Skeptical Inquirer
Skeptical Inquirer is the official journal of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry. Six times per year Skeptical Inquirer publishes critical scientific evaluations of all manner of controversial and extraordinary claims, including but not limited to paranormal and fringe-science matters, and informed discussion of all relevant issues. In addition to news, articles, book reviews, and investigations on a wide variety of topics, Skeptical Inquirer has a stellar stable of regular columnists including Joe Nickell (“Investigative Files”), Massimo Polidoro (“Notes on a Strange World”), Massimo Pigluicci (“Thinking About Science”), Robert Sheaffer (“Psychic Vibrations”), and SI managing editor Benjamin Radford's reader-driven (“The Skeptical Inquiree”). Yale University neurologist Steven Novella, M.D., founder of the New England Skeptical Society and executive editor of the Science-Based Medicine blog, contributes a new "The Science of Medicine" column, and contributing editor Kenneth W. Krause adds a regular science column, "ScienceWatch."
Can We Really Tap Our Problems Away? A Critical Analysis of Thought Field Therapy
by Brandon A. Gaudiano and James D. Herbert
Volume 24.4, July / August 2000
Op-Ed
Thought Field Therapy llacks even basic empirical support and exhibits many of the trappings of a pseudoscience.
Aura Photography: A Candid Shot
by Joe Nickell
Volume 24.3, May / June 2000
Investigative Files
At psychic fairs and other popular venues, "aura" photographic portraits are all the rage.
The Power of Prayer
by Nicholas Humphrey
Volume 24.3, May / June 2000
Follow-up
Response to Irwin Tessman and Jack Tessman's article in the March/April 2000 Skeptical Inquirer
The New Bogus Majestic-12 Documents
by Philip J. Klass
Volume 24.3, May / June 2000
Special Report
The new crashed-saucer documents, like their 1987 predecessors, are riddled with flaws.
Mass Delusions and Hysterias: Highlights from the Past Millennium
by Robert E. Bartholomew and Erich Goode
Volume 24.3, May / June 2000
Feature
Over the past millennium, mass delusions and hysterical outbreaks have taken many forms.
ET, You’ve Got Mail
by Robert Sheaffer
Volume 24.2, March / April 2000
Psychic Vibrations
UFOlogy in America
The Demon-Haunted Sentence: A Skeptical Analysis of Reverse Speech
by Tom Byrne and Matthew Normand
Volume 24.2, March / April 2000
Feature
Advocates of reverse speech propose that it is a direct path to the unconscious mind.
The Secrets of Oak Island
by Joe Nickell
Volume 24.2, March / April 2000
Investigative Files
Joe Nickell on Canada's best-known mystery
Can We Tell When Someone Is Staring at Us?
by Robert Baker
Volume 24.2, March / April 2000
Feature
It is commonly believed that people can tell when someone is staring at them.
The Ten Outstanding Skeptics of the Twentieth Century
by The Editors
Volume 24.1, January / February 2000
Feature
Who are the outstanding skeptics of the twentieth century? We put that question to an elite group of scholars...