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
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Latest Articles
Conspiracy Theory Roundup (February 9, 2013)
by Robert Blaskiewicz
Special Articles · This Week in Conspiracy
February 26, 2013
The Conspiracy Theory Roundup is an ongoing series of news items from around the web relevant to connoisseurs of conspiracism.
13 Is Their Lucky Number
by Jim Underdown
Special Articles
February 13, 2013
The IIG is—we believe—the largest paranormal investigations team in the world. With affiliate groups in several states and a Canadian province, we are in the process of creating an international network of trained investigators who will not only look into paranormal, fringe science, and extraordinary claims in their own regions, but also administer the IIG $50,000 Challenge.
The Gore Orphanage Hauntings
by Josh Hunt
Skeptical Briefs · Volume 22.3
According to legend, a place called Gore Orphanage housed a hundred or so orphans. One night, either by malicious intent or by a tragic accident, the orphanage burned to the ground. I was told this story when I was a kid growing up in Ohio and thought that it was time to find out if there was any truth to it.
The Wisdom of Not Understanding
by Ben Radford
Skeptical Briefs · Volume 22.3
When people don’t understand something they are told, there are three possibilities or root causes.
Bill Cooke Visits CFI-Kenya
by George Ongere
Special Articles
February 6, 2013
From January 7 to 11, our current Director of International Programs at CFI, Bill Cooke, visited Kenya to have a look at the expansive programs CFI-Kenya has been undertaking.
A Fiery Death: Murder or ‘Spontaneous Combustion’?
by Joe Nickell
Skeptical Briefs · Investigative Files · Volume 22.3
This is the story of a fiery death that became a cold case—a mystery unsolved since 1847. It begins with an elderly Frenchman, whose badly burned body suggested to authorities that it may have been set afire to conceal evidence of foul play.
