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
Famous Alien Abduction in Pascagoula: Reinvestigating a Cold Case
by Joe Nickell
Skeptical Inquirer · Special Report · Volume 36.3
Among reports of extraterrestrial encounters, the 1973 claim of two Mississippi men to have been taken aboard a flying saucer remains controversial. Was it a real encounter or a hoax? Or is that a false dichotomy?
Thinking: An Unnatural Act
by Harriet Hall
Skeptical Inquirer · Book Review · Volume 36.3
A review of Unnatural Acts: Critical Thinking, Skepticism, and Science Exposed! by Robert Todd Carroll.
Ghost Author? The Channeling of ‘Patience Worth’
by Joe Nickell
Skeptical Inquirer · Investigative Files · Volume 36.3
Pearl Lenore (Pollard) Curran (1883–1937), wife of John H. Curran of St. Louis, began in 1913 to receive poems and novels, via Ouija board, from a seventeenth-century Puritan english woman named “Patience Worth.”
Enemies, Mostly Domestic
by Robert Blaskiewicz
Special Articles · The Conspiracy Guy
September 17, 2012
The last month has seen a disturbing number of high-profile mass shootings, and these events, when filtered through the conspiratorial worldview, become distorted and magnified in strange and interesting ways.
Helping the Truth Get its Shoes On: Sharon Hill and the Long Slog of Skepticism
by Paul Fidalgo
Special Articles
September 13, 2012
Inspired by her upcoming presentation at CSICon 2 in Nashville next month, CFI’s Paul Fidalgo talked to Sharon about what makes her tick, how we can process the implausible claims made in the modern news media, and how to talk about it with friends and family when they seem to be buying the hype.
Weird news: Believe it? Or not?
by Sharon Hill
Special Articles · Sounds Sciencey
September 13, 2012
Every day, I scour the Internet for news. Not just any news. Weird news. What bizarre thing was seen, heard, or found today?
