Skeptic: Examining Extraordinary Claims and Promoting Science
Skeptic Magazine, Volume 14 Number 1
Table of Contents
Cover Story
- A Climate of Belief
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The claim that anthropogenic CO2 is responsible for the current warming of Earth climate is scientifically insupportable because climate models are unreliable
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How We Know
Global Warming is Real -
The Science Behind
Human-induced Climate Change
- Turning Around by 2020
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How to solve the
global warming problem
- The Hydrogen Economy
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Savior of humanity or
an economic black hole?
News
- Skull Island, Canada
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Could one of histories most famous films have inspired two of our most enduring monster legends?
Forum
- Letters
- Altered States of Consciousness; Ape Language and Consciousness; Neuroscience Psychobabble; von Daniken Debunked
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No Victory in
the Textbook Wars - SkepDoc’s Ill Tone
- SkepDoc Harriet Hall Replies
Articles
- A Reconstruction of Houdini’s Famous Show Exposing Séance Fraud
- Journalist Bites Reality!
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How broadcast journalism is flawed in such a fundamental way that its utility as a tool for informing viewers is almost nil
- In Belief We Trust
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Why anthropologists abandon skepticism when they hear claims about supernatural beliefs
Features
- ’Twas Brillig…
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Last Chance to Win the Million-Dollar Challenge; Magnetic Therapy
- The SkepDoc
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Detox Quackery:
from Footbaths to Fetishism
Reviews
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What the Fossils Say
— In Spades! -
Evolution: What the Fossils Say
and Why It Matters
by Donald R. Prothero
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What’s So Great
About Dinesh D’Souza? - What’s So Great About Christianity by Dinesh D’Souza
- Jackpot or Crackpot?
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Cosmic Jackpot: Why Our Universe is Just Right for Life by Paul Davies
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The Painful Elaboration
of the Fatuous -
Science v. Religion: Intelligent Design and the Problem of Evolution by Steve Fuller
- Steve Fuller Responds to Norman Levitt’s Review
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Levitt Responds to
Steve Fuller’s response
Junior Skeptic
- Dragons!
- The Dragons of Babylon and the Evil Mother Tiamat; Egyptian Serpents; Greek Dragons; Dragons in the Bible; The World Serpent of the Norse; Chinese Dragons and the Magic of Dragon bones; Where Does the Idea of Dragons come from?; Fossil Dragons, Instinct, and Imagination
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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.