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
Skeptic Trumps: A Satirical Skeptic Card Game
by Tim Farley
Skeptical Inquirer · Article · Volume 36.5
The skeptical community’s growth has led to many unanticipated creative projects, particularly online. One such project is Skeptic Top Trumps, a virtual deck of playing cards featuring caricatures of popular skeptics.
In the Key of Type: A Conversation with Marian Call
by Kylie Sturgess
Skeptical Inquirer · Article · Volume 36.5
Art and skepticism do complement each other wonderfully in her work, but Call has slightly a different perspective: “In the end, I feel I’m firmly on the skeptic side, I believe. But I don’t see picking a side as my role as an artist. I see communication as my role.” Kylie Sturgess interviewed Call about her music and where skepticism harmonizes with art.
Skewed Skepticism: Bizarro Piraro
by Ben Radford
Skeptical Inquirer · Article · Volume 36.5
A conversation with award-winning cartoonist, fine artist, and stand-up comedian Dan Piraro.
CSI’s Balles Prize Goes to Richard Wiseman for Paranormality
by Barry Karr
Skeptical Inquirer · News & Comment · Volume 36.5
The Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (CSI) will award its 2011 Robert P. Balles Annual Prize in Critical Thinking to psychologist Richard Wiseman for his book Paranormality: Why We See What Isn’t There.
Appreciating Science: A New Approach to Science in our World
by Sharon Hill
Special Articles · Sounds Sciencey
November 14, 2012
Members of the public don’t know much about science, and they seem fine to leave science to the scientists. That’s Trouble.
Sixth World Skeptics Congress–Berlin 2012
by Kylie Sturgess
Skeptical Inquirer · News & Comment · Volume 36.5
The conference, held in Berlin from May 18–20, 2012, was a lively mixed gathering of people with a great number of countries represented both on the stage and in the audience.
