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James Alcock

James E. Alcock is professor of psychology, Glendon College, York University, Toronto.

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Tributes to Barry Beyerstein, Champion of Critical Thinking, Skeptical Inquiry

Skeptical Inquirer Volume 31.6, November / December 2007

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Barry Beyerstein is dead. I have lost a friend and colleauge of thirty-plus years, and you, dear reader, have lost a champion...

Electronic Voice Phenomena: Voices of the Dead?

December 21, 2004
Electronic Voice Phenomena: Voices of the Dead?

What if, instead the dead could speak to us directly, without the middle person?

In Praise of Ray Hyman

Skeptical Inquirer Volume 28.2, March / April 2004

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In Praise of Ray Hyman

Remarks about Ray Hyman delivered by James Alcock in presenting Hyman the In Praise of Reason Award

The Belief Engine

Skeptical Inquirer Volume 19.3, May / June 1995

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The Belief Engine

Our brains and nervous systems are belief-generating machines, which evolved to assure not truth and reason, but survival.

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