Skeptic: Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
Skeptic Magazine, Volume 14 Number 4
Table of Contents
Psychology of the Scam
- Fooled by Ponzi (and Madoff)
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How Bernard Madoff Made Off with My Money, or Why Even an Expert on Gullibility Can Get Gulled
Features
- ’Twas Brillig…
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Double Blind, Satan’s UFO,
Failed Prophecies - The SkepDoc
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What to Eat: Food, Not Too Much, Mostly Plants
News
- Misleading by Petition
- What is the Global Warming Consensus?
- A Skeptic Visits Noah’s Ark
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Evolution and Creationism
in England - Math & Marriage
- Does Gay Marriage Decrease Straight Marriage
Forum
- Letters
- Value of L; The Magnetic Randi; Darwinian Misadventures in the Humanities; The Meaning of the Resurrection; Are NDEs Real?
- New Revisionism Forum
- A Defective Look at World War II; World War II Moral Equivalency; Just War and Unjust Killing; Don’t Knock Constitutional Monarchy
Junior Skeptic
- The Art of Cold Reading
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- Magic Tricks
- Common Misconceptions About How Cold Reading Works
- How Cold Reading Really
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Works: Classic Tricks
of Cold Reading -
Five Golden Rules to Block
a Cold Reading
Articles
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Gulf War Syndrome
or Gulf Lore Mythology? - Positively Misguided
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The Myths & Mistakes of the
Positive Thinking Movement
- How to Think About Scientific Claims
- A Study on How Non-scientists Evaluate Science Claims
- The Origin of Eden
Reviews
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A Prosecutor Takes
on the JFK Assassination -
Reclaiming History: The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy by Vincent Bugliosi
- Darwin’s Tiny White Box
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Microcosm: E coli and the New Science of Life by Carl Zimmer
- Klaatu Gort Redux
- A review of the remake of a classic film The Day the Earth Stood Still
- Secrets, Secrets, Secrets
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The Secret History of the World:
As Laid Down by the Secret Societies by Mark Booth - The God in our Brains
- Did Man Create God? Is Your Spiritual Brain at Peace with Your thinking Brain? by David E. Comings
- Secular Sunshine
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The Secular Conscience:
Why Belief Belongs in Public Life
by Austin Dacey - Evolution on Edge
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The Edge of Evolution: The Search for the Limits of Darwinism
by Michael Behe - The Power of Belief
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The Power of Belief Superstition: Belief in the Age of Science
by Robert L. Park - Jesus the Christian
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How Jesus Became Christian
by Barrie Wilson
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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.