Skeptic: Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
Skeptic Magazine, volume 7 number 1:
Table of Contents
Reviews
- Rust on the Hinges of History: How Neither the Irish Nor the Jews Saved Civilization
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How the Irish Saved Civilization, and The Gifts of the Jews, by Thomas Cahill
- How to Misuse Darwin And (Almost) Get Away With It
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Darwinian Myths: The Legends and Misuses of a Theory , by Edward Caudill
Forum
- “When Scholars Know Sin”
- Mea Culpa! Mea Culpa!: J. Gordon Melton Responds; Kent and Krebs’ Skepticism Crosses the Line: Anson Shupe Responds; Let the Scholar Who is Without Sin Cast the First Stone: James R. Lewis Responds; Clarifying Contentious Issues: A Rejoinder to Melton, Shupe, and Lewis by Stephen A. Kent and Theresa Krebs
- Psychotherapy Debate
- Confused By Dineen; Saintly Friends?; Preaching to the Skeptical Choir; There is No Baby in the Psychotherapy Bathwater: Dineen Responds
- Facilitated Communication Defended
- Rosemary Crossley Responds to Brian Gorman
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Waco Skepticism
and Counterskepticism - Gifford Responds to Jeffries
Junior Skeptic
- Fortunetelling
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How have people tried to predict the future?; Patterns in science & patterns in superstition; When is fortunetelling a bad thing?; How fortunetelling really works; Texas students test astrology predictions
- The Madman of Magic
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Mad Magical Science Performance; Madman of Science: Magic and Perception
News
- Faith-Medicine Connection Challenged; Millennial Fever Growing; Scientific Analysis of Kennewick Man to Begin; New Cult-Watch Group; Scientology’s Problems in Russia, Europe, & America; Bigfoot Busted by Buffs; Crop Circle Hoaxes; Psychic Scam Busted; Drug Dealer Says Psychic Told Him He Would Not Get Caught; Skeptics Enlightened & Entertained on False Memories, Witch Hunts, & Movie Monsters
Articles
- ‘Twas Brillig…
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An Address to Congressional Representatives at the Rayburn Building, Washington, DC, March 18th, 1999
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Dumbth News from
This is True -
The Skeptics Society
Annual Dumbth Awards
- Educashun
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In the Trenches of
the Culture Wars
- The Measure of a Woman
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An Interview with Social Scientist Carol Tavris
- Fraud & Science
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Reflections on the Baltimore Case
- Complementary Alternative Medicine Boon or Boondoggle?
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The Battle Between Allopathic Medical Care (TAM) system and the Complementary Alternative Medical Care (CAM) system
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Christian Science & the
Perversion of Quantum Physics
Special Section:
Influence
- Selection for Credulity
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A Biologist’s View of Belief
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Legitimatizing Psychology’s
Prodigal Son -
Re-considering Hypnosis
for the 21st Century
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Blue Smoke, Mirrors
& Designer Science -
How the Public Relations Industry Compromises Democracy
- The Game of Influence
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Understanding the Hidden Dynamics of Communication
- The Knowledge Filter
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Reality Must Take Precedence
in the Search for Truth
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