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."
The Ghost Planet
by Terence M. Hines
Volume 22.1, January / February 1998
Book Review
The planet Vulcan? Hey, wasn't that just a made-up planet Gene Roddenberry created for Star Trek?
Open Minds and the Argument from Ignorance
by Jonathan E. Adler
Volume 22.1, January / February 1998
Article
Arguments from ignorance fallaciously infer that since a hypothesis has not been disproved, it is reasonable to believe it.
E-mailed Antigens and Iridium’s Iridescence
by Robert Sheaffer
Volume 22.1, January / February 1998
Psychic Vibrations
Many readers of this magazine will no doubt recall the 1988 fiasco of so-called “memory water”...
Snow Job in the Himalayas
by Joseph P. Szimhart
Volume 22.1, January / February 1998
Book Review
Review of Snowboarding to Nirvana By Frederick Lenz
The Battle Between Political Agendas and Science
by Gwen A. Burda
Volume 21.6, November / December 1997
Featurette
On June 6, in Boulder, Colorado, hailstones fell from the sky and a tornado touched down for the first time in Boulder's history
Science, Scientism, and Anti-Science in the Age of Preposterism
by Susan Haack
Volume 21.6, November / December 1997
Article
We are in danger of losing our grip on the concepts of truth, evidence, objectivity, disinterested inquiry.
Hidden Messages and The Bible Code
by Dave Thomas
Volume 21.6, November / December 1997
Article
"Hidden messages" can be found anywhere, provided the seeker is willing and able to harvest the immense field of possibilities.
Dark Skies Uses Pseudo-Sagan to Recast Astronomer’s Motives
by C. Eugene Emery Jr.
Volume 21.5, September / October 1997
Media Watch
Only five months after his death, astronomer Carl Sagan was turned into a government conspirator in a worldwide UFO coverup.
Skeptical Simpsons Episode Spoofs Aliens, Pseudoscience
by Mike Brown
Volume 21.5, September / October 1997
News & Comment
It’s rare that a popular, prime-time network television show turns out to be a “slam dunk” for skeptics.
The Truth Is, They Never Were ‘Saucers’
by Robert Sheaffer
Volume 21.5, September / October 1997
Psychic Vibrations
June 24 marked the fiftieth anniversary of the day UFOs were discovered, or else invented, whichever you prefer.
