Skeptic: Examining Extraordinary Claims and Promoting Science
Skeptic Magazine, Volume 9 Number 4
Table of Contents
Articles
- ’Twas Brillig…
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Medical Quackery Down Under; Think of a Card; A Step in the Right Direction; Raining on Art Bell’s Parade; MEG Takes a Fall
- French Follies
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A 9/11 Conspiracy Theory Turns Out to be an Appalling Deception.
A review of the French best seller L’Effroyable Imposture,
by Thierry Meyssan
- The Power of Coincidence
- Two Shakespeares
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A skeptical analysis of Shakespeare & his works reveals the real author
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What Do We Do
About Creationism? -
Suggestions About How
to Change Peoples Minds
Reviews
- 101 Reasons to Dig Deeper
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A review of 101 Myths of the Bible: How Ancient Scribes Invented Biblical History, by Gary Greenber
- A Late Defense
- A review of Paul on Trial: The Book of Acts as a Defense of Christianity, by John W. Mauck. Foreword by Donald A. Hagner
- Vanquished, but not Gone
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A review of The Vanquished Gods: Science, Religion, and the Nature of Belief, by Richard H. Schlagel
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Plus Ça Change,
Plus C’est la Même Chose - A review of Extraordinary Popular Delusions & the Madness of Crowds, by Charles Mackay
Cover Story
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Remembering
Stephen Jay Gould - Farwell Fossilface: A Memoir of Stephen Jay Gould
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This View of Science:
Stephen Jay Gould as Historian of Science and Scientific Historian
News
- Paranormal Brain Chemistry
- Paranormal Beliefs Linked to Brain Chemistry; Belief in Pseudoscience and the Paranormal Widespread
- To Be or Not to Be a Weasel
- How Evolution Works edited by Michael Shermer; letters from Sally Morem, Dennis Junk, Phil Molé, John Ståhle, Jack Sheldon, Ric Carter, Lawrence Chia, Phil Coffman, and Bryce M. Hand
Special Section:
Explaining Miracles
- Science & the Resurrection
- Christ’s Alleged Resurrection — Experimental Evidence for an Alternative Hypothesis to Being Raised from the Dead by God
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Parting Seas, Magic Stars
& Miracles -
Can science explain
events in the bible?
Forum
- On the Fringes of Credibility
- Science and Skepticism; The Qualitative and the Quantitative; Digging for Meaning on the Fringes of Credibility
- Hydro Theory Defended
- Krell Machine — A Substitute for Religious Yearnings?; Correction; Who Designed the Designer?
- Cognitive Catastrophes, Sheldrake Defends His Theory
- I Think Therefore I Deduce; Heads I Win, Tails You Lose; Molé Replies; Rupert Sheldrake says Formative Causation Testable
- Creationism; Black Confederates
Junior Skeptic
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Sea Monsters
- Sea serpent Legends; Fossil Sea Monsters; Real Sea Monsters Alive Today; North American and European Monsters; Who Invented Caddy?; Cryptozoology; Best Evidence for a Real Caddy; The Psychology of Seeing; What Would Be True if Caddy Existed?
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Top 10 Myths About Evolution (and how we know it really happened)
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