Skeptical Inquirer — Volume 35.4
July/August 2011
The 9/11 Truth Movement: The Top Conspiracy Theory, a Decade Later
by Dave Thomas
Volume 35.4, July/August 2011
Article
After ten years, the pesky 9/11 Truth movement has refined its arguments but still hasn’t proved the attacks were an inside job. Their key claims are refuted on multiple grounds.
A Bestiary of the 9/11 Truth Movement: Notes from the Front Line
by Jamie Bartlett and Carl Miller
Volume 35.4, July/August 2011
Article
Two social scientists describe their experience confronting the 9/11 Truth movement in the United Kingdom after they published a paper linking conspiracy theories with extremist ideology.
Conflicts of Interest in Alternative Medicine
by Edzard Ernst
Volume 35.4, July/August 2011
Commentary
I am, of course, talking about a different type of conflict: the one that is created by strong belief and evangelic conviction.
Medium Allison DuBois Is Tested—and Fails—in the Real World
by Ryan Shaffer
Volume 35.4, July/August 2011
Special Report
Allison DuBois, the best-selling author who inspired the recently cancelled television show Medium, claims to have amazing psychic abilities. But when her skills are tested in the real world—first with a missing-child case and then at a dinner party on reality-TV—they prove less than stellar.
A Slam-Dunk Debunk
by Matt Crowley
Volume 35.4, July/August 2011
Book Review
A review of Tracking the Chupacabra: The Vampire Beast in Fact, Fiction, and Folklore by Benjamin Radford
Photos of Ghosts: The Burden of Believing the Unbelievable
by Massimo Polidoro
Volume 35.4, July/August 2011
Notes on a Strange World
Seeing photos of ghostly faces and figures floating around in the air must have been quite a shock to our ancestors.
What Is Acupuncture?
by Steven Novella
Volume 35.4, July/August 2011
The Science of Medicine
We must first define what acupuncture actually is before we can ask whether acupuncture works. This is not as easy as it might seem.
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Dave Thomas vs. Jesse Ventura: The Skeptical Smackdown
by Ben Radford
Volume 35.4, July/August 2011
Article
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‘Messages’ from the 9/11 Dead
by Joe Nickell
Volume 35.4, July/August 2011
Article
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Deliberate Ignorance
by Keith Taylor
Volume 35.4, July/August 2011
Forum
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The 2012 Doomsday Hoax: Update II
by David Morrison
Volume 35.4, July/August 2011
Follow-up
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Personal Genomics: The Fine Line between Science and Narcissism
by Massimo Pigliucci
Volume 35.4, July/August 2011
Book Review
A review of Here Is a Human Being: At the Dawn of Personal Genomics by Misha Angrist
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Escaping Mortality
by Daniel Grassam
Volume 35.4, July/August 2011
Book Review
A review of Long for This World: The Strange Science of Immortality by Jonathan Weiner
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He Sees Dead People
by Robert Sheaffer
Volume 35.4, July/August 2011
Book Review
A review of The Key: A True Encounter by Whitley Strieber
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Examining 9/11 Conspiracy Theories
by Kendrick Frazier
Volume 35.4, July/August 2011
From the Editor
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The Séances of ‘Hellish Nell’: Solving the Unexplained
by Joe Nickell
Volume 35.4, July/August 2011
Investigative Files
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Popper vs. Kuhn: The Battle for Understanding How Science Works
by Massimo Pigliucci
Volume 35.4, July/August 2011
Thinking About Science
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2012: Peter Gersten’s ‘Leap of Faith’
by Robert Sheaffer
Volume 35.4, July/August 2011
Psychic Vibrations
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Women and High-End Science: Nurture or Nature, Prejudice or Preference?
by Kenneth W. Krause
Volume 35.4, July/August 2011
Science Watch
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Is There a 100C Grain of Truth to Homeopathy?
by Ben Radford
Volume 35.4, July/August 2011
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