25 Years of Science and Skepticism—Part 1 of 2
I could not have known then how true that statement was. Nor how much my going there would change my professional life forever. For the next quarter century (and beyond, I hope), I would be happily...
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CSICOP Timeline
A timeline of CSICOP's 25-year history 1976 April 30-May 1 CSICOP founded at conference on “The New Irrationalisms: Antiscience and Pseudoscience,” SUNY-Buffalo. Fall Vol. 1 No. 1 of The Zetetic (the...
View ArticleIn Search of Fisher’s Ghost
During an investigative tour Down Under, I was able to examine the persistent legend of “Australia’s most famous ghost” (Davis 1998). I was generously assisted by magic historian Peter Rodgers with...
View ArticleWhite House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Is Biased
The White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine policy was created by an executive order of President Clinton on March 7, 2000. This was in response to enormous political...
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The Pokémon Panic of 1997
The Pokémon Panic of 1997 In 1997, an episode of the cartoon Pokémon allegedly induced seizures and other ailments in thousands of Japanese children. Though popularly attributed to photosensitive...
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