A_Muse_Mint101: The Ever Revising Partial Bible of Latter Day Science, Vol. ∞
"Insufferably Intolerant Science Nerd December 29 at 5:14am ·
Tag a friend! Tag a nerd! Tag a conspiracy nutter!
Not too long ago I posted a screenshot discussing why it was important to verify information. To my complete surprise – people rebelled against the idea of verifying information. “The Burden of Proof is on the claimant” they cried. This is 100% accurate. The Burden of Proof is always on the person making the claim, if you make an assertion you need to provide supporting evidence.
However, because people either 1) are unable to discern when the evidence they provide is shoddy, 2) have no supporting evidence at all, or 3) are lying-arse liars – it is up to us to look at the claims and the evidence they have provided and verify information for ourselves.
Just because the person has provided some form of information for supporting their idea, doesn’t mean they have met the Burden of Proof. Anyone can link drop information that agrees with their ideas regardless of whether that idea is factually accurate. The Burden of Proof is more than just finding a link or an abstract that kinda-sorta-but-not-really agrees with what you are saying, it's about ensuring the supporting evidence you provide is factually accurate.
Yes, meeting the Burden of Proof is vitally important, but so is verifying the information presented to you.
That being said – not everyone is savvy with verifying information, so I have compiled a list of free educational resources. I encourage you to comment with a link to your favourite resource, tag people in this post, or inbox me if you want further information.
Note: I am periodically taking the list down from the page and updating it. List Updated: 29/12/2017
My MEGA SCIENCE BOOK LIST: https://tinyurl.com/y8lb7oam
FREE ONLINE COURSES (Watch recorded university lectures from universities around the world. Classes include ((but are not limited to)): Chemistry, Biology, Physics, Microbiology, Climate Change, Math, Business, Psychology, Engineering, computer programming) (Most free online learning sites have mobile apps as well)
Academic Earth: http://academicearth.org/ Alison: https://alison.com/ BBC Learning: http://www.bbc.co.uk/learning/ Carnegie Mellon University OLI: http://oli.cmu.edu/ Coursera: https://www.coursera.org/ edX: https://www.edx.org/ FutureLearn: https://www.futurelearn.com iversity: https://iversity.org/ Khan Academy: https://www.khanacademy.org/ MIT Open Courseware: https://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm Open Yale Courses: http://oyc.yale.edu/ open2study: https://www.open2study.com/ OpenLearn: http://www.open.edu/openlearn/free-courses Saylor: https://www.saylor.org/ Stanford Online: http://online.stanford.edu/courses
YOUTUBE CHANNELS AsapSCIENCE https://www.youtube.com/user/AsapSCIENCE Bozeman Science https://www.youtube.com/user/bozemanbiology/ Bunsen Burns https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFiQZoh3DAWBt81eGtdp62Q/ ChemistNATE: https://www.youtube.com/user/chemistNATE Crash Course Kids: https://www.youtube.com/user/crashcoursekids/ CrashCourse https://www.youtube.com/user/crashcourse Everyday Science TV: https://www.youtube.com/user/EverydayScienceTV/ It's Okay To Be Smart h ttps://www.youtube.com/user/itsokaytobesmart/ Khan Academy https://www.youtube.com/user/khanacademy/ Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell: https://www.youtube.com/user/Kurzgesagt/ Mastering Organic Chem: https://www.youtube.com/user/MasterOrganicChem MinutePhysics https://www.youtube.com/user/minutephysics/ MIT Course Ware: https://www.youtube.com/user/MIT/ National Geographic https://www.youtube.com/user/NationalGeographic/ Periodic Videos https://www.youtube.com/user/periodicvideos SciShow Kids https://www.youtube.com/user/scishowkids SciShow Psych: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUdettijNYvLAm4AixZv4RA SciShow Space: https://www.youtube.com/user/scishowspace SciShow https://www.youtube.com/user/scishow/ ScienceMom: https://www.youtube.com/c…/UC-QcZISbFb9EiIEQ41cVhxw/featured Smarter Everyday https://www.youtube.com/user/destinws2/ Veritasium https://www.youtube.com/user/1veritasium Yale courses: https://www.youtube.com/user/YaleCourses
IDEAS, INSPIRATION & SCIENCE NEWS (websites which deliver educational content meant to entertain you and stimulate your brain) American Chemical Society https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en.html Australian Academy of Science https://www.science.org.au Australasian Science http://www.australasianscience.com.au BBC Future http://www.bbc.com/future Big Think http://bigthink.com/ LiveScience https://www.livescience.com IAP - InterAcademy Panel: http://www.interacademies.net International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry https://iupa.org National Geographic: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ Nature http://www.nature.com New Scientist https://www.newscientist.com/ Australian Popular Science https://www.popsci.com.au Royal Institution of Great Britain http://www.rigb.org Royal Society of Chemistry http://www.rsc.org/ Scientific American https://www.scientificamerican.com Seriously Amazing https://www.si.edu/ Society for Science & the Public https://www.societyforscience.org/ The Royal Australian Chemical Institute https://www.raci.org.au/ World Health Organization (WHO) http://www.who.int/en/
