Skeptic: Examining Extraordinary Claims and Promoting Science
Skeptic Magazine, Volume 13 Number 1
Table of Contents
Cover Story
- A Voyager in the Cosmos
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An Interview with Ann Druyan
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Science, Religion &
Human Purpose -
A Cosmic Perspective
- Conversations with Carl
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An excerpt from
Conversations with Carl
- The God Hypothesis
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An excerpt from The Varieties of Scientific Experience
- Tributes to Carl Sagan
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Carl Sagan’s Vision
Carl Sagan and Edward Teller
An Uneasy Alliance Over
Defending the Earth
Carl Sagan & the Search for ET
Leaving a Demon-Haunted World
Popular and Pilloried
The Sagan File
Our Place in the Universe
Reviews
- Deities for Atheists
- Civilized Life in the Universe: Scientists on Intelligent Extraterrestrials, by George Basalla
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Of Scholars, Scrolls
& Mushrooms -
John Marco Allegro: The Maverick of the Dead Sea Scrolls, by Judith Anne Brown
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If God Could Talk
What Would he Say? -
The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief, by Francis S.Collins
News
- Déjà vu in the Lab; Attention Paradox; Amygdala-driven Emotions
- Pluto Downgraded
- Jews for Darwin
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Evolution, Intelligent Design
& Orthodox Judaism
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Was Louis Pasteur
Anti-Evolution?
Articles
- The Gospel of Food
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The Myth of the Doctrine of Naught
- The Origin of Superstition, Magical Thinking & Paranormal Beliefs
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An Integrative Model
Features
- ’Twas Brillig…
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Bad Vibrations and
Magical Thinking
- The SkepDoc
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Don’t Let Them Hoodia-Wink You; Bunkum reigns in weight loss pills and bad back devices
Forum
- Letters
- Darwin as a Straw Man; Ball Lightning; Still Skeptical of Global Warming
- Mordechai Ben-Ari’s Catastrophism Forum
- Catastrophe in the Making; What About Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
- George Case Opinion & Commentary Forum
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Governments Do Lie:
Systemic Bias in the Mass Media - Longevity Forum
- Ray Kurzweil and Terry Grossman defend their book Fantastic Voyage, Live Long Enough to Live Forever; Harriet Hall replies
Junior Skeptic
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Evolution Part 1
- Asking the Big Question; The Greeks and the Middle Ages; Key Discoveries Set the Stage: Extinction, and Deep Time; What Darwin Learned on His Voyage; Artificial Selection; Surplus Population and Struggle; Natural Selection; Descent with Modification; Is DNA like a Blueprint or a Recipe?; Mutation; Why Evolution is Like “Pimp My Ride”; Survival of the Fittest; The Limits of Evolution; Good Enough is Good Enough; The Majesty of Life
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Top 10 Myths About Evolution (and how we know it really happened)
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Top 10 Things You Should Know About Alternative Medicine
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