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Unmasking a Monster: My Role as a Nazi Hunter

Joe Nickell, PhD, is CSI’s senior research fellow. A former stage magician, private detective, and scholar, he has—since 1969—investigated numerous “strange” and unsolved mysteries, many of them celebrated cases. JOE NICKELL
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What Does It Mean to ‘Interpret ’ Quantum Mechanics?
Massimo Pigliucci is the K.D. Irani Professor of Philosophy at the City College of New York. His books include Nonsense on Stilts: How to Tell Science from Bunk (Chicago Press) and Philosophy of Pseudoscience (coedited with Maarten Boudry, Chicago Press). More by him at https://massimopigliucci.blog .
Medical Tests to Avoid
Harriet Hall, MD, also known as “The SkepDoc,” is a retired family physician, a CSI fellow, and an editor of the Science-Based Medicine blog. Her website is www.skepdoc. info.
The Mandela Effect: How False Memories Are Created
Massimo Polidoro is an investigator of the paranormal, lecturer, and cofounder and head of CICAP, the Italian skeptics group. His website is at www.massimopolidoro.com .
Yes, The Dunning-Kruger Effect Really Is Real
Stuart Vyse is a psychologist and author of Believing in Magic: The Psychology of Superstition, which won the William James Book Award of the American Psychological Association. He is a fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry.
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Mick West is a writer, investigator, and debunker who enjoys looking into the evidence behind conspiracy theories and strange phenomena and then explaining what is actually going on. He runs the Metabunk forum, tweets @mickwest, and is the author of the book Escaping the Rabbit Hole.
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