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Skeptic Magazine, Volume 22 Number 4
Table of Contents
Special Section: The New Science Wars
- Special Section Introduction
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No Barriers to Inquiry
by Michael Shermer - I Am Not a Racist, And So Are You
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An Unauthorized Peek at the Great Shaming Taking Place at an Institution of Higher Learning Near You (and Other Fireside Tales)
by Stephen Beckner - Radically Wrong in Berkeley
- by Raymond Barglow
- When Science Becomes the Enemy
- by Marc J. Defant
Special Section: Biology & Behaviour
- Canine Cognition
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Did dogs become smarter through domestication? An interview with Dr. Brian Hare
by Felipe Nogueira - Bird Brains
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Are crows as intelligent as some scientists claim?
by Patrik Lindenfors - What Biology Can Teach Us About Crime and Justice
- by Nathan H. Lents and Lila Kazemian
Columns
- The SkepDoc
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Diet Sodas: Are the Dangers in the Chemicals or the Headlines?
by Harriet Hall, M.D.
Reviews
- Ultraterrestrials
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A review of How UFOs Conquered the World: The History of a Modern Myth, by David Clarke
reviewed by Terence Hines - Virtual Violence
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A Review of Moral Combat: Why the War on Violent Video Games is Wrong, by Patrick M. Markey and Christopher J. Ferguson.
reviewed by Terence Hines
Articles
- Gary Taubes and the Case Against Sugar
- by Harriet Hall, M.D.
- From Camelot to Conspiracy
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Memory, Myth, and the death of JFK
by Michel Jacques Gagné - Now Playing at a Cartesian Theater Near You
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Dualism Returns
by Peter Kassan
Junior Skeptic
- Ghost Ships
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Today we’re leaving safe shores far behind, and sailing out over the waves in search of the sea’s eeriest mysteries. Imagine the ocean at night, a thousand miles from the nearest city light. Imagine cold salt wind on your face, sails overhead, a creaking deck beneath your feet. Suddenly a shadow looms out of the darkness, masts and tattered sails silhouetted against the sky. Your crew shouts in alarm, spinning the wheel to avoid a collision. A strange ship slides by. It is silent and empty, without a living soul on board. Passing like a phantom, it vanishes into the night. What just happened? Can tales of ghost ships be explained?ke fictional movie zombies actually exist in the real world? Let’s find out!
By Daniel Loxton. This issue’s cover features a digital painting by Daniel Loxton.
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