Improbable Research
Probably the best collection anywhere of weird science — performed and/or created by real scientists, then assessed by other real scientists. These are the folks who give out the annual Ig Nobel Prizes, awarded by real Nobel laureates to those who, um, are not, for "achievements that cannot or should not be reproduced." Digital rectal massage as a cure for hiccups, anyone?

Is it O.K. to be a Luddite?
Thomas Pynchon's 1984 essay on this subject seems a good place to start off any discussion of the complex issues involved in science and technology. If "a screaming comes across the sky," it just might be the warning cry of Nedd Ludd.

Luddism
Martin Ryder of the School of Education, University of Colorado at Denver, has created an excellent links page on the subject of Luddism and dystopian visions of the technological future. A first-rate resource.

The Luddites
A brief history of the Luddite movement in early 19th-century England, from the Spartacus School Net. At the same site you can read up on Lord Byron's stirring defense of the Luddites.

Alan Sokal/Social Text
Alan Sokal, Professor of Physics, New York University, neatly and elegantly demolished the pretenses to scientific knowledgeability of a gaggle of postmodern "theorists" including Jean Baudrillard, Luce Irigaray, and flock of others. Read all about the "Social Text" scandal here at Sokal's own home page.

JunkScience.com
We find ourselves surrounded by pomo nincompoops on the one hand and, on the other, theocratic fascists promoting "creationism" and "intelligent design," denying the evidence of global warming, and otherwise trying to revert us to flat-earth theory and other beliefs from the Middle Ages. Back to alchemy and phlogiston, anyone? Steven Milloy's site "spotlights and debunks faulty scientific data and analysis used to promote special agendas."

The Academy For Future Science
The Academy For Future Science (AFFS) is a non-profit corporation that "examines new scientific ideas for the future. Through science and information technology, the world is undergoing major transformations in social, cultural, economic, and environmental dimensions. The principal goal of the Academy is to provide all people with educational and scientific tools that will help them meet the resulting challenges."