Skeptical Inquirer — Volume 22.5

September / October 1998
Coincidences: Remarkable or Random?
by Bruce Martin
Volume 22.5, September / October 1998
Article
The very nature of randomness assures that combing random data will yield some pattern.
How to Study Weird Things
by Frank Trocco
Volume 22.5, September / October 1998
Article
Strategies for increasing students' aptitude and analytical reasoning without disenchanting them with science.
Uncritical Publicity for Supposed ‘Independent UFO Investigation’ Demonstrates Media Gullibility
by Robert Sheaffer
Volume 22.5, September / October 1998
News & Comment
In 1998, major media outlets were suddenly filled with accounts that an scientists had taken a fresh look at the UFO question.
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.
