THE LAST LAUGH

CSICon in Limelight, The Selfish Gene Revisited

“... promotes scientific inquiry, critical investigation, and the use of

cfi CENTER FOR INQUIRY

Center for Inquiry and Richard Dawkins Foundation Now Formally Merged

FTC Will Regulate Marketing of Homeopathic Drugs

An agency of the federal government is finally taking systematic

CSICON LAS VEGAS: CONFERENCE REPORT

CSICOP invented the skeptics’ conference. Over the past four decades,

CSICon 2016 Lights Up Las Vegas

Can one be simultaneously dazzled and disabused? Indulging in flights

The Enlightenment Wrapped Up in an Organizational Package

Excerpts from Center for Inquiry CEO Robyn Blumner's welcoming remarks at CSICon 2016 Las Vegas

Maria Konnikova on Stories as a Force for Evil

I used to make my living as a stage actor,

Fake News: Tamar Wilner Is the Hero We Need

On the plane ride to Las Vegas, I took the

Jill Tarter: E.T. Whisperer, Possible Martian Descendant

It used to be that we meager humans had no

Mass Misinformation Author David Helfand Warns of ‘Google-Fed Zombies’

We human beings, thanks to the Internet, are producing 2.5

The Amazing Cosmos of Gravitational Waves

Physicist, cosmologist, and CSI Fellow Lawrence Krauss of Ari zona

Science Education, Communication on Display at CSICon

One of my favorite moments of CSICon came during Richard

Still ‘Amazing’: A Conversation with James Randi

The famous conjuror, investigator, and author—and founding fellow of CSICOP—sat

The John Maddox Prize Nomination for Elizabeth Loftus

Here are extended excerpts from Goldsmiths College (University of London) psychology professor Chris French’s letter nominating Elizabeth Loftus for the 2016 John Maddox Prize (see News and Comment, p. 7)

Let Your Questioning Start with Wikipedia

Do you remember January 18, 2012? That was the day

Miracle Tableau: Knock, Ireland, 1879

Joe Nickell, PhD, is CSI’s senior research fellow. He is

The Dangerous Delusion about Vaccines and Autism

James Randi began his career as a stage magician and

‘UFO Disclosure’ Fizzles Again in 2016

Robert Sheaffer has been writing the “Psychic Vibrations” column in

The Delectable Myths of Healthy and Healthier Obesity

Kenneth W. Krause is a contributing editor and “Science Watch”

Mystery of the Paulding Light

Benjamin Radford is a research fellow at the Committee for

THE SELFISH GENE REVISITED

On the fortieth anniversary of the book that made him

God’s Own Medicine

History’s unlearned lesson about opium-based pain relievers and addiction

Why Skepticism?

Sasquatch, Broken Windows, and Public Policy

Why We Believe—Long After We Shouldn’t

Our brains are wired for self-justification and dissonance-reduction. We can override that impulse by learning how to admit our mistakes and separate them from our self-esteem

The Virtuous Skeptic

Shouldn’t Skeptics Know What They Are Talking about When They Are Talking about It?

The Scientist and the Philosopher

Between Two Worlds: Memoirs of a Philosopher-Scientist. By Mario Bunge

What Ghosts Mean

Ghostly Encounters: The Hauntings of Everyday Life. By Dennis and

Letters to the Editor

In his excellent article on nuclear power (“Nuclear Power and