[ THE TIME WARP: SKEPTICISM REVISITED—FROM THE FUTURE
When Pseudoscience Dies: A Biorhythm Case Study
CRAIG A. FOSTER, MCKENNA DUFF, PAIGE HATFIELD
Craig A. Foster is a CSI fellow and director of research and evaluation at Northshore School District in Bothell, Washington. McKenna Duff is pursuing a master’s degree in social work at Hunter-Silberman School of Social Work. Paige Hatfield is pursuing a master’s degree in mental health counseling at Butler University.
Welcome aboard friends! In “The Time Warp,” we aren’t constrained by the space-time continuum. We use Skeptical Inquirer’s rich history to examine skepticism …from the future.
On this voyage, we travel to Spring/ Summer 1978 to examine The Skeptical Inquirer Vol. 2, no. 2.
Some pop-culture beats to capture the tempo of the time: Paramount Pictures released Grease, starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John ( June 16); Barry Manilow’s “Copacabana” debuted ( July 7); and the first test tube baby was born in the United Kingdom (July 25).
And skeptical was the word, the word that you heard. With this fourth issue, The Skeptical Inquirer became the journal’s official title. The old title, The Zetetic, was relegated to the subtitle.
Editor Kendrick Frazier provided his first From the Editor,where he reaffirmed the journal’s commitment to promoting scientific skepticism.