Skeptical Inquirer — Volume 30.4
July / August 2006
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Alien Autopsy Hoax Revealed—Again
by David Park Musella
Volume 30.4, July / August 2006
News & Comment
Many people have seen the black-and-white film showing the supposed postmortem examination of one of the extraterrestrials...
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‘Alien Rains’ of Kerala Not So Alien after All
by Ian Williams Goddard
Volume 30.4, July / August 2006
News & Comment
Since January 2006, news headlines the world over have advanced the claim that extraterrestrial microbes rained down on India.
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The Big Sleep or Just a Nap?
by Greg Martinez
Volume 30.4, July / August 2006
Book Review
Review of Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife. By Mary Roach.
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Body of Evidence
by Ben Radford
Volume 30.4, July / August 2006
Book Review
Reviews of books by Gillian Bennett and Jacqueline Simpson.
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Center for Inquiry Opens in India
by Austin Dacey
Volume 30.4, July / August 2006
News & Comment
Jawaharlal Nehru, the founder of modern India, famously called its mills and dams "temples of modern India."
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Dinosaur Adventure Land Slated for Demolition
by Greg Martinez
Volume 30.4, July / August 2006
News & Comment
Flamboyant young-earth creationist Kent Hovind may see his lucrative creationist theme park Dinosaur Adventure Land...
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Evolution’s Radical Future?
by James N. Gardner
Volume 30.4, July / August 2006
Book Review
Review of The Singularity is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology. By Ray Kurzweil.
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Explanatory Frameworks and Investigative Exposés
by Kendrick Frazier
Volume 30.4, July / August 2006
From the Editor
For every issue of SI we try to provide a nourishing variety of material. First, there's the variety of types of material...
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Florida Psychic Jailed for Fraud
by Greg Martinez
Volume 30.4, July / August 2006
News & Comment
Linda Marks, a self-proclaimed psychic who worked out of a Florida storefront pled guilty to three counts of wire fraud...
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Governor Snubs Kentucky Academy of Science About Intelligent Design
by David Ludden
Volume 30.4, July / August 2006
News & Comment
Kentucky Governor Ernie Fletcher recently snubbed the Kentucky Academy of Science in a discussion about whether I.D. should...
Houdini’s Impossible Demonstration
by Massimo Polidoro
Volume 30.4, July / August 2006
Notes on a Strange World
For years, Harry Houdini and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle were friends. One was an arch-skeptic while the other was a true believer.
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The Internet: A Shining Beacon of Truth
by Robert Sheaffer
Volume 30.4, July / August 2006
Psychic Vibrations
Where have all the UFOs gone? In recent months, three widely read articles have been published by thoughtful observers...
In Defense of the Higher Values
by Kendrick Frazier
Volume 30.4, July / August 2006
Comment and Opinion
When Paul Kurtz brought us to Buffalo 30 ago to found CSICOP, the nation was awash in what he called "The New Irrationalisms."
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Letters to the Editor
by The Editors
Volume 30.4, July / August 2006
Letters to the Editor
Responses to Skeptical Inquirer 30.2, Cyberterrorism: Hoaxes Hackers and Policymakers
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A Lively Guide to Resisting Bogus Reasoning
by Mark Durm
Volume 30.4, July / August 2006
Book Review
Crimes Against Logic: Exposing the Bogus Arguments of Politicians, Priests, Journalists, and Other Serial Offenders.
Magnet Therapy: A Billion-dollar Boondoggle
by Bruce Flamm
Volume 30.4, July / August 2006
Article
About a billion dollars a year is now spent on "magnet therapy," which is claimed to eliminate many symptoms and diseases.
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One Big STEP: Another Major Study Confirms That Distant Prayers Do Not Heal the Sick
by Bruce Flamm
Volume 30.4, July / August 2006
News & Comment
For almost a decade, investigators at six academic medical centers including Harvard and the Mayo Clinic have been working...
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The Philosophy behind Pseudoscience
by Mario Bunge
Volume 30.4, July / August 2006
Article
Every intellectual endeavor, whether authentic or bogus, has an underlying philosophy.
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The Philosophy behind Pseudoscience
by Mario Bunge
Volume 30.4, July / August 2006
Article
Every intellectual endeavor, whether authentic or bogus, has an underlying philosophy.
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Please Pass the Globster
by Ben Radford
Volume 30.4, July / August 2006
Skeptical Inquiree
"What is a globster and where can I find one?"
Riddle of the Crystal Skulls
by Joe Nickell
Volume 30.4, July / August 2006
Investigative Files
Around the world are found mysterious artifacts, crystal skulls that many New Age enthusiasts believe possess mystical powers.
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Saving a Disenchanted World with Astrology?
by Geoffrey Dean
Volume 30.4, July / August 2006
Book Review
Review of Cosmos and Psyche: Intimations of a New World View. By Richard Tarnas.
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Science Is for Sale (And It’s Not Only for the Money)
by Ragnar Levi
Volume 30.4, July / August 2006
Article
Until all types of threats to scientific integrity are discussed and handled more effectively, they jeopardize the validity...
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A Sweedish Professorship in Parapsychology
by Jesper Jerkert and Sven Ove Hansson
Volume 30.4, July / August 2006
News & Comment
When the Danish margarine manufacturer Poul Thorsen died in 1962, he had recently bequeathed a large sum of money for...
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When Philosophy Matters
by Massimo Pigliucci
Volume 30.4, July / August 2006
Thinking About Science
Philosophy is often accused of being out of touch with reality, the esoteric pursuit of a vanishing academic elite that...
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Why Great Thinkers Sometimes Fail to Think Critically
by D. Alan Bensley
Volume 30.4, July / August 2006
Article
Why did two great thinkers, Arthur Conan Doyle and Alfred Russel Wallace, believe in spiritualism and other paranormal claims?
Why Quantum Mechanics Is Not So Weird after All
by Paul Quincey
Volume 30.4, July / August 2006
Article
Feynman's "least-action" approach to quantum physics shows that it is just classical physics constrained by a simple mechanism.
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The Wrong Stuff: Men’s Magazine’s Psychic Columnist
by Ben Radford
Volume 30.4, July / August 2006
News & Comment
While popular women's magazines have for decades featured regular astrology columns, magazines aimed at the men's market have...
