Robert Baker
Robert A. Baker is professor of psychology emeritus, University of Kentucky, Lexington.
Robert Baker Replies to Sheldrake
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 25.2, March / April 2001
Follow-up
Robert Baker's reply to Rupert Sheldrake
The Case of the Missing Poltergeist
Skeptical Briefs Volume 10.2, June 2000
Like many citizens, Fred Fudge reads the news during breakfast and, on rare occasions, even converses with Mrs. Fudge...
Can We Tell When Someone Is Staring at Us?
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 24.2, March / April 2000
Article
It is commonly believed that people can tell when someone is staring at them.
Art Bell’s Quickening Is Sickening
Skeptical Briefs Volume 7.4, December 1997
A Skeptic's Notebook
We’ve long known that Art Bell, night radio’s paranoid propagandist, knows how to rave and rant.
Prayer Wars
Skeptical Briefs Volume 7.3, September 1997
A Skeptic's Notebook
In 1994, we reported on Larry Dossey, who assured us that prayer can not only heal, but it also makes those who pray feel better
An Alien Taxonomy
Skeptical Briefs Volume 7.2, June 1997
A Skeptic's Notebook
Once the concept of extraterrestrials managed to dominate the media, it was inevitable that someone would establish a taxonomy.
Scientific Remote Viewing
Skeptical Briefs Volume 6.2, June 1996
A Skeptic's Notebook
Historians of the next century will no doubt regard January 1996 as the period of the greatest breakthrough in all of history.
Improving Scientific Literacy
Skeptical Briefs Volume 6.1, March 1996
Book Review
Review of The Myth Of Scientific Literacy by Morris H. Shamos
Have You Seen “The Light?”
Skeptical Briefs Volume 5.2, June 1995
If you haven't seen "the light", then you at least have read about it or have watched the illuminated discussing it on TV.
Nutty Professors, or Some Addled Academics?
Skeptical Briefs Volume 4.4, December 1994
A Skeptic's Notebook
Observers of the passing parade not so long ago used to refer to certain periods or times of the year as "the silly season."
If Looks Could Kill and Words Could Heal
Skeptical Briefs Volume 4.3, September 1994
A Skeptic's Notebook
There'd be a lot more dead and a lot fewer sick people around
Maybe They’re Onto Us After All
Skeptical Briefs Volume 4.3, September 1994
A Skeptic's Notebook
"I'm onto you people and I know what you've been up to. You and your cronies will not get away with it."
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