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( 1999 ), " Anthropic design ," The Skeptical Inquirer 23 ( August 31, 1999 ): 40-43
* Skeptical About The Skeptical Environmentalist, Richard M. Fisher's review of The Skeptical Environmentalist, in " The Skeptical Inquirer ".
", by Martin Gardner, in Skeptical Inquirer, Jan – Feb 1999.
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.
* Skeptical Inquirer
* " Outstanding skeptics of the 20th century "Skeptical Inquirer magazine
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.
* Skeptical Inquirer
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?
by James D. Livingston — Skeptical Inquirer
*" The Secrets of Oak Island ", Joe Nickell, Skeptical Inquirer, March / April 2000.
* Joseph A. Bauer, A Surgeon's View: Alien Autopsy's Overwhelming Lack of Credibility, Skeptical Inquirer, vol 20, # 1, Jan. 1996, 23 – 24.
Also reprinted in Bizarre Cases: From the Files of Skeptical Inquirer, CSICOP, 2000.
* 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.
* Joe Nickell, ' Alien Autopsy ' Hoax, Skeptical Inquirer, vol 19, # 6, Nov. 1995, 17 – 19.
* Trey Stokes, How to Make an ' Alien ' for ' Autopsy ', Skeptical Inquirer, vol 20, # 1, Jan. 1996, 19 – 23.
Also reprinted in Bizarre Cases: From the Files of Skeptical Inquirer, CSICOP, 2000.
" Synchronicity and the Archetypes ," Skeptical Inquirer, 18 ( 4 ).

Skeptical and has
Skeptical theism has also been characterized by some as a fallacious appeal to ignorance.
Pinker has served on the editorial boards of journals such as Cognition, Daedalus, and PLOS One, and on the advisory boards of institutions for scientific research ( e. g., the Paul Allen Institute for Brain Science ), free speech ( e. g., the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education ), the popularization of science ( e. g., the World Science Festival and the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry ), peace ( e. g., the Peace Research Endowment ), and secular humanism ( e. g., the Freedom from Religion Foundation and the Secular Coalition of America
For example, as promoters of intelligent design have increased their efforts to have this teaching included in school curricula in recent years, CSI has stepped up its own attention to the subject, creating an " Intelligent Design Watch " website and publishing numerous articles on evolution and intelligent design in Skeptical Inquirer and on the Internet.
Professor Richard Wiseman, a psychologist at the University of Hertfordshire and a fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry ( CSI ) has said that he agrees remote viewing has been proven using the normal standards of science, but that the bar of evidence needs to be much higher for outlandish claims that will revolutionize the world, and thus he remains unconvinced:
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.
Ehrlich has also been criticized by Bjørn Lomborg in his book, The Skeptical Environmentalist.
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.
He has written articles for the Skeptical Inquirer
Skeptical science writer Dennis McKinsey has challenged the view that the term refers to Jesus at all and argues that Jewish tradition knew of no historical Jesus.
He has also published an informal critique of Shinn's Skeptical Inquirer article.
Ghost Hunters has attracted various critics and skeptics, such as Joe Nickell of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry, Skeptical Inquirer author Lynne Kelly, James Randi, and Benjamin Radford.
He has written for the Skeptical Inquirer, a national magazine published by the Center for Inquiry.
In addition, he has been interviewed by representatives of groups promoting scientific skepticism, such as the New England Skeptical Society and Media Man Australia.
Kendrick Frazier, editor of Skeptical Inquirer and Committee for Skeptical Inquiry fellow has suggested that:
The Committee for Skeptical Inquiry, which has similar goals, had already been founded in 1976.

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Skeptical researchers, such as Ernest Taves and Barry Singer, have noted how mysteries and the paranormal are very popular and profitable.
The Committee for Skeptical Inquiry ( CSI ), formerly known as the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal ( CSICOP ), is a program within the U. S. non-profit organization Center for Inquiry ( CFI ), whose stated purpose is to " encourage the critical investigation of paranormal and fringe-science claims from a responsible, scientific point of view and disseminate factual information about the results of such inquiries to the scientific community and the public.
According to the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry, such theories are backed by little or no evidence despite significant research on the subject by non-governmental scientific agencies.
* New England Skeptical Society Newsletter Articles-Includes articles on such topics as Homeopathy, Intelligent Design, and other pseudoscientific topics
Skeptical archaeologists see the electrical experiments as embodying a key problem with experimental archaeology, saying that such experiments can only show that something was physically possible, but do not confirm that it actually occurred.
Professor of Psychology, member of CSI and Skeptical Inquirer Magazine, James Alcock after evaluating Bem's 9 experiments claimed to have found metaphorical " dirty test tubes ", serious methodological flaws such as changing the procedures partway through the experiments and combining results of tests with different chances of significance.
The EAI was seen by some as a vehicle created for Lomborg, whose book The Skeptical Environmentalist argues that many perceived environmental problems are vastly exaggerated by environmental lobby and that policy responses based on such exaggerated claims are often misguided.
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.
There are concerns that the devices are misused, such as the noting of Benjamin Radford's article for the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry: " you may own the world's most sophisticated thermometer, but if you are using it as a barometer, your measurements are worthless.
Moreoever, Rees wrote that Collapse is " a necessary antidote " to followers of Julian Simon, such as Bjørn Lomborg who authored The Skeptical Environmentalist.
Pigliucci writes regularly for Skeptical Inquirer on topics such as climate change denial.
Environmental skeptics, such as Bjørn Lomborg ( the author of The Skeptical Environmentalist ) dispute the claims of environmentalists, claiming they are either inaccurate or exaggerated.
The Skeptical Inquirer published a transcription of such a reading in their fall 1978 issue:
He also joined an American sceptical society ; CSICOP ( now the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry ) and investigated / debunked several such claims.
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.

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