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In Memoriam:
Pat Linse (1947–2021)

: Tributes written by Michael Shermer, Daniel Loxton, Donald Prothero, Brian Dalton, Harriet Hall, Ralph Lewis, Carol Tavris, Tim Callahan, Kevin McCaffree, James Gurney, and Bill Nye

Columns

The SkepDoc: Dietary Supplements and Deception
by Harriet Hall, M.D.
MetaSkepticism: When Conspiracists Psychoanalyze
by Mick West

Excerpt

Thought Experiments: What Good are they, Anyway?
by Chris Edwards
Expert Bullshit Detection: by John V. Petrocelli

Cover Articles on UFOS & UAPS (UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL PHENOMENA)

: On the cover: painting by Ástor Alexander. The big questions—are we alone? And if not, what does it mean?
U.S. Government Says UFOs are “Real”: An Analysis of the 60 Minutes Investigation
by Mick West
Unidentified: Are UFOs and UAPs Ordinary, Extraordinary Terrestrial, or Extraordinary Extraterrestrial Phenomena?
by Michael Shermer

Articles

Anti-Vaccination in the Age of COVID-19: Dangerous Pseudoscience Doubles Down
by Raymond Barglow & Margret Schaefer
5G Conspiracy Theories and Other Popular Delusions: by Sean Kelly
The Paradox of Free Will: by Dennis Middlebrooks
Inequality: Why Women?: A Plausible Sociocultural Explanation for the Persistence and Universality of Gender Inequality Over Thousands of Years
by Dolores Newton and Jefferson M. Fish
How Science Works (and Why Pseudoscience Fails): by Steve Sobel
Pandemic Politics: How 2020 Impacted Americans’ Social and Political Attitudes
by Anondah Saide, Kevin McCaffree, and Marshall McCready

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