Skeptic: Promoting Science and Critical Thinking

About the Magazine

A first rate job of promoting science and rationality.

—John Rennie, Editor-in-Chief, Scientific American

The best journal in the field.

—Stephen Jay Gould

A LEADING INTERNATIONAL PUBLICATION in the realm of skeptical inquiry, Skeptic magazine examines extraordinary claims and revolutionary ideas, promotes critical thinking, and serves as an educational tool for those seeking a sound scientific viewpoint. Each issue examines a specific theme and explores various social, scientific, and paranormal controversies. We investigate claims of the paranormal, pseudoscience, fringe groups, cults and claims between: science, pseudoscience, junk science, voodoo science, pathological science, bad science, non science and plain old nonsense.

Our contributors—leading scientists, scholars, investigative journalists, historians, professors, and teachers—are top experts in their fields. The magazine has been called “stimulating and provocative” by Carl Sagan, “clearly superior…gutsy” by Edward O. Wilson, and “the best journal in the field” by Stephen Jay Gould. Our editor-in-chief, Dr. Michael Shermer, has been called the most prominent skeptic in America, and his monthly column in Scientific American, and his numerous books and media appearances have made Skeptic a respected voice in academia.

The magazine includes articles, debates, book reviews, and essays from leading experts in their fields. Their discussions are lively and thought-provoking, and readers can join in the discussion over at the Skeptics Society Forum or in the comments section at the end of every article and eSkeptic on skeptic.com.

Bound within each issue of Skeptic is Junior Skeptic magazine. While written for younger readers, it provides an outstanding summary of classical paranormal topics, and is one of the favorite parts of the magazine for adults as well. Its editor, Daniel Loxton, recently won Canada’s prestigious Best Science Book Award for Young Readers.

Skeptic is produced quarterly by the Skeptics Society. Published by Millennium Press, Skeptic is carried by all major bookstore chains in the U.S. and around the world. Skeptic is also available to institutions, as well as university, college, and public libraries. Personal subscriptions to Skeptic are available by becoming a member/subscriber of the Skeptics Society.

For more than a decade, Skeptic has been on the forefront of skeptical inquiry and groundbreaking science, publishing insightful articles on vast number of subjects:

• evolution
• creationism
• cults
• religion Holocaust revisionism
• extreme afrocentrism
• conspiracy theories
• near-death & out-of-body experiences
• cryonics
• life after death
• witchcraft & witch crazes
• mass hysterias & urban myths
• hypnosis & altered states of consciousness
• science vs. pseudoscience
• history vs. pseudohistory
• magic & the paranormal
• the use & abuse of theory & statistics
• the role of skepticism
• medical & psychiatric claims
• the scope & limitations of science & technology
• gender & race issues in science, society & history
• genius & intelligence
• cultural influences on science & scientific influences on culture
• the capacities & limitations of the human mind & body
• fraud & hoaxes, and many more…

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