Scientology, Astrology, New Age and many others. | The site works to refute a range of faith based ideas and superstitions. They have material on Scientology, Creationism, Astrology, New Age and many others. | ||
Their stated goals are: | Their stated goals are: | ||
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==Criticism== | ==Criticism== | ||
Some members, have admitted to vandalising [[Conservapedia]] in the past. Criticism of Conservapedia on RationalWiki and elsewhere is extreme. Due to the authoritarian and incompetent management on Conservapedia, even people who generally edit wikis responsibly may be tempted to vandalize Conservapedia | Some members, have admitted to vandalising [[Conservapedia]] in the past. Criticism of Conservapedia on RationalWiki and elsewhere is extreme. Due to the authoritarian and incompetent management on Conservapedia, even people who generally edit wikis responsibly may be tempted to vandalize Conservapedia. The fact that on Conservapedia, 'vandalism' seems to include 'adding verified, cited facts that disagree with Fundamentalist dogma' makes 'vandalism' much easier than it should be. many editors 'vandalize' the site without even realizing it. As most of the founding members were blocked from Conservapedia for trying to moderate anti-scientific content and include more liberal points of view, they have continued to undermine Conservapedia's lunacy in the following manners: | ||
*Arguing (such as in the case of arguing that the Professor of the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford University, Richard Dawkins, was, in fact, a professor); | *Arguing (such as in the case of arguing that the Professor of the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford University, Richard Dawkins, was, in fact, a professor); | ||
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*Trying to add scientific content to pages espousing only a young-Earth creationist POV | *Trying to add scientific content to pages espousing only a young-Earth creationist POV | ||
*Showing outright contempt for the site, fundamentalist Christianity, homophobia, misogyny and extreme conservatism in general | *Showing outright contempt for the site, fundamentalist Christianity, homophobia, misogyny and extreme conservatism in general | ||
*Trying to moderate lies against liberal politicians | *Trying to moderate or refute lies against liberal politicians | ||
*Adding facts about conservatives which illustrates the hypocrisy of the site | *Adding facts about conservatives which illustrates the hypocrisy of the site | ||
*Possibly manipulating page-view counts to highlight intolerant and unscientific content | *Possibly manipulating page-view counts to highlight intolerant and unscientific content | ||
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*Fooling Conservapedia administrators through misdirection on Rationalwiki | *Fooling Conservapedia administrators through misdirection on Rationalwiki | ||
*Utilising Poe's Law to undermine the credibility of Conservapedia | *Utilising Poe's Law to undermine the credibility of Conservapedia | ||
*Getting blamed for every prankster, troll or vandal who harasses Conservapedia. | |||
===On RationalWiki=== | ===On RationalWiki=== | ||