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: Skeptical Inquirer magazine
Vol. 19, No. 3, May/June 1995
Articles
- The Belief Engine
by James Alcock - Our brains and nervous systems constitute a belief-generating
machine, a system that evolved to assure not truth, logic, and
reason, but survival. The belief engine has seven major
components.
- The Skeptical Position: Is It Tenable?
by John Beloff - If the "skeptical position" regarding parapsychology is to be
tenable, says Beloff, it must apply not only to the latest
experimental evidence--where repeatability on demand may
forever elude investigators--but also to historical cases.
Responses by Susan Blackmore, Ray Hyman, Paul Kurtz, James
Alcock, Martin Gardner.
- Mediumship: Is It Mixed or Just Mixed Up?
by Gordon Stein - How should one approach the rationalization that catching a
psychic or medium cheating is no reason to believe they always
cheat? Here's a suggestion.
- A Young Grand Canyon?
by Timothy H. Heaton - A university geologist critiques a creationist geologist's
arguments that the Grand Canyon in particular and the Earth in
general are not as they seem to science.
- Ancient Aluminum? Looking for the Real Heart of a
Legend
by Gerhard Eggert - The incredible story is still being repeated and amplified even
after almost 2,000 years. Is there any real basis for it?
What accounts for its longevity?
- Crop Circle Mania Wanes
by Joe Nickell - In the field among the (remaining) cerealogists, an afternoon adventure.
Book Reviews
Psychic Sleuths edited by Joe NickellReviewed by Robert Baker
Lysenko and the Tragedy of Soviet Science by Valery
N. Soyfer
Reviewed by Graydon John Forrer
Drums Along the Congo by Rory Nugent
Reviewed by John H. Acorn
New Books
Articles of Note
Editor's note
by Kendrick Frazier
News and Comment
- Academy Proposes Science Education Overhaul
- The Geller Case Ends
- New Eye on Nature
- 'X-Files' Error Leaves Viewers Wondering
- A Letter to Ann Landers
Boulder Critical Thinking Workshop
by J. P. McLaughin
Notes of a Fringe-Watcher
Doug Henning and the Giggling Guru
by Martin Gardner
Media Watch
Tales from the TV Talk Shows
by C. Eugune Emery, Jr.
Follow-Up
Empirical Evidence for Reincarnation?
A Reply to Leonard Angel
by Ian Stevenson
Forum
Postmodernism and New Age Unreason
by George Englebretsen
Letters to the Editor
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