Skeptic: Examining Extraordinary Claims and Promoting Science
Skeptic Magazine, Volume 10 Number 4
Table of Contents
Cover Story
- The Skinny on Fat
-
A Skeptical Evaluation of the
Atkins and Other Low Carb Diets
Articles
- ’Twas Brillig…
-
The Amazing Speaking Machine
of Sir David Brewster
- Demon Haunted Times
-
New “Isn’t Round” Theory
Demands Equal Time
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The Pleasure of
Finding Things Out -
Why Scientists Do Science
- Charioteer of the God
-
H.P. Lovecraft and the
Invention of Ancient Astronauts.
- Zeno’s Paradox & the Problem of Free Will
-
The Skeptic Meets C.S.I.
(Crime Scene Investigation) -
How Far Should Artistic License Go?
Education Myths
- Educating Believers
-
Research Demonstrates that Courses in Skepticism Can Effectively Decrease Belief in the Paranormal
-
Was Einstein
Learning Disabled? -
Anatomy of a Myth
- The Creation-Evolution Continuum
-
How To Avoid Classroom Conflicts. A Solution to the Dangers of Teaching Evolution in Public Schools
- The Ten Percent Solution
-
Anatomy of an Education Myth
Junior Skeptic
-
King Tut’s Curse
- The Teenage King; The Hidden tomb; The Quest For the King; The Tomb of King Tut; The Excavation; Who Was Tutankhamen?; 1923; Was King Tut Murdered?; The Mummy’s Curse; Examining the Curse Legend; The Bottom Line
- The Cartesian Lie Detector
News
-
Sham Magnets as Effective
as the “Real Thing”
-
Science Literacy &
Belief in the Paranormal - An Empirical Test by Travis J.Ryan, Jessica Brown, Angela Johnson, Colin Sanberg, and Megan Schildmier
- Sonar Ban Sounded Good
-
A Skeptical Analysis
- Hamlet Revisited
-
How Evolution Really Works
-
Paranormal & God
Belief Survey Results
Reviews
- The Christian & the Atheist
- A review of The Question of God: C. S. Lewis & Sigmund Freud Debate God, Love, Sex, & the Meaning of Life by Armand M.Nicholi
-
All You Need to Know
About the Origin of Life - A review of The Emergence of Life on Earth: A Historical and Scientific Overview by Iris Fry.
- God in the Brain
- A review of Why God Won’t go Away: Brain Science & the Biology of Belief, by A.Newberg and E. D’Aquili.
- Theological Emergency!
- A review of From Complexity to Life: On the Emergence of Life & Meaning edited by Niels Henrik Gregersen,
- American Taliban
- A review of Fundamentals of Extremism: The Christian Right in America edited by Kimberly Blaker.
-
A Different
Purpose-Driven Life -
A review of The Purpose-Driven Life:What on Earth Am I Here For? by Rick Warren
-
Empress Helena’s
Big Adventure -
A review of The Quest for the True Cross by Carston Peter Thiede and Matthew d’Anconia
Forum
- Letters
- Reports of My Death…; Surgery, Transplants, & UFOs; Roswell Defended by B.D. Gildenberg; Constantine; Beyond Belief
-
Creation &
Evolution Forum - Skewed Study on Wiccans and Creationists; Raymond Eve Responds; Outraged at Conway Morris’s “Science”; Linguistic Creationists
- Smarter or Dumber Forum
- Smarter or Better at Test Taking?; Why Smart People Believe People are Getting Smarter
- Do Pesticides Cause Cancer?
- Another Skeptical Environmentalist Examines the Original Sources
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The Believing Brain
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In this, his magnum opus, Dr. Michael Shermer presents his comprehensive theory on how beliefs are born, formed, nourished, reinforced, challenged, changed, and extinguished. Sam Harris calls The Believing Brain “a wonderfully lucid, accessible, and wide-ranging account of the boundary between justified and unjustified belief.” Leonard Mlodinow calls it “a tour de force integrating neuroscience and the social sciences.”
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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
Easy Lessons
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.