I'm not sold on Snopes, either. I don't know whether they have a bias, but I'm not convinced they're terribly accurate. For instance, they have a debunking of the myth that Marilyn Monroe use to have six toes. Part of their evidence was that if she did, and it were removed, then it would affect her balance and she would have to re-learn to walk normally, let alone gracefully.
My wife is a podiatrist. A significant part of her job is lopping off toes. I asked her if that was true, and she said that it absolutely was not. Her post-amputation patients are routinely perfectly fine and have no trouble walking. Even losing your big toe isn't a huge deal. Try it yourself: point it upward so that it doesn't touch the ground and walk around some. It's not hard at all.
I wrote them to share the information. I agreed that the myth was false, but that the bit about her being unable to walk afterward wasn't good supporting evidence. They replied with a snide comment basically accusing me of believing that Marilyn had six toes (which I absolutely don't believe, or more precisely, I could not care less about). Since then I've read a lot of their debunking skeptically. I mean, I think they mean well and I'm sure they're mostly accurate. However, I have first hand experience with them being unwilling to vet their own evidence. If they can play fast and loose with a goofy story about an extra toe, are they being rigorous elsewhere? I don't know.
My wife is a podiatrist. A significant part of her job is lopping off toes. I asked her if that was true, and she said that it absolutely was not. Her post-amputation patients are routinely perfectly fine and have no trouble walking. Even losing your big toe isn't a huge deal. Try it yourself: point it upward so that it doesn't touch the ground and walk around some. It's not hard at all.
I wrote them to share the information. I agreed that the myth was false, but that the bit about her being unable to walk afterward wasn't good supporting evidence. They replied with a snide comment basically accusing me of believing that Marilyn had six toes (which I absolutely don't believe, or more precisely, I could not care less about). Since then I've read a lot of their debunking skeptically. I mean, I think they mean well and I'm sure they're mostly accurate. However, I have first hand experience with them being unwilling to vet their own evidence. If they can play fast and loose with a goofy story about an extra toe, are they being rigorous elsewhere? I don't know.