Skeptic Magazine 25.2 Zurück Ausgabe

GIVING THE DEVIL HIS DUE: WHEN SHOULD SPEECH BE CENSORED?

COLUMNS
The SkepDoc: Electronic Screen Syndrome: Is It Real?, by Harriet Hall, M.D. • The Gadfly: Travels Within the Feminist Divide by Carol Tavris

ARTICLES
Giving the Devil His Due, by Michael Shermer • Claims About a Government “UFO Program” — How Much is True? • Religious Intolerance, Witchcraft, Superstition, and Underdevelopment in Africa • Ark of Absurdities: Creationism Comes to Brazil • The Mystery of Göbekli Tepe: A New Chapter in History • What’s to be Gained Through Rationality? • Where and Why Science and Religion Conflict • The Conditions Under Which Common, Everyday Bullshit is Most Likely to Emerge

EXCERPT
Ptolemy Revisited: The Return of Earth-Centered Cosmology

REVIEWS
Reviews of: Poisoner in Chief: Sidney Gottlieb and the CIA Search for Mind Control; Conspiracy Theories and the People Who Believe Them; Estrogen Matters: Why Taking Hormones in Menopause Can Improve Women’s Well-Being and Lengthen Their Lives—Without Raising the Risk of Breast Cancer

JUNIOR SKEPTIC
The Howling Horror of Werewolves! by Daniel Loxton