Skeptical Inquirer — Volume 28.4

July / August 2004
Capital Punishment and Homicide: Sociological Realities and Econometric Illusions
by Ted Goertzel
Volume 28.4, July / August 2004
Article
Does executing murderers cut the homicide rate? Comparative studies show no effect. Econometric models show mixed results.
Fundamental Cosmological Understanding Eludes Us
by James N. Gardner
Volume 28.4, July / August 2004
Book Review
Review of The Fabric of the Cosmos by Brian Greene
Pranks, Frauds, and Hoaxes from Around the World
by Robert Carroll
Volume 28.4, July / August 2004
Article
It's pretty easy to hoax people. We all want to be deceived, but only up to a point.
Toutatis Threatens Totally
by Robert Sheaffer
Volume 28.4, July / August 2004
Psychic Vibrations
Heads up—the End of the World is coming again!
