Committee for Skeptical Inquiry

Volume 25, Number 3, May June

• Buy this back issue
• The Pokémon Panic of 1997
• From the Editor's Seat: 25 Years of Science and Skepticism
• CSICOP Timeline: A Capsule History in 85 Easy Steps
• Investigative Files: In Search of Fisher's Ghost
• White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine is Biased

Articles

The Shrinking Filedrawer
On the Validity of Statistical Meta-analyses in Parapsychology
It may be easier to explain parapsychological experiments on the basis of chance than has been previously thought.
Douglas M. Stokes

The Pokémon Panic of 1997
In 1997, an episode of the cartoon Pokémon allegedly induced seizures and other ailments in thousands of Japanese children. Though popularly attributed to photosensitive epilepsy, the episode has many of the hallmarks of mass hysteria.
Benjamin Radford

The Antinoüs Prophecies
A Nostradamoid Project
The prophecies of Nostradamus are said to foretell events centuries in his future. Are the prophecies merely verbal ink blots to which humans "fit" events? Here's a test using random simulations.
Clifford A. Pickover

Common Myths of Children's Behavior
A number of false beliefs about children's behavior are very common among parents and the lay public. This article summarizes scientific findings and applies critical thinking to show what's tripped up so many of us.
Catherine Fiorello

Bertrand Russell and the Ideal of Critical Receptiveness
Russell's rational and moderate skepticism entails an ideal of inquiry based on critical receptiveness which views the acquisition of knowledge as difficult but not impossible.
William Hare

CSICOP's 25th Anniversary

From the Editor's Seat: 25 Years of Science and Skepticism
Kendrick Frazier

Science vs. Pseudoscience, Nonscience, and Nonsense
Twenty-Five Years of CSICOP
James Alcock

CSICOP Timeline: A Capsule History in 85 Easy Steps
Kendrick Frazier

Columns

Editor's Note

News and Comment

• Skeptics Challenge Psychic Mediums on CNN's Larry King Live
• Evolution Returns to Kansas: Board Supports Science Standards
• Urban Legend Makes International News
• Fox Special Questions Moon Landing But Not Its Own Credulity
• Richard Wiseman Tries to Tune into Ever-Elusive ESP
• Faster than Light? Well, Yes and No

Conference Report

• Gobbledygook and Charm: Still the Right Formula for Selling Snake Oil
  Melissa Pollak

• White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine is Biased
  Paul Kurtz

Investigative Files
In Search of Fisher's Ghost
Joe Nickell

Follow-Up

• Putting a Better Face on the 'Face' on Mars
  Gary P. Posner

Science Best Sellers

Articles of Note

Letters to the Editor

Book Reviews

The New Know-Nothings: The Political Foes of the Scientific Study of Human Nature
By Morton Hunt
Scott O. Lilienfeld
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Mean Genes: From Sex to Money to Food: Taming Our Primal Instincts
By Terry Burnham and Jay Phelan
Daniel Grassam
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