Volume 19 Number 3, Autumn 2006

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Volume 19 Number 3, Autumn 2006Features


‘God’s Truth’, Others’ Confusion?
L. J. Hurst considers the complex case of Hayward, Wells and Deeks

Is a Grey Heavier Than a Green?
Question and Answer: Stephen Moston takes a look at the relationship between asking a question and reaching a conclusion

Thomas Hobbes, Angels, Ghosts and Miracles
Adam Buick considers some of Hobbes’ neglected musings

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 and The Parking Lot is Full


Pictures from Hilary Evans’ Paranormal Picture Gallery

Book reviews

The Hanged Man: A Story of Miracle, Memory, and Colonialism in the Middle Ages by Robert Bartlett
The Travels and Adventures of Serendipity by Robert K Merton and Elinor Barber
Parallel Worlds: The Science of Alternative Universes and Our Future in the Cosmos by Michio Kaku
Jesus Never Existed by Keneth Humphreys

News and comment

Editorial
Victoria Hamilton 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
The prince and the doctors

A festival of ghosts
Don’t pray for me, Minnesota
Miracles: not what they used to be
Frog summer

Podcasts


Skeptic at large
Wendy M Grossman

Rhyme and Reason: Whatever happened to crop circles?
Steve Donnelly

Philosopher’s Corner
Julian Baggini

From Michael Heap
Chairman of the Association for Skeptical Enquiry

Letters from our readers
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Understanding probability

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