Skeptical Inquirer
Skeptical Inquirer is the official journal of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry. Six times per year Skeptical Inquirer publishes critical scientific evaluations of all manner of controversial and extraordinary claims, including but not limited to paranormal and fringe-science matters, and informed discussion of all relevant issues. In addition to news, articles, book reviews, and investigations on a wide variety of topics, Skeptical Inquirer has a stellar stable of regular columnists including Joe Nickell (“Investigative Files”), Massimo Polidoro (“Notes on a Strange World”), Massimo Pigluicci (“Thinking About Science”), Robert Sheaffer (“Psychic Vibrations”), and SI managing editor Benjamin Radford's reader-driven (“The Skeptical Inquiree”). Yale University neurologist Steven Novella, M.D., founder of the New England Skeptical Society and executive editor of the Science-Based Medicine blog, contributes a new "The Science of Medicine" column, and contributing editor Kenneth W. Krause adds a regular science column, "ScienceWatch."
Surly-Ramic’s Amy Davis Roth
by Amy Davis Roth
Volume 36.5, September/October 2012
Feature
I design jewelry that advocates education and science and that celebrates the brave, emerging society of freethinkers that I find myself a part of. It’s nice to be able to carry around a small piece of art that represents skepticism and the rational ideals that are helping to make this world a better place.
Skeptic Trumps: A Satirical Skeptic Card Game
by Tim Farley
Volume 36.5, September/October 2012
Feature
The skeptical community’s growth has led to many unanticipated creative projects, particularly online. One such project is Skeptic Top Trumps, a virtual deck of playing cards featuring caricatures of popular skeptics.
In the Key of Type: A Conversation with Marian Call
by Kylie Sturgess
Volume 36.5, September/October 2012
Feature
Art and skepticism do complement each other wonderfully in her work, but Call has slightly a different perspective: “In the end, I feel I’m firmly on the skeptic side, I believe. But I don’t see picking a side as my role as an artist. I see communication as my role.” Kylie Sturgess interviewed Call about her music and where skepticism harmonizes with art.
Skewed Skepticism: Bizarro Piraro
by Ben Radford
Volume 36.5, September/October 2012
Feature
A conversation with award-winning cartoonist, fine artist, and stand-up comedian Dan Piraro.
CSI’s Balles Prize Goes to Richard Wiseman for Paranormality
by Barry Karr
Volume 36.5, September/October 2012
News & Comment
The Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (CSI) will award its 2011 Robert P. Balles Annual Prize in Critical Thinking to psychologist Richard Wiseman for his book Paranormality: Why We See What Isn’t There.
Sixth World Skeptics Congress–Berlin 2012
by Kylie Sturgess
Volume 36.5, September/October 2012
News & Comment
The conference, held in Berlin from May 18–20, 2012, was a lively mixed gathering of people with a great number of countries represented both on the stage and in the audience.
Alien Mug Shots: The Ten Best (or Worst) Photos of Aliens
by Massimo Polidoro
Volume 36.5, September/October 2012
Notes on a Strange World
Once you take out those plainly fake and the more suspicious looking ones all you are left with are about ten photos. These are, essentially, “mug shots” of wanted extraterrestrials. Here is my personal list of the best (or worst) photos of aliens.
Neurologic Illness or Hysteria? A Mysterious Twitching Outbreak
by Joe Nickell
Volume 36.4, July/August 2012
Feature
Six cases were reported, then twelve, then fifteen and counting as the story captured attention across the United States and beyond. I twice visited Le Roy on behalf of the Skeptical Inquirer, to talk with parents and others involved, visit relevant sites, and otherwise investigate this strange outbreak.
The Social and Symbolic Power of AIDS Denialism
by Nicoli Nattrass
Volume 36.4, July/August 2012
Feature
AIDS denialism has proved socially resilient because dissident “hero scientists” provide legitimacy, “cultropreneurs” offer fake cures in the place of antiretroviral treatment, and HIV-positive “living icons” seem to provide proof of concept.
Eyewitness to the Paranormal: The Experimental Psychology of the ‘Unexplained’
by Matthew J. Sharps
Volume 36.4, July/August 2012
Feature
Research in experimental psychology has shown that many paranormal sightings fall directly within the realm of eyewitness memory. Experiments reveal that such “sightings” derive from the psychology of the observers rather than from supernatural sources. Experiments show these proclivities.
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