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The Committee for Skeptical Inquiry promotes science and scientific inquiry, critical thinking, science education, and the use of reason in examining important issues. It encourages the critical investigation of controversial or extraordinary claims from a responsible, scientific point of view and disseminates factual information about the results of such inquiries to the scientific community, the media, and the public.

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Skeptical Inquirer Magazine

CSI's flagship magazine, Skeptical Inquirer, explores extraordinary claims from a scientific perspective. It examines what the scientific community knows about controversial subjects within the realms of the paranormal and elsewhere. The magazine exposes pseudoscience and provides expert commentary on hot button issues within society. It avoids the sensationalism often presented by the press, television, and movies and provides critical thinking tools to examine the information presented within the media and online.

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The use of the English libel laws to silence critical discussion of medical practice and scientific evidence discourages debate, denies the public access to the full picture and encourages use of the courts to silence critics. The British Chiropractic Association has sued Simon Singh for libel. The scientific community would have preferred that it had defended its position about chiropractic through an open discussion in the medical literature or mainstream media.

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Does Science Unite?

Austin Dacey

Does science foster a universal culture? Julian Huxley thought so, and wrote this into the mandate of the U.N. What happened?

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Skeptical Briefs Newsletter

Become a CSI associate to receive the quarterly newsletter. From the March 2009 issue:

Special Features

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Hans Holzer, Dean of Ghost Hunters
obituary by Joe Nickell

Methodological and Statistical Issues in Adult Nutritional Research
by Reynold Spector

The Planets on New Year's Day by Kendrick Frazier

Science, Reason, and the Obama Adminsitration by Kendrick Frazier

Joe Nickell Exorcises the Nonsense out of Reverend Larson interview on CNN

Skeptical Inquirer aids high school science teacher and students correspondance between Barry Karr and Jamye Johnston

CSI’s Robert P. Balles Award Goes to New York Times Science Writer Natalie Angier by Nathan Bupp

An Evening With James Randi and Friends by Jon Cohen

Controversy Erupts Over Errors, Bias in Textbook by Henry Huber

Moving Beyond Gore’s Message: A Look Back (and Ahead) at Climate Change Communications by Matthew C. Nisbet

‘Psychics’ Fail to Foresee Their Own Fortunes by Joe Nickell

The Healthy Skeptic: Do you really need to know your antioxidant level? by Chris Woolston

 


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