Skeptical Inquirer — Volume 21.5
September / October 1997
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.
Alternative Medicine and the Laws of Physics
by Robert L. Park
Volume 21.5, September / October 1997
Article
Mechanisms proposed to account for the alleged efficacy of alternative treatments involve serious misrepresentations of physics.
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.
Why Bogus Therapies Seem to Work
by Barry L. Beyerstein
Volume 21.5, September / October 1997
Article
At least ten kinds of errors and biases can convince intelligent, honest people that cures have been achieved when they have not
