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
One Young Man’s Struggle against Louisiana’s Creationist Lobby
by Zack Kopplin
Special Articles
January 17, 2013
When I became a senior in high school, I finally recognized that no one had launched a repeal of the LSEA and no one was going to. For my high school senior project, I decided I had to stand up and take on creationism in Louisiana. I partnered with Senator Karen Carter Peterson, who has now sponsored two bills to repeal the LSEA.
Homeopathy: A Critique of Current Clinical Research
by Edzard Ernst
Skeptical Inquirer · Article · Volume 36.6
An evaluation of the clinical research by the group that has published most of the papers in homeopathy, 2005–2010, finds numerous flaws in the design, conduct, and reporting along with a tendency to overinterpret weak data.
In the Media: 2012 Activities of Joe Nickell
by Joe Nickell
Special Articles
January 16, 2013
CSI’s Senior Research Fellow, Joe Nickell, continued his work investigating the world’s strangest mysteries.
CFI Kenya Report: The Results of Superstition in Africa and Our Humanist Efforts
by George Ongere
Special Articles
January 14, 2013
Humanists in Africa have put anti-superstition campaigns as one of their top priorities. Not only has superstition caused people to lose property and given the youths a bleak future, but it has also made people lose their lives.
The Pseudoscience of Live Blood Cell Analysis
by Thomas Patterson
Skeptical Inquirer · Article · Volume 36.6
Of the many aspects of alternative medicine, one of the most bizarre is live blood cell analysis. This unapproved blood test supposedly identifies nutritional deficiencies and other nebulous conditions.
Information Cycle of Violence
by Robert Blaskiewicz
Special Articles · The Conspiracy Guy
January 11, 2013
New media, especially YouTube, has changed the public’s relationship to news and information in a way that has made conspiracy theories not only more prevalent but also a much more participatory pursuit. For this reason, it is vital that any student of conspiracy theory attain some degree of media literacy. A good place to start is with the information cycle.
