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eSkeptic for June 5, 2019
In this issue: Science Salon # 69 with Dr. Brian Keating; PLUS Robert Sheaffer on How a Multimedia Entertainment Company Created a UFO News Story.
eSkeptic for January 17, 2018
In this week’s eSkeptic, Tim Callahan reviews Unacknowledged: An Exposé of the World’s Greatest Secret, a new Netflix documentary, purporting to provide proof of alien visitation, that fails to deliver.
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Unsubstantiated:
A new Netflix documentary purporting to provide proof of alien visitation fails to deliver
Tim Callahan reviews Unacknowledged: An Exposé of the World’s Greatest Secret, a new Netflix documentary, purporting to provide proof of alien visitation, that fails to deliver.
eSkeptic for December 20, 2017
In this week’s eSkeptic Seth Andrews recounts how he became a card-carrying skeptic; Science Salons 15 and 16 are now available to watch for free online; Sam Harris and Michael Shermer will dialogue live in Austin, TX, in March.
eSkeptic for December 6, 2017
In this week’s eSkeptic, Campus Craziness: A New War on Science, in the latest edition of Skeptic magazine (22.4); UFOs, Chemtrails, and Aliens on MonsterTalk; and Dr. Robert Trivers discusses The Evolutionary Genetics of Honor Killings.
Science Salon # 15
Donald Prothero & Timothy Callahan — UFOs, Chemtrails, and Aliens: What Science Says
In Science Salon # 15 — UFOs, Chemtrails, and Aliens — Prothero and Callahan explore why such demonstrably false beliefs thrive despite decades of education and scientific debunking.
eSkeptic for September 20, 2017
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Ultraterrestrials
How useful are eyewitness reports and “investigations” by UFO proponents? In this week’s eSkeptic, psychology professor Dr. Terence Hines reviews How UFOs Conquered the World: The History of a Modern Myth, by David Clarke.
eSkeptic for August 23, 2017
How useful are eyewitness reports and “investigations” by UFO proponents? In this week’s eSkeptic, psychology professor Dr. Terence Hines reviews How UFOs Conquered the World: The History of a Modern Myth, by David Clarke.
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