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 35.5
September/October 2011
Selected articles by:
What's New?
Hello, Grandmother—What Big Eyes You Have
by Michelle Blackley
November 16, 2011
A review of Little Red Riding Hood (DVD).
Introducing the Menrva Foundation for Science and Reason
by Menrva Foundation
November 9, 2011
Founded in 2011, the Menrva Foundation for Science and Reason is striving to popularize science in Indonesia.
The 9/11 Truth Movement: The Top Conspiracy Theory, a Decade Later
by Dave Thomas
Skeptical Inquirer · Feature · Volume 35.4
After ten years, the pesky 9/11 Truth movement has refined its arguments but still hasn’t proved the attacks were an inside job. Their key claims are refuted on multiple grounds.
A Bestiary of the 9/11 Truth Movement: Notes from the Front Line
by Jamie Bartlett and Carl Miller
Skeptical Inquirer · Feature · Volume 35.4
Two social scientists describe their experience confronting the 9/11 Truth movement in the United Kingdom after they published a paper linking conspiracy theories with extremist ideology.
Conflicts of Interest in Alternative Medicine
by Edzard Ernst
Skeptical Inquirer · Commentary · Volume 35.4
I am, of course, talking about a different type of conflict: the one that is created by strong belief and evangelic conviction.
Medium Allison DuBois Is Tested—and Fails—in the Real World
by Ryan Shaffer
Skeptical Inquirer · Special Report · Volume 35.4
Allison DuBois, the best-selling author who inspired the recently cancelled television show Medium, claims to have amazing psychic abilities. But when her skills are tested in the real world—first with a missing-child case and then at a dinner party on reality-TV—they prove less than stellar.