Skeptic: Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
Skeptic Magazine, Volume 9 Number 1
Table of Contents
Articles
- ’Twas Brillig…
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May the Schwartz Be With You
- Seeking a New Fulcrum
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Parapsychology and the Need to Believe in a New Transcendence
- Velikovsky at Fifty
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Cultures in Collision on
the Fringes of Science
- The New Atlantis & the Dangers of Pseudohistory
- The Pinker Instinct
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An interview with Steven Pinker
Junior Skeptic
- Did We Go to the Moon?
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Analyzing the Fox Network TV show “Conspiracy theory: Did We Land on the Moon?”
- The Madman of Magic
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How Preconceived Ideas
Can Fool You
Cover Story
Anthropology Wars:
Who Are We?
- The Shadow of Caliban
- An Introduction to the Tempestuous History of Anthropology
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Spin-Doctoring
the Yanomamö - Science as a Candle in the Darkness of the Anthropology Wars
- Requiem for a Controversy
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Whatever Happened to
Margaret Mead? - Whence the “Noble Savage”
News
- Polls Show Paranormal Beliefs on the Rise, Evolution Belief Declines
- Larry King Live, Media Integrity & Meeting the Psychic Challenge
- Monkey Man Delusion Sweeps India
Forum
- Letters
- Athena Stopped Time, Not God; Skeptical Tolerance; The Wise Men Were Astrologers; Sports in Black and White; Skeptical Emancipation; Diamond’s Warning; Skeptical Environmentalism
- Creationism
- Teaching Creationism Will Just Confuse Students; ID Creationists Twisted Logic; ID Creationists Have Proven Nothing
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Special Section:
Testing Mediums - Who is “pretending” — John Edward or James Randi?; Randi and the Usual Suspects; Randi Responds
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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.