Skeptical Briefs — Volume 26.3
Fall 2016
A Champlain ‘Croc’ of Mythic Proportions
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by Scott Mardis
Volume 26.3, Fall 2016
The idea that the “monsters” of Lake Champlain (assuming they exist) are either crocodiles or animals with a crocodilian metabolism is poorly supported by the available evidence.
Mystery Coin of the Yukon
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by Joe Nickell
Volume 26.3, Fall 2016
Investigative Files
According to raconteur Ed Ferrell in his Strange Stories of Alaska and the Yukon (1996, 120), the coin “appeared to have been minted before the Ice Age”
Reflections on Sean Carroll’s The Big Picture
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by Felipe Nogueira
Volume 26.3, Fall 2016
Skepticism and Science
Carroll is a poetic naturalist, and he does a great job throughout the book of differentiating fundamental from emergent phenomena, highlighting that both are real.
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Chemtrails Kill… Dude!
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by Ian Harris
Volume 26.3, Fall 2016
We have all probably run into at least one person who is convinced there is a government conspiracy at hand.
