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When skepticism collides with human experience. The societal implications of scientific skepticism.

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Fifty Key Thinkers in Psychology

Phil - 1st December 2008

Fifty Key Thinkers in Psychology (Routledge Key Guides) by Noel Sheehy Routledge, ISBN 0 415 16774 4 (hbk), 0 415 16775 2 Psychologists will recognize the usual...

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Pseudoscience and the Paranormal

Phil - 1st December 2008

Pseudoscience and the Paranormal: Science and the Paranormal by Terence Hines Prometheus Books, $21.00, ISBN 1573929794 Is there no limit to the number of strange things people...

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Inamorata

Phil - 1st December 2008

Inamorata by Joseph Gangemi Viking, $24.95 ISBN 0-67-03279-4 I suspect that many of us who are intrigued by paranormal phenomena also enjoy a good mystery. Inamorata satisfies both appetites. In...

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Hoaxes, Myths and Manias

Phil - 1st December 2008

Hoaxes, Myths and Manias: Why We Need Critical Thinking by Robert E Bartholomew and Benjamin Radford Prometheus, ISBN 1591020484 Readers of this journal will hardly need to...

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Why We Exist

Phil - 1st December 2008

Why We Exist: Inferences from Science for an Explanation of Human Purpose by Eugene Bell-Gam Pen Press Publishers Ltd, £9.99, ISBN 1-904018-86-6 Judging by the title alone...

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Love and Eugenics in the Late Nineteenth Century

Phil - 1st December 2008

Love and Eugenics in the Late Nineteenth Century: Rational Reproduction and the New Woman by Angelique Richardson Oxford University Press, £45, ISBN 0198187009 Nowadays eugenics is a...

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Science and Pseudoscience in Clinical Psychology

Phil - 1st December 2008

Science and Pseudoscience in Clinical Psychology by Scott O. Lilienfeld, Steven Jay Lynn, Jeffrey M. Lohr (Editors) Guilford Press, 2003, £31.95, ISBN 1572308281 This is a US...

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Are Universes Thicker than Blackberries?

Phil - 1st December 2008

Are Universes Thicker Than Blackberries?: Discourses on Godel, Magic Hexagrams, Little Red Riding Hood, and Other Mathematical and Pseudoscientific Topics By Martin Gardner W. W. Norton...

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First do no harm? Treatments don’t need to be harmless, as long they do good

Moroccan Argan oil is an interesting traditional product, but it’s certainly no panacea

Animals, acupuncture and alt-med: the Brazilian penguin being subjected to Enya

Wim Hof: the self-described ‘Ice man’ whose extreme health claims leave many cold

Menstrual masking: the inadvisable trend of treating acne… with period blood

First do no harm? Treatments don’t need to be harmless, as long they do good

Pacemakers don’t work when they’re switched off – we should doubt studies that say otherwise

Moroccan Argan oil is an interesting traditional product, but it’s certainly no panacea

Animals, acupuncture and alt-med: the Brazilian penguin being subjected to Enya

The evidence for pill colour impacting placebo effects gets flimsier the more you examine it

From the archive: Many Happy Returns – Are past-life regressions evidence for reincarnation?

From the archives: The Art of Fakery – Fakes and forgeries at the British Museum

From the archives: A skeptical look at astrology

When it comes to science, the standard has to be truth and accuracy – not false balance

From the archives: UFOs Over Russia

Comparing misinformation to a virus is both accurate and useful in preventing its spread

2000 mules: why many Americans are convinced Trump won the 2020 election

Welcome to the modern American Right – the world that high weirdness built

Donald Trump’s debate performance proved he has mainstreamed extreme conspiracy theories

Med Beds: the futuristic health devices promising to cure you with undefined energy

The meaning crisis, and how we rescue young men from reactionary politics

From the archive: Many Happy Returns – Are past-life regressions evidence for reincarnation?

Faking the faking of fake news, 1910 style: the ‘death’ of film star Florence Lawrence

Unborn in the USA: being honest about IUDs could help us fight the anti-abortion movement

Exploding the myth of the longevity “Blue Zones”, where people live beyond the age of 100

Scientific publication is now fully digital – so who is responsible for preserving our archives?

HADD its day: there’s no evidence for an inherited hyperactive agency detection device

Unborn in the USA: being honest about IUDs could help us fight the anti-abortion movement

The evidence for pill colour impacting placebo effects gets flimsier the more you examine it

Comparing misinformation to a virus is both accurate and useful in preventing its spread

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First do no harm? Treatments don’t need to be harmless, as long they do good

Pacemakers don’t work when they’re switched off – we should doubt studies that say otherwise

The meaning crisis, and how we rescue young men from reactionary politics

Scientific publication is now fully digital – so who is responsible for preserving our archives?

From the archive: Many Happy Returns – Are past-life regressions evidence for reincarnation?

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