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Subliminal Tapes: How to Get the Message Across
by Brady J. Phelps and Mary E. Exum
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 16.3, Spring 1992
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Pseudoscience is alive and well. One reason for this is that members of the scientific community do a poor job...
The Cargo-Cult Science of Subliminal Persuasion
by Anthony R. Pratkanis
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 16.3, Spring 1992
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Imagine that it is the late 1950s-a time just after the Korean War, when terms like brainwashing and mind control were...
Subliminal Perception: Facts and Fallacies
by Timothy E. Moore
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 16.3, Spring 1992
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Can the meaning of a stimulus affect the behavior of observers in some way in the absence of their awareness of the stimulus?
Magic Melanin: Spreading Scientific Illiteracy Among Minorities
by Bernard Ortiz De Montellano
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 16.2, Winter 1992
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Afrocentric beliefs include a range of tenets. One of the fundamental ideas is that Egypt is the source of civilization...
Multicultural Pseudoscience: Spreading Scientific Illiteracy Among Minorities
by Bernard Ortiz De Montellano
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 16.1, Fall 1991
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There is general agreement that minorities are underrepresented in science and engineering...
A Field Guide to Critical Thinking
by James Lett
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 14.4, Fall 1990
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There are many reasons for the popularity of paranormal beliefs in the United States today, including:
The Great East Coast UFO of August 1986
by James Oberg
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 10.4, Summer 1986
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An Illuminating UFO case raises several interesting points.
The Nazca Drawings Revisited: Creation of a Full-Sized Duplicate
by Joe Nickell
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 7.3, Spring 1983
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Re-creation of a 440-foot Nazca figure on a Kentucky field shows how the Peruvian drawings were most likely made.
Space Travel in Bronze Age China?
by David N. Keightley
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 3.1, Fall 1978
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Ancient monuments, cave drawings, texts, and legends have been cited by many "UFOlogists" to show that visitors from...
Critical Reading, Careful Writing, and the Bermuda Triangle
by Larry Kusche
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 1.2, Spring / Summer 1977
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In August 1977, the College Entrance Examination Board issued a report concerning the causes of the continuing decline of the...