Skeptical Inquirer
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Articles in Sept-Oct 2002 issue of Skeptical Inquirer
- Winchester Mystery House: fact vs. fancy - Investigative Files
by Joe Nickell - A blunderbus approach to criticism of statistics. . - book review
by Terence Hines - Deja Vu: Descartes all over again - Forum - Ancients, Moderns, Mystics, Postmoderns - Brief Article
by Goerge Englebretsen - Spotlight on UFOs - Letters to the Editor
- Ica stones: yabba-dabba-do! - Notes on a Strange World
by Polidoro Massimo - An historian debunks AP's Pulitzer prizewinning story; an expose. . - book review
by Robert Skole - After-death communications: A misleading critique - Follow-Up - response to Wiseman and O'Keeffe, Skeptical Inquirer, November/December 2001 - Brief Article
by Gary E. Schwartz - A nonphysical god? - Letters to the Editor
- Where have you gone, commander quasqaa? - Psychic Vibrations
by Robert Sheaffer - Remedies guide confuses science and anecdote. . - book review
by Bertram Rothschild - Albert Abrams, King of Quacks - Letter to the Editor
- One year after September 11 - Editor's Note - Brief Article
- A skeptical look at September 11th: How we can defeat terrorism by reacting to it more rationally
by Clark R. Chapman - Belief's Own Ethics. . - New Books - book review
by Kendrick Frazier - Mars Effect a social effect? - Letter to the Editor
- Fourth World Skeptics Conference in Burbank a lively foment of ideas: Scams, intelligent design, urban legends, fringe psychotherapies get critical attention - Conference Report - Brief Article
by Kendrick Frazier - Sheldrake's crystals: An exchange of views on morphogenesis leads to the conclusion that testing Sheldrake's ideas about crystallization is useless - biologist Rupert Sheldrake - Brief Article
by Marcel van Genderen - The Disinformation Cycle: Hoaxes, Delusions, Security Beliefs, and Compulsory Mediocrity. . - New Books - book review
by Kendrick Frazier - Barker's Book of Bunk - Letter to the Editor - Brief Article
- 'Miraculous' Image of Guadalupe painted - News and Comment - Brief Article
by Joe Nickell - Are melting points constant? - reply to article in this issue, p. 35 - Brief Article
by Rupert Sheldrake - The Genius Within: Discovering the Intelligence of Every Living Thing. . - New Books - book review
by Kendrick Frazier - Pterodactyls and giant pandas - Letter to the Editor - Brief Article
- 'ESP test' fools UK's daily mirror - News and Comment - Brief Article
by Clifford A. Pickover - A last reply to Sheldrake - response to article in this issue, p. 40 - Brief Article
by Marcel van Genderen - The Ghost in the Universe: God in Light of Modern Science. . - New Books - book review
by Kendrick Frazier - Wegener's drift - Letter to the Editor - Brief Article
- APS statement knocks perpetual motion, 'free energy' claims - News and Comment - American Physical Society - Brief Article
by Robert L. Park - Teaching skepticism via the CRITIC acronym and the skeptical inquirer
by Wayne R. Bartz - Science best sellers - Brief Article - Bibliography
- Magnetic Mountains? - Brief Article - Letter to the Editor
- Geoarchaeology: Ancients right about Delphi earth gases - News and Comment
by Christina Reed - Skepticism under the big sky
by Mike Schwinden - Oh brother Luke, where art thou? - Forum - Luke Helder, pipe bombing case
by Ken Parejko - Chopra's exploitation - Letters to the Editor
- Circular reasoning: The 'mystery' of crop circles and their 'orbs' of light - Special Report
by Joe Nickell - Why was The X-Files so appealing?
by Erich Goode - American schools: how they measure up - Forum
by Donna M. Brown - On Stephen Jay Gould - Letters to the Editor