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Urban Legends and Hoaxes
See also: Logic and Critical Thinking
- About: Netlore
Information and links from About.com.
- CIAC Hoaxbusters
Fake computer virus warnings, hoaxes, chain letters, scams, and other misinformation found on the internet.
- Critical Thinking on the Web
Great set of links to sites about critical thinking, argument, assessment, hoaxes, evaluating sources, fallacies, statistics, and further related topics.
- DMOZ: Urban Legends
Links to many sites pertaining to urban legends, from the Open Directory project.
- How Urban Legends Work
Describes how urban legends work, where they come from, how they spread, and what they mean.
- Museum of Hoaxes
"The Museum was established in 1997 in order to promote knowledge about the phenomenon of hoaxes. It plays host to a variety of humbugs and hoodwinks—from ancient deceptions all the way up to modern schemes, dupes, and dodges that circulate on the internet."
- MythBusters
Webpage of the tv program about exploring popular myths.
- ScamBusters.org
"Lots of great resources on how to avoid the most popular scams,identity theft threats, viruses and urban legends making the rounds."
- Snopes.com: Urban Legends
Major reference site for urban legends. Describes and analyzes each story or claim and evaluates its truthfulness.
- The Straight Dope
Website devoted to debunking hoaxes, urban legends, and misinformation in general.
- TruthOrFiction.com
"Check out rumors, inspirational stories, virus warnings, humorous tales, pleas for help, urban legends, prayer requests and calls to action to see if they are TRUTH! or FICTION!"
Last updated March 3, 2008