Skeptical Inquirer — Volume 35.5
September/October 2011
Civilizations Lost and Found: Fabricating History - Part One: An Alternate Reality
by Kenneth Feder, Bradley T. Lepper, Terry A. Barnhart, and Deborah A. Bolnick
Volume 35.5, September/October 2011
Article
The Lost Civilizations of North America documentary is one in a long line of failed attempts to populate America’s ancient past with the denizens of lost tribes, lost cities, and, as its title indicates, lost civilizations.
The Haunted Brain
by Richard Wiseman
Volume 35.5, September/October 2011
Article
Reports of alleged ghostly activity tell us a great deal about the innermost workings of our brains.
The Perpetual Quest
by Dimitry Rotstein
Volume 35.5, September/October 2011
Article
How to make a perpetual motion device and live to tell about it.
The Life and Death of ‘Living God’ Sathya Sai Baba
by Ryan Shaffer
Volume 35.5, September/October 2011
Special Report
Sathya Sai Baba, a living god for nearly forty million people, died in April. He had a nine-billion-dollar organization and religious centers throughout the world. Who was Baba? Why was he thought to be a god?
In Search of the Emerald Grail
by Joe Nickell
Volume 35.5, September/October 2011
Investigative Files
Il Sacro Catino, “The Holy Basin,” is one of the most famous embodiments of the legendary “Holy Grail,” and I was able to study both it and its legend there in the fall of 2009, attempting to resolve some of the mysteries and controversies concerning it.
Selling Stem Cell Hype
by Steven Novella
Volume 35.5, September/October 2011
The Science of Medicine
Stem cells have tremendous potential, and they will likely be playing an increasing role in medical therapies over the next twenty years. But reality has yet to catch up with the hype.
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An Ambitious, Hopeful Response to 9/11
by Charles M. Wynn Sr.
Volume 35.5, September/October 2011
Commentary
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When the Shrinks Ignore Science, Sue Them
by James D. Herbert and Richard Redding
Volume 35.5, September/October 2011
Commentary
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Engineering Truth
by Robert Blaskiewicz
Volume 35.5, September/October 2011
Special Report
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The Flying Spaghetti Monster and the Pastafarian Quatrains
by Jonathan C. Smith
Volume 35.5, September/October 2011
Forum
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Why Belief Always Comes First
by Harriet Hall
Volume 35.5, September/October 2011
Book Review
A review of The Believing Brain by Michael Shermer
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Eight Impediments to Rationality
by Peter Lamal
Volume 35.5, September/October 2011
Book Review
A review of Believing Bullshit: How Not to Get Sucked into an Intellectual Black Hole by Stephen Law
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A Flawed Attempt to Reconcile Religion and Science
by Jim Clark
Volume 35.5, September/October 2011
Book Review
A review of The Language of Science and Faith: Straight Answers to Genuine Questions by Karl W. Giberson and Francis S. Collins
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A Modern Fable about Science and Religion
by Joe Szimhart
Volume 35.5, September/October 2011
Book Review
A review of The Monkey Bible: A Modern Allegory by Mark Laxer
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Who Really Wants Reliable Scientific Information?
by Kendrick Frazier
Volume 35.5, September/October 2011
From the Editor
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The Myth of Chastity Belts
by Massimo Polidoro
Volume 35.5, September/October 2011
Notes on a Strange World
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On Miracles–Again
by Massimo Pigliucci
Volume 35.5, September/October 2011
Thinking About Science
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Commie Nazi Saucer Crashed at Roswell
by Robert Sheaffer
Volume 35.5, September/October 2011
Psychic Vibrations
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Dowsing: Dubious, Discredited, and Dangerous
by Ben Radford
Volume 35.5, September/October 2011
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