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The Real Secrets of Fatima

Among the intriguing mysteries of modern Catholicism are the “miracles” and “secrets” supposedly imparted by the Virgin Mary at Fatima, Portugal, in 1917 (Oliveira 1999). In addition to an allegedly...

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Bill Maher: Crank and Comic

Well-known stand-up comic Bill Maher has joined the ranks of the Big-D atheists, Richard Dawkins and Daniel Dennett, and the Big-H atheists, Christopher Hitchens and Sam Harris, as an implacable foe...

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The Paradoxical Future of Skepticism

Like many skeptics, I’m preoccupied by one question: “How do we take this thing to the next level?” I have an answer to propose. If skepticism is truly to come of age, to move forward—if skepticism is...

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A Skeptic’s Guide to Podcasts

As most of the readers of the Skeptical Inquirer probably know, podcasts are audio shows that are made available as downloadable digital files, often through free subscription services such as Apple’s...

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Skepticism via YouTube

In the summer of 2008, Georgians Matthew Whitton and Rick Dyer claimed to have found a Bigfoot carcass. These claims were initially made via a number of YouTube videos that garnered significant...

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Talking Skepticism to Generation Y

If anyone ever wonders just what impression a skeptic’s words, stories, explanations, and arguments have, there’s no better test than a live performance in front of wide-eyed sixteen-year-olds—natural...

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Skeptical Parenting: Raising Young Critical Thinkers

There comes a moment in every parent’s life when your child asks you the question you most feared hearing from your dear one’s lips. “Mom?” “Yes, honey?” “Where did people come from?” “You mean...

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Skepticism 2.0

When Carl Sagan, James Randi, Paul Kurtz, Martin Gardner, Ray Hyman, and others came together in the mid-1970s to form the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal...

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State-Sponsored Quackery: Feng Shui and Snake Oil for California Nurses

The Independent Investigations Group investigates pseudoscience particularly therapeutic touch in professional nursing. Just how well regulated is nursing in California? The California Board of...

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