Skeptical Inquirer — Volume 33.2
March / April 2009
Bearing False Witness for Profit
by Greg Martinez
Volume 33.2, March / April 2009
Book Review
To say that people love a good story is cliché, but the problem with that statement is that 'love' is too mild a term.
A Christian Physicist’s Dispatch from the Evolution Wars
by Glenn Branch
Volume 33.2, March / April 2009
Book Review
Review of Saving Darwin: How to Be a Christian and Believe in Evolution by Karl W. Giberson
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Critique of ‘The Bipolar Bamboozle’
by Nigel Bark
Volume 33.2, March / April 2009
Follow-up
As a psychiatrist, I see a lot of adults diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Yet I am a bit skeptical of the expansion of...
Curious Contrails: Death from the Sky?
by Ben Radford
Volume 33.2, March / April 2009
Skeptical Inquiree
Is someone or something criss-crossing our skies with poisonous vapor trails that fall to Earth?
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Deep History or Shallow Cognition? Cognitive Biases and ‘Esoteric History’
by John Ray
Volume 33.2, March / April 2009
Article
A host of new media productions have reignited the belief that extraterrestrial visitors aided early human civilization...
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Dutch, Belgian Creationist Groups Unite to Bring Anti-Evolution Message to Six Million
by Stefaan Blancke
Volume 33.2, March / April 2009
News & Comment
The upcoming year-long celebration of Darwin's 200th birthday (February 12, 2009) is causing a lot of excitement...
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Happy Birthday, Mr. Darwin
by Kendrick Frazier
Volume 33.2, March / April 2009
From the Editor
You are going to be hearing a lot about Charles Darwin this year. Deservedly so. February 12 was his 200th birthday...
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How to Get Rich Quickly with ‘Alternative’ Medicine
by Edzard Ernst
Volume 33.2, March / April 2009
Forum
"Alternative" medicine is undoubtedly popular and therefore profitable. The latest report from Mintel...
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The Information You’ve Been Provided Ain’t Necessarily So
by Peter Lamal
Volume 33.2, March / April 2009
Book Review
Review of Stat-Spotting: A Field Guide to Identifying Dubious Data by Joel Best.
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It’s Scary, But Not the Way They Intend
by Brian Thompson
Volume 33.2, March / April 2009
Film Review
Review of Paranormal State: Season One DVD set.
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Judge Jones and the Science/Religion Debate at Ohio State
by Kenneth Nichols
Volume 33.2, March / April 2009
News & Comment
In the course of her teaching career, Susan Fisher has had to cope with a serious problem that often hindered her ability to...
Lessons about Burdens on American Cryptology
by Kendrick Frazier
Volume 33.2, March / April 2009
Featurette
The Winds message controversy does have lessons about burdens and pressures on pre-war American cryptology.
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New Books
by The Editors
Volume 33.2, March / April 2009
Abstracts of recently published books of interest to skeptics
The Pearl Harbor ‘Winds Message’ Controversy: A New Critical Evaluation
by Kendrick Frazier
Volume 33.2, March / April 2009
Article
A new investigation by the NSA confirms that a Japanese message was not heard until after the attack on Pearl Harbor began.
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The Potential Habitable Zone on Saturn’s Moon Enceladus
by Felix Wasiak
Volume 33.2, March / April 2009
Article
Recent discoveries from NASA's Cassini spacecraft have led many scientists to believe that microorganisms found on Earth...
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Questioning Conventional Wisdom on Science-Related Issues
by Kenneth W. Krause
Volume 33.2, March / April 2009
Book Review
Review of Physics for Future Presidents: The Science Behind the Headlines by Richard A. Muller
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Response to the Critique of the ‘Bipolar Bamboozle’
by Stephen Flora
Volume 33.2, March / April 2009
Follow-up
The critique by Nigel Bark, whose work has been sponsored by ten drug companies, is disingenuous and furthers the bamboozle.
Science and Antiscience in America: Why It Matters
by Elizabeth Sherman
Volume 33.2, March / April 2009
Article
If science doesn’t inform the decisions we make, the consequence is that people suffer.
Science, Reason, and the Obama Administration
by Kendrick Frazier
Volume 33.2, March / April 2009
Comment and Opinion
The Obama White House could hardly have a more distinguished set of people in the key science positions.
Searching for Vampire Graves
by Joe Nickell
Volume 33.2, March / April 2009
Investigative Files
It should not be surprising that there have been instances of reputed vampirism in the United States.
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Six Common Medical Myths that Gain Wide Attention
by The Editors
Volume 33.2, March / April 2009
News & Comment
In a study published in the December 2008 issue of the British Medical Journal two health researchers at...
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The Tree of Life
by Massimo Pigliucci
Volume 33.2, March / April 2009
Thinking About Science
Darwin famously drew only one figure in The Origin of Species, which was published 150 years ago...
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UFOs by the Numbers
by The Editors
Volume 33.2, March / April 2009
News & Comment
Opinion polls about UFOs are always dissatisfying to science-oriented people because they usually ask about belief rather...
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What Do Skeptics Need to Explain?
by Dale Beyerstein
Volume 33.2, March / April 2009
Follow-up
Robert Sheaffer has (along with James Alcock and Ray Hyman) given skeptics a piece of really good advice...
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What Open-Mindedness Requires
by William Hare
Volume 33.2, March / April 2009
Article
If we are to steer a course between being obstinantly defensive and wantonly credulous, it is important to understand...
