Skeptical Inquirer — Volume 30.2
March / April 2006
Argentina Mysteries
by Joe Nickell
Volume 30.2, March / April 2006
Investigative Files
While visiting Argentina, I was also able to take a look at some local mysteries with which I already had some familiarity.
Critical Thinking: What Is It Good for? (In Fact, What Is It?)
by Howard Gabennesch
Volume 30.2, March / April 2006
Article
Nearly everyone is in favor of critical thinking. This is evidence that the term is in danger of becoming meaningless.
In Search of Dracula
by Massimo Polidoro
Volume 30.2, March / April 2006
Notes on a Strange World
I recently had the opportunity to travel through Europe in search of the reality behind some famous ancient legends.
Abducted: How People Come to Believe They Were Kidnapped by Aliens
by Terence M. Hines
Volume 30.2, March / April 2006
Book Review
Review of the book by Susan A. Clancy
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Alien Abduction Analysis
by Terence M. Hines
Volume 30.2, March / April 2006
Book Review
Review of Abducted: How People Come to Believe They Were Kidnapped by Aliens. By Susan A. Clancy.
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Art Bell’s Show Broadcasts Sylvia Browne Failure about Mine Tragedy
by Ben Radford
Volume 30.2, March / April 2006
News & Comment
Self-proclaimed psychic Sylvia Browne, the best selling author and a regular on Larry King Live...
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A Constructive Look at Destructive Mental Health Trends
by Bruce Hartsell
Volume 30.2, March / April 2006
Book Review
Review of Destructive Trends in Mental Health: The Well-Intentioned Path to Harm. Edited by Wright and Cummings.
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The Big Bird, the Big Lie, God, and Science
by Jill Neimark
Volume 30.2, March / April 2006
Article
A young man claims to have amazing distant-healing powers, but a skeptical look at the fact raises serious questions.
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Carla Baron Psychic Detective Update
by Vaughn Rees
Volume 30.2, March / April 2006
News & Comment
Over the past twenty years, Carla Baron, a self-described psychic detective, claims to have solved some fifty cases...
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Commentary on John P.A. Ionnidis’s ‘Why Most Published Research Findings are False’
by Ray Hyman
Volume 30.2, March / April 2006
Research Review
We need to consider the prior or pre-study probability that a finding will be true to find the posterior or post-study...
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Court Decision in Dover Case a Victory for Good Science
by Kendrick Frazier
Volume 30.2, March / April 2006
From the Editor
The court decision in the Dover Intelligent Design case is cause for jubilation. For all of us who care deeply about science...
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Evolution Science’s Top Story of the Year
by Kendrick Frazier
Volume 30.2, March / April 2006
News & Comment
Each December, the editors of Science magazine, one of the world's leading scientific journals, review the most...
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Hoaxers, Hackers, and Policymakers
by Carolyn Meinel
Volume 30.2, March / April 2006
Article
How Junk Science Persuaded the FBI to Divert Terrorism Funding to Fight Hackers
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In Landmark Dover Decision, Judge Rules ID Is Not Science, Teaching It Is Unconstitutional
by Kendrick Frazier
Volume 30.2, March / April 2006
News & Comment
It was clear, strong, eloquent, and decisive. It ruled broadly on the merits of the case. And it dealt a stinging rebuke to...
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Is Evolutionary Psychology a Pseudoscience?
by Massimo Pigliucci
Volume 30.2, March / April 2006
Thinking About Science
Evolutionary psychology is the most current incarnation of what started out as sociobiology, a branch of evolutionary theory...
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It’s a Natural Selection: Evolution Amber Ale
by Amanda Chesworth
Volume 30.2, March / April 2006
News & Comment
Beer is an ancient invention, so, using the reasoning of proponents of long-forgotten Eastern mysticism and alternative...
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Kansas Professor Relieved of His Chair Over Comments Critical of Intelligent Design
by David Park Musella
Volume 30.2, March / April 2006
News & Comment
A furor has erupted over a graduate-level course that was to be offered at the University of Kansas in the Spring 2006 semester.
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Letters to the Editor
by The Editors
Volume 30.2, March / April 2006
Letters to the Editor
Responses to the November/December 2005 Skeptical Inquirer, Evolution and the ID Wars
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Loon Season in Canada
by Robert Sheaffer
Volume 30.2, March / April 2006
Psychic Vibrations
Paul Hellyer was Canada's Defence Minister from 1963-1967 under Prime Minister Lester Pearson, as well as later serving...
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Ludmil A. Chotkowski, M.D., 1916-2005, Challenged Chiropractic
by Frank Reiser
Volume 30.2, March / April 2006
News & Comment
Ludmil A. Chotkowski, M.D., died of a brain tumor at his home in Berlin, Connecticut, October 6, 2005, at the age of 89.
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The Memory Wars: Parts 2 and 3
by Martin Gardner
Volume 30.2, March / April 2006
Article
Most of the cases against priests for sexual abuse against young parishioners are supported by full confessions...
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‘Natural’ Childbirth
by Ben Radford
Volume 30.2, March / April 2006
Skeptical Inquiree
What's behind the current anti-science move toward the "natural" birth process?
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New Center for Inquiry Research Building Completed
by Paul Kurtz
Volume 30.2, March / April 2006
News & Comment
The new addition to the Center for Inquiry—Transnational's headquarters in Amherst, New York, has been completed.
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A Portrait of Darwin for Kids
by Greg Martinez
Volume 30.2, March / April 2006
Book Review
Review of Darwin and Evolution for Kids: His Live and Ideas with 21 Activities. by Kristan Lawson.
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The Power of Not Thinking Is Not Very Great
by Wesley Cecil
Volume 30.2, March / April 2006
Book Review
Review of Blink. By Malcolm Gladwell.
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The Rampant Politicization of Science
by Peter Lamal
Volume 30.2, March / April 2006
Book Review
Review of The Republican Ware on Science. By Chris Mooney.
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Rare Woodpecker, presumed Extinct, Found in Arkansas
by Ben Radford
Volume 30.2, March / April 2006
News & Comment
A chance sighting in Arkansas's Cache River National Wildlife Refuge of a presumed extinct woodpecker led to a 2005...
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Skepchicks Raise Profile of Female Skeptics
by Amanda Chesworth
Volume 30.2, March / April 2006
News & Comment
Anyone familiar with the skeptical community knows that the number of women involved in conferences, activism...
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‘We Find That ID Is Not Science’: Excerpts from the Dover Federal Court Ruling on Intelligent Design
by Judge John E. Jones III
Volume 30.2, March / April 2006
Special Report
Excerpts from the body of U.S. District Court Judge John E. Jones III's 139-page ruling in...
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The Wrong Question
by Ralph Estling
Volume 30.2, March / April 2006
Forum
A person from Porlock [...] dropped by for a chat the other day and to ask what I thought the purpose of life was.
