Skeptic: Examining Extraordinary Claims and Promoting Science
Skeptic Magazine, Volume 7 Number 4
Table of Contents
Articles
- ’Twas Brillig…
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Million Dollar Madness
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Dumbth News from
This is True - Educashun
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Adventures of the Untenured Prof
- ETs May Be Out There … But He Says They’re Not Here
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An Interview with Philip J. Klass, the World’s Leading UFO Skeptic
- Anatomy of Nonsense
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Caroline Myss and Holistic
Medicine Evaluated
Special Section:
Carl Sagan
- Sagan & Skepticism
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Two Recent Sagan Biographies
- The Measure of a Life
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Carl Sagan and the
Science of Biography
Reviews
- The Faustian Bargain
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The Golem at Large,
by Collins and Pinch
- Double Vision
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Entwined Lives: Twins and What They Tell Us about Human Behavior, by Nancy L. Segal
- Nazi Medicine
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The Nazi War on Cancer,
by Robert N. Proctor
- ET Phone Me
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ET Captured By Aliens: The Search For Life and Truth an a Very Large Universe, by Joel Achenbach
Junior Skeptic
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How to Fool
Media People - That’s Entertainment
- How TV Promotes Superstition
- Behind the Scenes on Oprah
- The Amazing Randi in You Be The Judge: Mind Reading With Barbara Walters
- The Madman of Magic
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Heartbeat of a Fakir; Headquarter; Weird Hanging Cane
News
- Breatharians Breath Their Last; Waco: The Rules of Reporting; Reincarnation 4.1; Howard Stern a Reincarnated Lesbian in Egyptian Harem; Dennis Lee’s Free Electricity; Real Life X-Files Research Shut Down; “Bible Code” Debunked by Journal that Introduced it
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The 9th First Annual
Ig Nobel Awards - Special Evolution-Creationism News Updates
- Colorado: A Victory for Science!; Michigan: Professors Fight Back Against Creationists New Mexico: A Defeat for Creationism!; Kansas: First Evolution, Now Geology Goes
Special Section:
Mass Hysteria
- When Satan Came to Texas
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A Study in a Satanic Panic
Witch Craze
- Penis Panics
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The Psychology of Penis-Shrinking Mass Hysterias
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Phantom Assailants &
the Madness of Crowds -
The Mad Gasser
of Botetourt County
- The Godman of India
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Sex, Lies and Video Tape in
the Satya Sai Baba Story
Special Section:
ESP & PSI
- Thought Field Therapy
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Still Searching for the Quick Fix
- Eye Movement Magic
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Eye Movement Desensitization
and Reprocessing a Decade Later
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Extrasensory Powers
or Simple Probabilities? -
Identifying Photos in
Opaque Envelopes
- Testing Psi & Psi Missing
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Do Skeptics Negatively
Influence ESP Experiments?
Forum
- Perspectives; Atheists in Foxholes; Pyramid Power Lives!; Christian Science Corrections; Is the U.S. a Christian Nation?; John George Replies; Skeptical of Genetic Engineering; Pet Adoption Center not Dumbth; Cassingham Replies; JFK and Friendly Fire
- Cloning Forum
- In Defense of Seed; Cloning and Diversity: A Commentary on Evolution and Ethics by Frank Salter; Miele Replies to Salter
- Group Selection Forum
- The Group Selection Chimera by John Hartung; Society as Organism: A Group Selection Primer and Reply to Hartung by David Sloan Wilson and Elliott Sober; Can We Make a Deal, John Hartung? Nicholas S. Thompson Responds
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The Believing Brain
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Top 10 Myths About Evolution (and how we know it really happened)
This concise pamphlet provides answers to common objections to evolution, such as: If humans came from apes, why aren’t apes evolving into humans?; Only an intelligent designer could have made something as complex as an eye; The second law of thermo-dynamics proves that evolution is impossible; Evolution can’t account for morality; and more…
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Top 10 Things You Should Know About Alternative Medicine
Harriet Hall, MD (aka the SkepDoc), shares her wit and wisdom about alternative medicine including: chiropractic, the placebo effect, homeopathy, acupuncture, and the questionable benefits of organic food, detoxification, and ‘natural’ remedies.
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Learn to be a Psychic in 10
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Psychic readings and fortunetelling are an ancient art — a combination of acting and psychological manipulation. While some psychics are known to cheat and acquire information ahead of time, these ten tips focus on what is known as “cold reading” — reading someone “cold” without any prior knowledge about them.