Society

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

Religion

No Evidence Allowed: The Government on Pseudoscience & Homeopathy

Mark Williams -
As recently mentioned, the firing of Professor David Nutt has brought into focus politics' deep seated discomfort with scientific evidence. In a world where...
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The Truth about Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Paul Taylor -
Oxford University Press, £13.99, ISBN 0195313682 Snake Oil Science: the Truth about Complementary and Alternative Medicine By R. Barker Bausell Reviewed by Ray Ward Bausell covers the rise...
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The Tiger That Isn’t: Seeing Through a World of Numbers

Paul Taylor -
Profile Books, £7.99 (pb), ISBN 1846681111 The Tiger That Isn’t: Seeing Through a World of Numbers by Michael Blastland and Andrew DilnotReviewed by Michael HuttonOur lives...
Politics

The sinister side of public policy.

Mark Williams -
On 1st November, following the sacking of Prof David Nutt, Ryan O’Meara, Editor-in-Chief of K9 Magazine, published the podcast below exploring evidence based policy. He...
Religion

The Homo’s Made Us Do It

Mark Williams -
I think I can honestly say I've never been rendered speechless with anger before. However thanks to a one page document recently released by...
Religion

The Open Habitat Project

Phil -
Background information As part of the development of our internet presence The Skeptic Magazine is collaborating with the Open Habitat Project in...
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Beyond the Hoax: Science, Philosophy and Culture by Alan Sokal

Paul Taylor -
OUP,  £20.00, ISBN 978-0-19-923920-7 A decade ago, Alan Sokal and Jean Bricmont published Intellectual Impostures: Postmodern Philosophers’ Abuse of Science, a book written to provide...
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Jinn from Hyperspace: And Other Scribblings – Both Serious and Whimsical by Martin Gardner

Paul Taylor -
Prometheus Books, ISBN-10: 1591025656 Another Gardner book is always good news, for both skeptics and aficionados of science and mathematics. Over the last fifty years,...
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