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In Skeptical Inquirer magazine in 2011, longtime investigator Joe Nickell compared Rydén's " messages " to alleged communications from Jesus to other women claiming revelations and wrote, " the contrived handwriting, the linguistic lapses, and the indications of fantasizing all suggest that Vassula Ryden is not in touch with supernatural entities but is simply engaging in self-deception that in turn deceives the credulous.
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Skeptical and Inquirer
* Skeptical About The Skeptical Environmentalist, Richard M. Fisher's review of The Skeptical Environmentalist, in " The Skeptical Inquirer ".
According to a report in the Skeptical Inquirer in 1997 no credible theory of psi has yet been presented.
Organizations that encourage a critical examination of parapsychology and parapsychological research include the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry, publisher of the Skeptical Inquirer ; the James Randi Educational Foundation, founded by illusionist and skeptic James Randi, and the
* FindArticles. com Index Large number of articles about parapsychology, from publications such as the Journal of Parapsychology and the Skeptical Inquirer.
* FindArticles. com Index Large number of articles about parapsychology, from publications such as the Journal of Parapsychology and the Skeptical Inquirer.
In Skeptical Inquirer, Mark Moldwin argued that the important differences between the two projects were the acceptance of SETI by the mainstream scientific community and that " he methodology of SETI leads to useful scientific results even in the absence of discovery of alien life.
Benjamin Radford, science writer and deputy editor of the science magazine Skeptical Inquirer, casts doubt on the plausibility of spontaneous human combustion, " If SHC is a real phenomenon ( and not the result of an elderly or infirm person being too close to a flame source ), why doesn't it happen more often?
* Joseph A. Bauer, A Surgeon's View: Alien Autopsy's Overwhelming Lack of Credibility, Skeptical Inquirer, vol 20, # 1, Jan. 1996, 23 – 24.
* C. Eugene Emery, Jr, ' Alien Autopsy ' Show and Tell: Long on Tell, Short on Show, Skeptical Inquirer, vol 19, # 6, Nov. 1995, 15 – 16 & 55.
* Trey Stokes, How to Make an ' Alien ' for ' Autopsy ', Skeptical Inquirer, vol 20, # 1, Jan. 1996, 19 – 23.
Skeptical and magazine
The Skeptical Inquirer is a bimonthly American magazine published by the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry ( CSI ) with the subtitle: The magazine for science and reason.
Following a no-confidence vote against Truzzi, he resigned, and the magazine was ( starting with volume 2, issue 2 ) retitled Skeptical Inquirer and Kendrick Frazier ( former editor of Science News ) became the new editor.
Stackpole has been the executive director of the Phoenix Skeptics since 1988 and is listed as the contact for the group in the magazine Skeptical Inquirer.
On October 9, 2010 Committee for Skeptical Inquiry announced Scott ( and others ) as a part of their policy-making Executive Council, she will also serve on Skeptical Inquirers magazine board.
" This improvement of protocols later led James Randi to list a " straight spoon " award to Phillips in a press release of his " bent spoon " awards, but that award was omitted from the list of awards published by Omni magazine and the Skeptical Inquirer ; it was reported in the latter in a subsequent letter to the editor.
The Committee for Skeptical Inquiry ( CSI ), although not a UFO organization, has investigated various UFO cases and has given a skeptical review of the phenomena in its publications, often in the Skeptical Inquirer magazine.
The Society's magazine Skeptic, like the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry and the James Randi Educational Foundation, investigates extraordinary claims, such as extra sensory perception, Atlantis, 9 / 11 conspiracy theories, the Loch Ness Monster, Bigfoot, creationism, pyramid power, etc.
In the Skeptical Inquirer magazine ( September – October 2004 ), the article “ Obscurantism, Tyranny, and the Fallacy of Either Black or White ” quotes Prof. Bergen Evans: “ Obscurantism and tyranny go together .” Amid intellectual battles about the nature of scientific theory, among scientific realists and postmodern critics, Prof. Sokal submitted his hoax article for publication.
In 2006 he was one of the subjects of an article entitled Hoaxers, Hackers, and Policymakers: How Junk Science Persuaded the FBI to Divert Terrorism Funding to Fight Hackers, published in the March / April 2006 edition of Skeptical Inquirer magazine.
He is a Fellow of the skeptical organization CSICOP and a consultant to its magazine Skeptical Inquirer.
" The Skeptical Inquirer, among others, revealed that he purchased his Ph. D. from Trinity College and University, which the magazine describes as " a British institution with no building, campus, faculty, or president, and run from a post office box in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
Through the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry, publisher of Skeptical Inquirer magazine, the Center for Inquiry evaluates claims of the paranormal ( phenomena allegedly beyond the range of normal scientific explanations ), such as psychic phenomena, ghosts, communication with the dead, and alleged extraterrestrial visitations.
Skeptical and 2011
Houdini's Skeptical Advice: Just Because Something's Unexplained Doesn't Mean It's Supernatural By Michael Shermer, February 4, 2011
* McIntyre, Kenneth B., Herbert Butterfield: History, Providence, and Skeptical Politics, ISI Books, 2011
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