Surfing among flotsam and jetsam

flotsam: 1. n. the wreckage of a ship or its cargo found floating on the sea (cf JETSAM) || accumulated objects of little value.
jetsam:n. the cargo, gear, etc. thrown overboard from a ship in distress to lighten the load.
[Taken from the new lexicon Webster's encyclopedic dictionary of the English language, Canadian Edition.]

The goal of this exercise is to have fun, while getting some first hand experience with the misinformation and "accumulated debris of liitle value" (garbage) available on the web, and learning how to find more reliable information on the web. There are three somewhat distinct components to this assignment.

First, choose a topic of some relevance to psychology (very broadly defined) and find a web page that presents  the most absurd information or "scientific based" claim you can find on the WWW. The claim, or information, must be presented on the web page(s) you find it as if it were "scientifically proven" or at least supported (or that has to be strongly implied).  (Here is one of Peter McLeod's favorite examples.)

Second: you are to find a web site (or related sites) that present(s) contrary scientific arguments against the claims made in the pages you found in part one.

Third: you are to prepare a web page (.html file) that provides:

You will also have to write comments on your interpretation of the conflicting information the two pages or sets of pages present. Which side you believe in and why.

Your assignment is to be submitted in .HTM format to be posted on the course page (with credit).  Please hand in a hard copy of your page as well.  This assignment to be completed in partners.
Quick instructions on making htm (html) formats

Data are not information.
Information is not knowledge.
Knowledge is not wisdom.
There is no information highway. At best, the web is a data highway. At worst, a mis-information highway (given the high proportion of debris out there). It will never be a knowledge highway, and while there are pages full of wisdom out there, the wise surfer remains skeptical… dude.

"The Web brings people together because no matter what kind of a twisted sexual mutant you happen to be, you've got millions of pals out there. Type in 'Find people that have sex with goats that are on fire' and the computer will say, 'Specify type of goat.'" - Rich Jeni

(From the 1999 annual "Just For Laughs" festival in Montreal, listed by the Montreal Gazette Newspaper (Sunday, August 15th) as the 8th best joke of the festival.