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Skeptic Magazine, Volume 21 Number 2
Table of Contents
Columns
- The SkepDoc
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Flu Shots: Facts and Fallacies
by Harriet Hall, M.D. - The Gadfly
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How Accurate is the “Cycle of Abuse”?
by Carol Tavris
Review
- No Sacred Cows
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A review of Sacred Cows: A Lighthearted Look at Belief and Tradition Around the World, by Seth Andrews
reviewed by Donald Prothero
Junior Skeptic
- Man-Eating Plants
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In this issue we journey into jungles, push past tangled vines, and search for something sinister: trees that are said to eat human beings! According to travellers’ tales and newspaper stories, some mysterious plants capture and consume large animals. Growing in remote regions, these bloodthirsty vegetables wait for the unwary, surrounded by the bones of their victims. Their branches stir when there is no breeze. Inviting foliage conceals thorny vines ready to seize struggling prey. Is there any truth to these tales? Could such plants truly exist? Let’s find out!
By Daniel Loxton. This issue’s cover features a digital painting by Daniel Loxton.
Special Section: What Motivates Extremists?
- Once Upon a Time
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Re-Thinking the Fight Against Extremists
by Tina Dupuy - Dealing With Islamism
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Trust, Costly Signaling and Forming Moral Teams
by Peter Boghossian and James A. Lindsay - Apocalypse Soon?
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How Emerging Technologies, Population Growth, and Global Warming Will Fuel Apocalyptic Terrorism in the Future
by Phil Torres
Special Section:
Brain Upload
- Mind Uploading
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An Argument for the Scientific and Technical Plausibility of Preserving Thoughts Indefinitely
by Kenneth Hayworth - Uploading Your Mind Does Not Compute
- by Peter Kassan
- Virtual Immortality
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Why the Mind-Body Problem is Still a Problem
by Robert Lawrence Kuhn
Articles
- Paleoanthropology Wars
- The Discovery of Homo naledi has Generated Considerable Controversy in this Scientific Discipline by Nathan H. Lents
- Charlie Sheen’s HIV Goat Milk Doctor
- by Harriet Hall, M.D.
- Massachusetts Mass Hysteria Cover Up
- by Robert E. Bartholomew
- Agony and Ecstasy
- Were Saint Paul’s Christian Beliefs a Symptom of Epileptic Personality Disorder? by Harry White
- In Defense of Anti-Science
- Why the Anti-anti-science Movement Has Gone too Far by J. Howard Siegal
- The Decline of Intelligent Design
- The 10th Anniversary of the Dover Decision and the Demise of Intelligent Design by Donald Prothero
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