Skeptical Inquirer — Notes of a Fringe-Watcher
Swedenborg and Dr. Oz
by Martin Gardner
Volume 34.5, September/October 2010
Notes of a Fringe-Watcher
It is not widely known that Oz has been profoundly influenced by Emanuel Swedenborg, a Swedish Protestant fundamentalist who, late in life, became...
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James Arthur Ray: New Age Guru and Sweat Lodge Culprit
by Martin Gardner
Volume 34.2, March / April 2010
Notes of a Fringe-Watcher
In recent years Sedona, Arizona, has become a popular haven for New Age cults of all shades. Why Sedona? Partly because of its superb scenery and sunlight,...
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Thomas Gold: Is the Origin of Oil Nonbiological?
by Martin Gardner
Volume 34.1, January / February 2010
Notes of a Fringe-Watcher
Thomas Gold was born in Vienna in 1920 and died in Ithaca, New York, in 2004 at age eighty-four. Few scientists since Kepler have combined such brilliant...
Bill Maher: Crank and Comic
by Martin Gardner
Volume 33.6, November / December 2009
Notes of a Fringe-Watcher
Well-known stand-up comic Bill Maher has joined the ranks of the Big-D atheists, Richard Dawkins and Daniel Dennett...
Bobby Fischer: Genius and Idiot
by Martin Gardner
Volume 33.5, September / October 2009
Notes of a Fringe-Watcher
Is it possible for someone to be extremely intelligent and creative in a certain field and at the same time...
‘Dr.’ Bearden’s Vacuum Energy
by Martin Gardner
Volume 31.1, January / February 2007
Notes of a Fringe-Watcher
One of the strangest books ever written about modern physics was published in 2002, and reprinted two years later.
Multiverses and Blackberries
by Martin Gardner
Volume 25.5, September / October 2001
Notes of a Fringe-Watcher
The philosopher Charles Sanders Peirce somewhere remarked that unfortunately universes are not as plentiful as blackberries...
Notes of a Fringe-Watcher: Distant Healing and Elisabeth Targ
by Martin Gardner
Volume 25.2, March / April 2001
Notes of a Fringe-Watcher
Gardner recalls the paranormal claims of Elisabeth Targ
The Star of Bethlehem
by Martin Gardner
Volume 23.6, November / December 1999
Notes of a Fringe-Watcher
As Christmas approaches, churches will be celebrating the birth of Jesus, with many references to the Star of Bethlehem.
What’s Going On At Temple University?
by Martin Gardner
Volume 22.5, September / October 1998
Notes of a Fringe-Watcher
In recent years Temple University has become a center for the promulgation of some of the wildest aspects of pseudoscience.
Doug Henning and the Giggling Guru
by Martin Gardner
Volume 19.3, May / June 1995
Notes of a Fringe-Watcher
In the 1970s, Doug James Henning’s Magic Show ran on Broadway for more than four years.
