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
Enfield Poltergeist
by Joe Nickell
Skeptical Inquirer · Investigative Files · Volume 36.4
In August 1977, a series of disturbances that were soon characterized as a case of poltergeist phenomena or even demonic possession began in Enfield, a northern suburb of London.
Decoding Immortality and Jabbed: Love, Fear and Vaccines
by Kylie Sturgess
Special Articles · Curiouser and Curiouser
October 15, 2012
An Interview with Science Television Creator Sonya Pemberton.
The Non-Mysterious Mass Illness in Le Roy, New York
by Steven Novella
Skeptical Inquirer · The Science of Medicine · Volume 36.4
The “mystery illness” has become a Rorschach test of sorts: people see in the illness a diagnosis that fits their worldview or pet cause. But now that the dust has settled somewhat on this outbreak, what can we reliably say about it?
What’s Going On in Our Minds?
by Paul Brown
Skeptical Inquirer · Book Review · Volume 36.4
A review of Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman.
50 Popular Mistaken Beliefs
by Leo Igwe
Special Articles
October 12, 2012
A review of 50 Popular Beliefs that People Think are True by Guy Harrison.
South Korean Skeptics Work to Promote Science-Based Medicine
by Uiwon, Hwang
Special Articles
October 10, 2012
My name is Uiwon, Hwang, 35 years old. I majored in railroad engineering at university and worked as a rolling stock driver after graduating. I always had some interest in the global scientific skepticism movement, a rare case in Korea. This is how I started to work in the field of scientific journalism.
