The Skeptic Volume 21 Number 2The Skeptic Magazine

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The Skeptic is the UK’s only regular magazine to take a skeptical look at pseudoscience and claims of the paranormal. Founded in 1987 by Wendy Grossman, the magazine is now co-edited by Professor Chris French  from the Anomalistic Psychology Research Unit, Goldsmiths College, London, and Lindsay Kallis. It is a non-profit magazine published four times a year, available only by subscription. An invaluable resource for journalists, teachers, psychologists, and inquisitive people of all ages who yearn to discover the truth behind the many extraordinary claims of paranormal and unusual phenomena. Note that we are not connected with the similarly named (American) Skeptic Magazine or the (Australian) The Skeptic journal.

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You have nothing to lose but your preconceptions! Click these links to find out more about the skeptical viewpoint on paranormal phenomena, alternative medicine, UFOs, astrology, alien abductions, the X-files, the Loch Ness Monster, organ snatchers, Ginseng, alternative medicine, Humanism, hypnotism, ghosts, fairies and spiritualism, scientific fraud, lucid dreaming, psychic con-men, ritual Satanic abuse, the placebo effect, crop circles, vivisection, faith healing, the Mary Celeste, acupuncture, tarot cards, meditation, the Big Bang controversy, brainwashing, cult religions, New Age physics, cold fusion, canals and faces on Mars, Nostradamus, N-rays, ESP, miracles, past life regressions ...and the many other topics listed on our topics page! Check out the Shirley Ghostman story Sceptics 48, Marc Wooton 0 on The Inquirer, Wendy's blog entry A psychic named [name withheld] and Nick Pullar's account of his TV appearance.

In the latest issue of The Skeptic (Volume 21 Number 2, Summer 2008):

Features

Towards a Cognitive Neuroscience of the Dying Brain
Jason J Braithwaite offers an in-depth analysis and critique of the survivalist's neuroscience of near-death experiences

Searching for Cressie, the Crescent Lake Monster
Benjamin Radford recounts the story of his search for a monster that never was

An Evening with James Randi and Friends
Jon Cohen
reports on the evening that will be remembered for all eternity as the greatest night there ever was (probably)

Humour

SpriteSprite, 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  

Who Shot JFK? by Robin Ramsay
The Psychic Handbook by Craig & Jane Hamilton Parker
DVD - Nick Pope: The Man Who Left the MOD: The UFO Phenomenon Unveiled directed by Philip Gardiner
Quirkology: The Curious Science of Everyday Lives by Richard Wiseman

News and comment

Editorial
Lindsay Kallis and Chris French

Skeptical Stats - a column based on the observation that sometimes statistics don’t lie - they’re just plain crazy...

Hits and Misses
Retired at twelve years old
Blind guesswork?
Only 64 years to live

Skeptic at large
Wendy M Grossman
eHealth

Philosopher’s Corner
Julian Baggini

Through a Glass Darkly
Michael Heap

Letters from our readers
Agnosticism Revisited
Where is your God now?

Nothing negative or closed-minded here! The contents of selected articles above can be found on the digest page.

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