The Committee for Skeptical Inquiry
The mission of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry is to promote scientific inquiry, critical investigation, and the use of reason in examining controversial and extraordinary claims.
New Articles from Skeptical Inquirer Volume 34.3
May / June 2010
Selected articles by:
What's New?
The Last Exorcism
by LaRae Meadows
Voice in the Dark (theater)
September 9, 2010
Even though I love to see skepticism positively portrayed in a movie, I can't help but feel disappointed by the shameless burglarizing of the history of horror.
Skepticism and the Singularity
by Karen Stollznow
The Naked Skeptic
August 20, 2010
The futurist concept of "the singularity" is far from Aldous Huxley's early futurist ideas of subliminal learning and reproductive technology in Brave New World
Skepticism is Best Left to the Skeptics
by Barrett Brown
All Info All Ways
August 20, 2010
Foreign Policy runs a regular feature titled "Think Again," in which one or another contributor addresses an issue he deems has been misunderstood.
When Scientists Actually Change Their Minds
by Mark Boslough
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 34.3, May / June 2010
Broecker's esteem among scientists was not diminished when he changed his mind. The Younger Dryas impact proponents would do well to follow his example.
War of the Weasels
by Dave Thomas
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 34.3, May / June 2010
How an intelligent design theorist was bested in a public math competition by a genetic algorithm—a computer simulation of evolution.
Did a Cosmic Impact Kill the Mammoths?
by David Morrison
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 34.3, May / June 2010
The rise and fall of the theory that cosmic catastrophes altered human prehistory in North America.
How to Test a Miracle
by Massimo Polidoro
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 34.3, May / June 2010
Luigi Garlaschelli and I were asked if we would be interested in testing a twenty-two-year-old mystic woman who talked with the Virgin Mary
Power Balance Technology
by Harriet Hall
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 34.3, May / June 2010
Carrying a Power Balance card in your pocket will supposedly improve your athletic performance and cure what ails you.
Abductions and Hoaxes
by Joe Nickell
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 34.3, May / June 2010
The evidence provided by Stan Romanek that purports to prove he has been repeatedly visited or contacted by extraterrestrials is all of a suspicious nature.
Chasing the Ghost Bird
by Ben Radford
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 34.3, May / June 2010
The ivory-bill has captured the imagination of people the world over for a very long time.

