Guerilla Skepticism on Wikipedia with Susan Gerbic

Published: Aug. 15, 2014, 1 p.m.

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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\\xa0Guerrilla Skepticism on Wikipedia, an organization working to improve the content and citations of Wikipedia.\\xa0

During the episode, Kyle recommended Susan\'s talk a The Amazing Meeting 9 which can be found\\xa0here.\\xa0

Some noteworthy topics mentioned during the podcast were\\xa0Neil deGrasse Tyson\'s\\xa0endorsement of the\\xa0Penny for NASA\\xa0project. As well as the\\xa0Web of Trust\\xa0and\\xa0Rebutr\\xa0browser plug ins, as well as how following the\\xa0Skeptic Action\\xa0project on Twitter provides recommendations of sites to visit and rate as you see fit via these tools.\\xa0

For her benevolent reference, Susan suggested\\xa0The Odds Must Be Crazy, a fun website that explores the statistical likelihoods of seemingly unlikely situations. For all else, Susan and her various activities can be found via\\xa0SusanGerbic.com.

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