Skeptic | 24.1
Skeptic magazine examines extraordinary claims, promotes science and reason, and serves as an educational tool for those seeking a sound scientific viewpoint.
For over 25 years, Skeptic has been on the forefront of skeptical inquiry and groundbreaking science, publishing insightful articles on a vast number of subjects including: evolution, creationism, cults, revisionism, conspiracy theories, near-death and out-of-body experiences, mass hysterias, urban myths, altered states of consciousness, science vs. pseudoscience, fraud and hoaxes, history vs. pseudohistory, magic and the paranormal, the use and abuse of theory and statistics, medical and psychiatric claims, the scope and limitations of science and technology, gender and race issues in science, artificial intelligence, cultural influences on science and scientific influences on culture, the capacities and limitations of the human body, and many more…
Our editor-in-chief, Dr. Michael Shermer, has been called the most prominent skeptic in America. His numerous books and media appearances, as well as his 214 monthly columns in Scientific American have made Skeptic magazine a respected voice.
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Bound within each issue of Skeptic is Junior Skeptic magazine. While written for younger readers, it provides an outstanding summary of classical paranormal topics, and is one of the favorite parts of the magazine for adults as well. Its editor, Daniel Loxton, recently won Canada’s prestigious Best Science Book Award for Young Readers.
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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in Skeptic 24.1.
The SkepDoc
BY HARRIET HALL, M.D.
FOR MOST PEOPLE, RADIATION IS VERY scary. You can’t see it; you may not know if you’ve been exposed. We’ve all read the horror stories about Hiroshima and Nagasaki....
The Gadfly
BY CAROL TAVRIS
MANY YEARS AGO, when my husband first told me he loved me, I sat up and asked him, “What exactly do you mean by that?” Clearly, you can take critical thinking too far. I might ...
Making Gasoline from Water
BY DAN PLAZAK WE HAVE ALL HEARD THE STORY. The inventor of a cheap gasoline-from-water process mysteriously disappears, after having been (pick one) bought off, intimidated, or murdered, by agents of...
Online Gaming
BY JOHN GLYNN EVERY AGE HAS ITS OWN FORM OF STORYTELLING, AND video gaming appears to be a defining narrative of today’s culture. Most of us grew up in a gaming environment, whether it involved playi...
Duped by Data Mining
BY GARY SMITH
The photo for this illustration is of the Alabama Hills in California. It was taken by David Patton.
DATA MINING INVOLVES RANSACKING DATA AND searching for patterns, without b...
How Science Will Explain and Fix Fake News
BY DAVID COWAN THE INSTANT, GLOBAL SPREAD OF INFORMATION through the Internet clearly benefits us as individuals and as a civilization. But the Internet can also be wielded to spread disinformation, ...