
In Volume 22, Issue 2:
Features
Susan Blackmore interview: On parapsychology, rationalising negative results, memes, Zen and consciousness...
Ray Hyman, Richard Wiseman, Caroline Watt and Chris Roe: An eleven page argument about The Demise of Parapsychology and whether it is still a worthwhile field for research
Lewis Jones on Basava Premanand (1930-2009)
Phil Plait, former President of the James Randi Educational Foundation: On The Amaz!ng Meeting: London and the future of international events.
Regular columns & contents
Editorial; Chris French & Lindsay Kallis Hits and Misses; Mark Williams on Simon Singh and chiropractic, misleading advertising, computer marked examinations, and an update on newly proposed animal experimentation Skeptic at Large; Wendy Grossman on Fact Checking within the media Philosopher's Corner; Julian Baggini on The Enemy of my Enemy and logical fallacies Through a Looking Glass Darkly; Mike Heap on public health and the cost of professional consultancy Reasonable Doubt; Chris French on Shirley Ghostman Skeps and the City; Tracy King on Celebrity Scepticism Galileo's Doughnuts; Mark Duwe on The Day I Saw a Ghost The Donni Position; Jon Donni on Psychic Joe Power Skeptical Stats; Mark Williams with the observation that sometimes statistics don’t lie - they’re just plain crazy Focus On; exploring Voice of Young Science, a division of Sense About Science
Humour
Sprite, by Donald Rooum, the ongoing saga of an ethereal being who has the misfortune to fall for a confirmed skeptic. Cartoons by Tim Pearce Pictures from Hilary Evans’ Paranormal Picture Gallery
Book Reviews
The Realm Beyond; by Rosemary Altea, reviewed by Jacqui Farrants Big Ideas: The Essential Guide to the Latest Thinking; by James Harkin, reviewed by John Radford Suckers: How Alternative Medicine Makes Fools of Us All; by Rose Shapiro, reviewed by Tessa Kendall
Letters from our readers
Steuart Campbell critiques Ray Ward on JFK Hilary Evans on Street Lamp Interference Duncan M. Butlin criticises The Skeptic Michael Marshall thanks The Skeptic Rupert Sheldrake on James Randi and talking heads James Randi responds to Rupert Sheldrake Chris French responds to Rupert Sheldrake and James Randi
References for articles in this issue can be found here. |