Guerilla Skepticism on Wikipedia with Susan Gerbic

Data Skeptic

Episode | Podcast

Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2014 13:00:00 +0000

<p><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;">Our guest this week is Susan Gerbic. Susan is a skeptical activist involved in many activities, the one we focus on most in this episode is </span><a href="http://guerrillaskepticismonwikipedia.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;">Guerrilla Skepticism on Wikipedia</a><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;">, an organization working to improve the content and citations of Wikipedia. </span><br style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;" /> <br style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;" /> <span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;">During the episode, Kyle recommended Susan's talk a The Amazing Meeting 9 which can be found </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FuJT9mp0jw" style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;">here</a><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;">. </span><br style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;" /> <br style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;" /> <span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;">Some noteworthy topics mentioned during the podcast were </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_deGrasse_Tyson" style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;">Neil deGrasse Tyson's</a><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;"> endorsement of the </span><a href="http://www.penny4nasa.org/" style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;">Penny for NASA</a><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;"> project. As well as the </span><a href="https://www.mywot.com/" style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;">Web of Trust</a><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;"> and </span><a href="http://rbutr.com/" style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;">Rebutr</a> <span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;">browser plug ins, as well as how following the </span><a href="http://skepticaction.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;">Skeptic Action</a><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;"> project on Twitter provides recommendations of sites to visit and rate as you see fit via these tools. </span><br style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;" /> <br style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;" /> <span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;">For her benevolent reference, Susan suggested </span><a href="http://www.theoddsmustbecrazy.com/" style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;">The Odds Must Be Crazy</a><a style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;">, a fun website that explores the statistical likelihoods of seemingly unlikely situations. For all else, Susan and her various activities can be found via </a><a href="http://susangerbic.com/" style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;">SusanGerbic.com</a><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;">.</span></p>