Skeptical Inquirer
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Articles in Jan-Feb 2004 issue of Skeptical Inquirer
- European Skeptics Congress: with alt-med's rising popularity, health issues high on agenda - News And Comment
by Wendy M. Grossman - Anti-vaccination fever: the shot hurt around the world: sensationalist media, religious fanatics, and alternative medical practitioners fanned the fires created by questionable research to spawn worldwide epidemics of a disease that had almost been forgot
by William John Hoyt, Jr. - The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2003 - Book Review - Brief Review
by Kendrick Frazier - Gibberish prophecies - Letters To The Editor - Letter to the Editor
- Astrologers see stars: predictable outrage in astrology land - News And Comment
by Geoffrey Dean - Skepticism of caricatures: B.F. Skinner turns 100
by Scott T. Gaynor - Defending ScienceWithin Reason: Between Scientism and Cynicism - Book Review - Brief Review
by Kendrick Frazier - This UFO was real - Letters To The Editor - Letter to the Editor
by David W. Briggs - Insoles and heel pain: magnets not a benefit, JAMA study shows - News And Comment - Brief Article
by Kendrick Frazier - Fallacies and frustrations: why skeptics dread conversations with true believers
by Phil Mole - Doubt: A History - Book Review - Brief Review
by Kendrick Frazier - Tortured expression in poll - Letters To The Editor - Letter to the Editor
by John Keane - Studies clear childhood vaccine of links to SIDS, autism - News And Comment
by Benjamin Radford - Judging authority; we are often required to accept the word of another person, but how can we best judge whether or not that person is a legitimate authority?
by Jere H. Lipps - Mortal Evidence: The Forensics Behind Nine Shocking Cases - Book Review - Brief Review
by Kendrick Frazier - Myths about psychology - Letters To The Editor - Letter to the Editor
by Sandy Hobbs - IAU rejects naming asteroid for homeopathy founder - News And Comment - Brief Article
- A geologist's adventures with Bimini beachrock and Atlantis true believers
by Eugene A. Shinn - Psi Wars: Getting to Grips with the Paranormal - Book Review - Brief Review
by Kendrick Frazier - Looking at the Rorschach - Letters To The Editor - Letter to the Editor
by Howard Garb - New resource guide for debunking astronomical pseudoscience - News And Comment
- The real method of scientific discovery: scientists don't sit around in their labs trying to establish generalizations. Instead they engage in mystery-solving essentially like that of detective work, and it often involves a creative, imaginative leap
by Burton S. Guttman - Media Mythmakers: How Journalists, Activists, and Advertisers Mislead Us - Book Review - Brief Review
by Kendrick Frazier - Philosophy and limitations of knowledge - Letters To The Editor - Letter to the Editor
by Rui Vieira - Newsweek revisits religion and health, medical prayer - News And Comment
by Kevin Christopher - Oxygen is goodeven when it's not there; alternative medicine's claims for the efficacy of supplemental oxygen are less than convincingespecially when the supplement contains no oxygen
by Harriet A. Hall - The Encyclopedic Sourcebook of UFO Religions - Book Review - Brief Review
by Kendrick Frazier - Risk statement bewilders - Letters To The Editor - Letter to the Editor
by Barrie Tite - UFOs over Buffalo! - Investigative Files
by Joe Nickell - Contemporary challenges to William James's white crow: William James's belief that he had found his white crow, thereby proving the legitimacy of spiritualism as a suitable subject for a science of psychology, evoked strong reaction from psychologists
by Herman H. Spitz - The politics of alternative medicine: reaction - and bad science - Letters To The Editor - Letter to the Editor
- Menstruation mistakes - Letters To The Editor - Letter to the Editor
by Victoria Simmons - Predictions and explanations - Thinking About Science
by Massimo Pigliucci - Digital Skepticism from Down Under - Audiovisual Review
by Amanda Chesworth - Alt-med in Australia - Letters To The Editor - Letter to the Editor
by Ken Walker - Sarfatti replies - Letters To The Editor - Letter to the Editor
by Jack Sarfatti - Science always trumps pseudoscienceand a still broader mission for SI - Editor's Note
by Kendrick Frazier - What a bloody miracle! - Notes On A Strange World
by Massimo Polidoro - The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2003 - Book Review - Brief Review
by Kendrick Frazier - What's cause, effect? - Letters To The Editor - Letter to the Editor
by Frank D. Kirschner