FREE TEXTBOOKS & E-BOOKS Bookboon: http://bookboon.com/ Books Should Be Free: http://www.loyalbooks.com/ College Open Textbooks: http://www.collegeopentextbooks.org/ E-books Directory: http://www.e-booksdirectory.com/ FullBooks: http://www.fullbooks.com/ LibriVox: https://librivox.org/ Mark Bishop’s Chemistry: http://preparatorychemistry.com/Bishop_Chemistry_First.htm Open Textbook Library: http://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/ Open Textbooks BCcampus: https://open.bccampus.ca/ Open Textbooks: http://www.oerconsortium.org/discipline-specific/ OpenStax CNX: https://cnx.org/ Textbook Revolution: http://www.textbookrevolution.org/index.php/Main_Page WikiBooks: https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Main_Page
MORE FREE TEXTBOOKS BECAUSE THEY'RE EXPENSIVE: Chemistry/Physics/Math simulations: (useful for visualising how equations explain real world phenomenon) https://phet.colorado.edu
Biology: https://www.learner.org/courses/biology/textbook/index.html http://www2.estrellamountain.edu/…/fa…/biobk/biobooktoc.html https://www.biologycorner.com/ (Also has Anatomy and Physiology/Evolution/Genetics)
"Insufferably Intolerant Science Nerd
December 29 at 5:14am ·
Tag a friend!
Tag a nerd!
Tag a conspiracy nutter!
Not too long ago I posted a screenshot discussing why it was important to verify information. To my complete surprise – people rebelled against the idea of verifying information. “The Burden of Proof is on the claimant” they cried. This is 100% accurate. The Burden of Proof is always on the person making the claim, if you make an assertion you need to provide supporting evidence.
However, because people either 1) are unable to discern when the evidence they provide is shoddy, 2) have no supporting evidence at all, or 3) are lying-arse liars – it is up to us to look at the claims and the evidence they have provided and verify information for ourselves.
Just because the person has provided some form of information for supporting their idea, doesn’t mean they have met the Burden of Proof. Anyone can link drop information that agrees with their ideas regardless of whether that idea is factually accurate. The Burden of Proof is more than just finding a link or an abstract that kinda-sorta-but-not-really agrees with what you are saying, it's about ensuring the supporting evidence you provide is factually accurate.
Yes, meeting the Burden of Proof is vitally important, but so is verifying the information presented to you.
That being said – not everyone is savvy with verifying information, so I have compiled a list of free educational resources. I encourage you to comment with a link to your favourite resource, tag people in this post, or inbox me if you want further information.
Note: I am periodically taking the list down from the page and updating it. List Updated: 29/12/2017
My MEGA SCIENCE BOOK LIST:
https://tinyurl.com/y8lb7oam
FREE ONLINE COURSES (Watch recorded university lectures from universities around the world. Classes include ((but are not limited to)): Chemistry, Biology, Physics, Microbiology, Climate Change, Math, Business, Psychology, Engineering, computer programming) (Most free online learning sites have mobile apps as well)
Academic Earth: http://academicearth.org/
Alison: https://alison.com/
BBC Learning: http://www.bbc.co.uk/learning/
Carnegie Mellon University OLI: http://oli.cmu.edu/
Coursera: https://www.coursera.org/
edX: https://www.edx.org/
FutureLearn: https://www.futurelearn.com
iversity: https://iversity.org/
Khan Academy: https://www.khanacademy.org/
MIT Open Courseware: https://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm
Open Yale Courses: http://oyc.yale.edu/
open2study: https://www.open2study.com/
OpenLearn: http://www.open.edu/openlearn/free-courses
Saylor: https://www.saylor.org/
Stanford Online: http://online.stanford.edu/courses
YOUTUBE CHANNELS
AsapSCIENCE https://www.youtube.com/user/AsapSCIENCE
Bozeman Science https://www.youtube.com/user/bozemanbiology/
Bunsen Burns https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFiQZoh3DAWBt81eGtdp62Q/
ChemistNATE: https://www.youtube.com/user/chemistNATE
Crash Course Kids: https://www.youtube.com/user/crashcoursekids/
CrashCourse https://www.youtube.com/user/crashcourse
Everyday Science TV: https://www.youtube.com/user/EverydayScienceTV/
