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Volume 20 Number 3, Autumn 2007

The Skeptic Vol 20 Autumn 2007

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Psychics on eBay
Emma-Louise Rhodes purchases tarot readings, all in the name of journalism

Haunting the Bereaved
Mark Williams reflects on the ‘psychic’ offerings of Colin Fry as presented in his TV show, 6ixth Sense

R. E. Ality Check: An Alternative Approach to Religious Education Damien Morris shows us one way to encourage enthusiasm and critical thought in classrooms

 

 

 

 

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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 and The Parking Lot is Full


Pictures from Hilary Evans’ Paranormal Picture Gallery

Book reviews


Richard Dawkins: How a Scientist Changed the Way we Think edited by Alan Grafen and Mark Ridley
The Occult Tradition: From the Renaissance to the Present Day by David S. Katz
Fakers, Forger & Phoneys: Famous Scams and Scamps by Magnus Magnusson
Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast: The Evolutionary Origins of Beliefs by Lewis Wolpert

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Victoria Hamilton and Chris French

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

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Bent copyright
Rumblings underground
Why fie the wi-fi?
In evidence we trust

Skeptic at large
Wendy M Grossman

Rhyme and Reason
Steve Donnelly

Philosopher’s Corner
Julian Baggini

From Michael Heap
Chairman of the Association for Skeptical Enquiry

Letters from our readers
Making up History
De Pauw on Flew…
… and Flew on Dawkins
More on the Kennedy Assassination
Tape that!