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CONSPIRACIES!

Who believes in conspiracies and why? Read real conspiracy theories and conspiracies with no theories in the latest issue of SKEPTIC magazine, available now.

COLUMNS
The SkepDoc: Anti-Aging Myths, by Harriet Hall, M.D. • The Gadfly: The Gadfly How Would You Design a “Code of Conduct”? by Carol Tavris

ARTICLES
Why People Believe Conspiracy Theories, by Michael Shermer • Apples and Oranges: The Misunderstood Art of Making Comparisons • Drone Sightings in the Midwest — But Rule Out the Mass Hysteria Explanation • What Board Games Teach Us About Capitalism and How to Modify It • Meditation as Ideology and Meditations on Meditation: A Scientific and Clinical Perspective • Biological Beauty • Integrative Cancer Care Below the Bar of Science • Can We Ever Explain It All? Eight Key Points from World History • Countless Counterfeits: A New Logically Fallacy?

DEBATE
Why We Are Living in a Post-Truth Era, by Lee McIntyre • The Truth About Post-Truth Truthiness, by Michael Shermer

REVIEWS
Reviews of: The Genealogical Adam and Eve: The Surprising Science of Universal Ancestry; Artificial Intelligence: A Guide for Thinking Humans; The Secret History of Magic: The True Story of the Deceptive Art; The Life and Afterlife of Harry Houdini; and Houdini: The Life and Times of the World’s Greatest Magician

JUNIOR SKEPTIC
Are You Eating Fake Food? by Daniel Loxton