Committee for Skeptical Inquiry

Volume 26, Number 1, January February

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• A University's Struggle With Chiropractic
• Snaring the Fowler: Mark Twain Debunks Phrenology
• 10th European Skeptics Congress: Rise and Development of Paranormal Beliefs in Eastern Europe
• Investigative Files: Voodoo in New Orleans

Articles

Myths of Murder and Multiple Regression
Econometric modeling has failed as a method of resolving controversies about issues such as gun control, capital punishment, and homicide rates. The continued use of models that have no demonstrated predictive ability is a form of junk science.
Ted Goertzel

Education, Scientific Knowledge, and Belief in the Paranormal
Education may not be the antidote to paranormal thinking that some observers imagine. Even scientific knowledge and scientific reasoning correlate inconsistently with paranormalism. Here's a new look at the relationship between these two seemingly contradictory dimensions.
Erich Goode

A University's Struggle With Chiropractic
York University recently rejected a merger with a chiropractic college. The deliberation process leading up to this decision illustrates how susceptible universities can be to overtures by colleges of alternative medicine. Lessons learned from this situation may prove helpful for institutions facing similar temptations in the future.
Michael De Robertis

Snaring the Fowler: Mark Twain Debunks Phrenology
In the 1870s Mark Twain performed a single-blind reliability test on the analysis technique of Lorenzo Niles Fowler, one of the eminent phrenologists of the day.
Delano José Lopez

Three Skeptics' Debate Tools Examined
Occam's razor, assigning burden of proof, and Sagan's phrase about extraordinary claims are often misunderstood. In a debate it always pays to know why these tools work.
Alvaro Caso

Special Report

Mickey Mouse Discovers the 'Real' Atlantis
Paul S. Hardersen

Atlantis Behind the Myth: No Way, No How, No Where
Kevin Christopher

Columns

Editor's Note

News And Comment

• Astrology Teaching May Enter Universities in India
• Poptronics' Readers Say 'Thumbs Down' to Pseudoscience
• What's New? Four More Reports from the Weird Science Front
• John Edward's Televised Tragedy Séance Scrapped

Conference Report
10th European Skeptics Congress: Rise and Development of Paranormal Beliefs in Eastern Europe
Martin Mahner

Notes of a Fringe-Watcher
Some Thoughts About Induction
Martin Gardner

Investigative Files
Voodoo in New Orleans
Joe Nickell

New Books

Science Best Sellers

Forum

• 'Geology Confronts Creationism': An Undergraduate Science Curriculum
  Mark A. Wilson
• Explaining the Cheese
  Ralph Estling
• SI: In Need of a Psychic
  Alan Miller

Follow-Up

• Alternative Veterinary Medical Treatments: A Misrepresentation?
  Karen R. Muñana
• Robert A. Imrie Responds
  Robert A. Imrie

READERS FORUM ON SCIENCE AND RELIGION 2001

Letters to the Editor

Book Reviews

The Psychology of the Psychic
By David Marks
James E. Alcock

How To Make A Paranoid Laugh: Or, What is Psychoanalysis?
By François Roustang
Peter Lamal
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From the Wandering Jew to William F. Buckley, Jr.
By Martin Gardner
Mark Durm
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Nibbling on Einstein's Brain:
The Good, the Bad and the Bogus in Science
By Diane Swanson
Benjamin Radford
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