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Skeptical Inquirer

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Promoting scientific inquiry, critical thinking, science education, and the use of reason in examining important issues with our magazine, Skeptical Inquirer.

Amherst, NY Katılım Mart 2009
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"To call him a giant of pseudo-archaeology is perhaps to miss the point; his insistence that everything one has been taught is a lie, generated by powers unknown but ever-present, has come to dominate not only popular science but politics." skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/reme…
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"To me, this is just a cop out signifying disinterest in hearing an opposing view, although this phrase can be a valid conclusion to a discussion of opinion, such as 'original Star Trek was better than Next Generation.'" skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/lets…
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"This is the process by which institutions validate unreliable claims. Universities now use their credibility to wash the stains off weak claims, filtering pseudoscience through degree programs and endowed chairs." skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/epis…
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"Even those of us who were fiercely critical of the Swiss author acknowledge that von Däniken was spectacularly successful at marketing his hypothesis beginning with that first book ... He clearly touched a nerve and milked it for decades[.]" skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/ehri…
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Tomorrow, 7pm ET. Facts don’t persuade the way skeptics like to think they do. Social psychologist Barry Markovsky breaks down what actually moves people off bad ideas and why logic alone usually fails. Free Skeptical Inquirer Presents. Live: skepticalinquirer.org/video/strategi…
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Castles attract ghost stories the way old houses attract drafts. In this archival piece, Joe Nickell visits famous castles and checks the stories, tracing where they came from, and pointing out where they fall apart:skepticalinquirer.org/2005/11/legend… Atmosphere isn't evidence. Never was.
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If a method fails every controlled test, it’s not misunderstood. It’s wrong. Facilitated Communication keeps coming back because people confuse belief with proof. This piece walks through the history and the damage without sugarcoating it: skepticalinquirer.org/2015/07/the-re…
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Before 1800, making it to your fifth birthday was basically a coin toss. Tonight’s Skeptical Inquirer Presents is a blunt history of how evidence (not vibes) gave us longer lives. Bertha Vazquez. 7pm ET. Free. Live on SI platforms + CFI YouTube: skepticalinquirer.org/video/the-surv…
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