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Skeptic Magazine, Volume 26 Number 1
Table of Contents
Dealing With COVID-19
- Psychological Risks with COVID-19 Vaccines
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If History Is a Guide, Given the Large Number of People to Be Vaccinated a Mass Anxiety Event Is Not Improbable
by Robert E. Bartholomew and Kate MacKrill - The After Time
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The Future of Civilization after COVID-19
by Michael Shermer
Are Aliens Among Us?
- Alien Skulls and Their Makers
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The Creation of the “Sealand Skull” and the Hoax It Unintentionally Inspired
by Tim Callahan and H.H. Løyche - Why We Are Not Hybrids of Earthling and Extraterrestrial Ancestry
- by David Zeigler
James Randi in Memoriam
- James Randi in Memoriam, 1928–2020
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James Randi and the Skeptical Movement
by Michael Shermer -
James Randi, Skeptic Extraordinaire
by Daniel Loxton - The Amazing Randi As Seen by Skeptic Magazine Artists
Cover Article
- How Did It All Begin?
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Cosmic Inflation, the Multiverse, and the Nature of Scientific Proof
by Brian Keating
Columns
- The SkepDoc
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Osteopathy Then and Now
by Harriet Hall, M.D.
Articles
- Havana Syndrome Skepticism
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A Report by the National Academy of Sciences Says Microwaves Caused an Array of Mysterious Health Complaints at the American Embassy in Cuba. Here’s Why We Should Be Skeptical. It Was Probably Psychogenic.
by Robert E. Bartholomew - Banning Huck
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Why Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Belongs in English Literature Curriculum Despite—Indeed Because—of its Use of the N-Word
by Kathleen Schultheis - Disillusioned
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Why Time, Causality, Consciousness, the Self, and Free Will Are Not Illusion
by Peter Kassan - The Future of Higher Education
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Reengineering Learning for a Post-Pandemic World
by Chris Edwards
Excerpt
- Close Calls
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When Nuclear Armageddon Threatened to Destroy Civilization
by David Barash
Junior Skeptic
- Conspiracy Theories
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As the world continues the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, we’ve learned that we’re facing another enemy just as dangerous as the virus: a plague of misinformation! Even while scientists, doctors, and nurses work around the clock to prevent illness and save lives, millions of others are being misled by stories they’ve heard about shadowy groups secretly scheming against society. False rumors about wicked conspiracies are as old as time. Some seem harmless. Others cost lives. Some rumors have even changed the course of history. How do conspiracy theories work? And what can we do about them? Let’s find out!
by Daniel Loxton
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