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.
Now Online: Skeptical Inquirer Volume 37.1
January/February 2013
Selected articles by:
Latest Articles
Have You Seen “The Light?”
by Robert Baker
Skeptical Briefs · Volume 5.2
If you haven't seen "the light", then you at least have read about it or have watched the illuminated discussing it on TV.
UFOs Over Disney: Just Plain Goofy
by Seth Shostack
Skeptical Briefs · Letters · Volume 5.2
A letter from SETI Senior Astronomer Seth Shostak to Disney Chairman Michael Eisner.
The Curse of Clarity Returns!
by Tom Flynn
Skeptical Briefs · Beyond Belief · Volume 5.2
Effects technology has made countless strides since Star Wars launched the revolution in 1977...
Caveat Specter
by Tim Madigan
Skeptical Briefs · Volume 5.2
If you're planning to sell a home in New York State, there are a few things you should notify the prospective buyer about.
Doug Henning and the Giggling Guru
by Martin Gardner
Skeptical Inquirer · Notes of a Fringe-Watcher · Volume 19.3
In the 1970s, Doug James Henning’s Magic Show ran on Broadway for more than four years.
The Belief Engine
by James Alcock
Skeptical Inquirer · Article · Volume 19.3
Our brains and nervous systems are belief-generating machines, which evolved to assure not truth and reason, but survival.
