Skeptic: Examining Extraordinary Claims and Promoting Science
Skeptic Magazine, Volume 9 Number 2
Table of Contents
Cover Story
The Environment:
How Bad Off Are We?
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The Future of Life:
The Solution - An excerpt from Edward O. Wilson’s The Future of Life
- The Real State of the World
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Skeptical of the
Skeptical Environmentalist - A review of The Skeptical Environmentalist: Measuring the Real State of the World, by Bjørn Lomborg.
Articles
- ’Twas Brillig…
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Sylvia Browne, John Edward, the Maharishi Yogi, Bad Astronomy, and more…
- Number Manipulation
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The Not ‘So Spooky’ Tim McVeigh
- Skeptical Sayings
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Wit and Wisdom from Skeptics Past and Present
- On the Fringes of Credibility
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The Boundary Question Between Science and Non-Science
- Nine Crazy Ideas in Science
Forum
- Letters
- The New Look; Pondering Skepticism; A Senior Junior; The Crackpot Committee; Romancing Science; A Step in Time (Joshua’s missing day); Beyond Intelligent Doubt; Science and Atheism are Not Synonymous; Pigliucci Responds; Must Read Skeptic Books; Another Possible Location for Atlantis?
- Special Section: On Miele’s “Caliban” & “Complexity”
- Complexity Chart is Bogus!; Frank Miele Replies; Darwin to Dawkins to Gould; Frank Miele Replies. A Complex Story; Chaotic Complexity.
- Special Section: Larry Arnhart’s “Evolution & the New Creationism”
- Faith in Falsehood is False Faith; Laws Not Necessarily Divine; Behe’s Black Box and Arnhart’s Proposed Compromise; Why the Universe is Nowhere and Has No Cause
- Special Section: Tim Callahan’s “The Triumph of Christianity”
- Christianity’s Secret of Success, Callahan Responds
Junior Skeptic
- The “Magician’s Force”
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How to trick someone into thinking that you have the power to predict the future!
Reviews
- Rape, Sex & the Research of Evolutionary Psychology
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A review of A Natural History of Rape: Biological Bases of Sexual Coercion, by Randy Thornhill and Craig T. Palmer
- Alas Poor Evolutionary Psychology: Unfairly Accused, Unjustly Condemned
- A review of Alas Poor Darwin: Arguments Against Evolutionary Psychology, by Hillary Rose and Steven Rose
- Darwin Redux
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A review of Darwin: A Norton Critical Edition, by Philip Appleman
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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.