It's Okay To Be Smart h ttps://www.youtube.com/user/itsokaytobesmart/
Khan Academy https://www.youtube.com/user/khanacademy/
Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell: https://www.youtube.com/user/Kurzgesagt/
Mastering Organic Chem: https://www.youtube.com/user/MasterOrganicChem
MinutePhysics https://www.youtube.com/user/minutephysics/
MIT Course Ware: https://www.youtube.com/user/MIT/
National Geographic https://www.youtube.com/user/NationalGeographic/
Periodic Videos https://www.youtube.com/user/periodicvideos
SciShow Kids https://www.youtube.com/user/scishowkids
SciShow Psych: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUdettijNYvLAm4AixZv4RA
SciShow Space: https://www.youtube.com/user/scishowspace
SciShow https://www.youtube.com/user/scishow/
ScienceMom: https://www.youtube.com/c…/UC-QcZISbFb9EiIEQ41cVhxw/featured
Smarter Everyday https://www.youtube.com/user/destinws2/
Veritasium https://www.youtube.com/user/1veritasium
Yale courses: https://www.youtube.com/user/YaleCourses
IDEAS, INSPIRATION & SCIENCE NEWS (websites which deliver educational content meant to entertain you and stimulate your brain)
American Chemical Society https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en.html
Australian Academy of Science https://www.science.org.au
Australasian Science http://www.australasianscience.com.au
BBC Future http://www.bbc.com/future
Big Think http://bigthink.com/
LiveScience https://www.livescience.com
IAP - InterAcademy Panel: http://www.interacademies.net
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry https://iupa.org
National Geographic: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/
Nature http://www.nature.com
New Scientist https://www.newscientist.com/
Australian Popular Science https://www.popsci.com.au
Royal Institution of Great Britain http://www.rigb.org
Royal Society of Chemistry http://www.rsc.org/
Scientific American https://www.scientificamerican.com
Seriously Amazing https://www.si.edu/
Society for Science & the Public https://www.societyforscience.org/
The Royal Australian Chemical Institute https://www.raci.org.au/
World Health Organization (WHO) http://www.who.int/en/
FREE TEXTBOOKS & E-BOOKS
Bookboon: http://bookboon.com/
Books Should Be Free: http://www.loyalbooks.com/
College Open Textbooks: http://www.collegeopentextbooks.org/
E-books Directory: http://www.e-booksdirectory.com/
FullBooks: http://www.fullbooks.com/
LibriVox: https://librivox.org/
Mark Bishop’s Chemistry: http://preparatorychemistry.com/Bishop_Chemistry_First.htm
Open Textbook Library: http://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/
Open Textbooks BCcampus: https://open.bccampus.ca/
Open Textbooks: http://www.oerconsortium.org/discipline-specific/
OpenStax CNX: https://cnx.org/
Textbook Revolution: http://www.textbookrevolution.org/index.php/Main_Page
WikiBooks: https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Main_Page
MORE FREE TEXTBOOKS BECAUSE THEY'RE EXPENSIVE:
Chemistry/Physics/Math simulations: (useful for visualising how equations explain real world phenomenon) https://phet.colorado.edu
Astronomy:
https://www.teachastronomy.com/textbook/
Biology:
https://www.learner.org/courses/biology/textbook/index.html
http://www2.estrellamountain.edu/…/fa…/biobk/biobooktoc.html
https://www.biologycorner.com/ (Also has Anatomy and Physiology/Evolution/Genetics)
Chemistry:
http://www.chem1.com/acad/webtext/virtualtextbook.html
https://www.acs.org/…/resources/undergraduate/chemistry.html
http://preparatorychemistry.com/Bishop_Chemistry_First.htm
https://www2.chemistry.msu.edu/…/reus…/virttxtjml/intro1.htm
Interactive Periodic Table: https://www.ptable.com/
Microbiology:
http://www.microbiologybook.org
http://www.textbookofbacteriology.net/kt_toc.html
Physics:
http://physicsdatabase.com/a-list-of-free-chemistry-books/
https://physics.info/
http://www.lightandmatter.com/lm/
http://www.sciencebooksonline.info
http://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/
https://www.nature.com/nature_educati…/interactive_textbooks
SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES & JOURNALS
ArXiv: https://arxiv.org/
Directory of Open Access Journals: https://doaj.org/
Elsevier Open Access: https://www.elsevier.com/…/open-science/open-access/open-ac…
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com.au
Open Access Library: http://www.oalib.com/
Oxford Open: https://academic.oup.com/journals/pages/open_access
PLOS: https://www.plos.org/
Scitable: https://www.nature.com/scitable
Springer Open: https://www.springeropen.com/
Wiley Open Access: http://www.wileyopenaccess.com/view/index.html
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net
SciHub: https://sci-hub.cc
Google Chrome add-on to download free versions of journal articles: unpaywall: http://unpaywall.org/
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