Skeptic Magazine, Volume 19 Number 4
Table of Contents
Reviews
- The Forces of Inequality
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A review of Capital in the Twenty-First Century, by Thomas Piketty.
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Atheist Spirituality Hits
the Big Time -
A review of Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion,
by Sam Harris
Junior Skeptic
- Flat Earth?! The Convoluted Story of a Flatly Mistaken Notion
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Imagine if someone were to ask you, “What shape is the Earth?” It’s likely you’d answer “round,” or describe our world as a ball (or globe or sphere) in space. I would too! But what if you met someone who insisted that the Earth is nothing like a ball, but instead is as flat as a pancake? How could they possibly defend such a peculiar notion? And are there really people who believe this?
Cover Articles
- ON THE COVER: The Garden of Eat’n’. Illustration by Ástor Alexander.
- What Science Knows (and Does Not Know) About Diet and Nutrition
- An Evolutionary and Functional Perspective on Chronic Disease
Columns
- The SkepDoc
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Decoding Food Labels
- Bad Language
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A Blessing in Disguise
- The Gadfly
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Does AA Work?
Articles
- “Chemtrail” Fail
- Are Contrails Really Toxic Chemicals Sprayed by a Secret Conspiracy?
- A Rare and Beautiful Thing
- A Whole Lot of Nothing
- Tales of a Cosmological Argument
- Thinking Critically About Psychology’s Classic Studies
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Revisiting Studies by Milgram, Harlow, Mischel, Sherif and Others and What They Mean Today
- How to Lie with Statistics
Special Section:
Changing Minds
- The Core Conflict Between Creationism and Evolution
- Do Unique Definitions of “Science” and “Proof” Allow Creationists to Disregard Evidence of Evolution?
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Why is Critical Thinking
So Hard to Teach?
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