Skeptic March 2020

magv7n2-Cloning: Science, Ethics of Cloning

by F. Miele; Cloning & Science’s Moral Limits by M.

Shermer; Richard Seed Interview; Evolution Infor-

mation by R. Dawkins; Evil & Group Selection by N.

Thompson; Theology & Evolutionary Psych by K.

Konkola & G. Sunshine; Fake Quotes by J. George;

Medical Discoveries? by H. Ziel; Population Myths by

D. Henige; Humor by S. Asma & D. Lease;Randi’s

Pigasus Awards;JR. SKEPTIC: Urban Legends.

magv7n1-Influence: Carol Tavris Interview;

Fraud & Science by D. Kevles; Biologist Views Belief

by K. Parejko; Christian Science & Quantum Physics

by R. Miller; Hypnosis Reconsidered by B. Seidman;

Public Relations by B. Siano; Communication’s Hid-

den Dynamics by D. Brenders; The Knowledge Filter

by M. Shermer; Alternative Medicine by H. Ziel; Randi

Addresses Congress; Dumbth by R. Cassingham; JR.

SKEPTIC: Fortunetelling.

magv7n3-Millennium: T. Dufresne Interviews

Frederick Crews; Search for Immortality by A. Herd;

Creation & The End by T. McIver; Celestine Prophesy

by P. Molé; Millennial Meanings by M. Shermer;

That’s All Folks! by D. Lease; Randi Comments;

Dumbth by R. Cassingham; Educashun by S.

Asma; Myth & Science by T. Callahan; Political Ex-

tremism by L. Hyman. JR. SKEPTICHalloween; Au-

topsy Aliens. Haunt Houses by B.Friedhoffer

magv3n1-Pseudomedicine: Update False

Memory Syndrome; Homeopathy by Jarvis; Alter-

native Healthcare by Raso;Therapeutic Touch by

Rosa;Skeptics & Religion by Drees; Shalliton

Leftist Science; Mattoon Mass Hysteria by Smith;

Liquefying “Blood” by Randi; Star Trek’s Meaning

by Shermer; Is Raw Meat Conscious? by Leikind;

Hustonreviews books on Miracles, Conspiracies

& Skinheads.

magv2n3-Fad Psychology, False Memory,

Facilitated Communication:False Memory

Syndrome by Hochman; Diagnoses are not Diseases

by Szasz; Facilitated Communicationby Green;

William Reichby Morrock & Carlinsky;Sex, Brains,

& Hands by Halpern;How Thinking Goes Wrong by

Shermer;Pseudoscience in Psychiatry by Tavris;Anti-

Science by McDonough;Flood Myths by Larue; Ark

Hoax by Lippard & Bloomberg.

magv2n4-Pseudohistory-Afrocentrism and

Holocaust Revisionism:Free Speech & Neo-

Nazis by Miele; Denying the Holocaust review by

Siano;Holocaust Revisionism by Shermer;Cre-

ationism & Racism by McIver;Goodbye Colum-

bus? by Fritze;Were Egyptians & Greeks Black?

by Lefkowitz;Beyond Race by Appiah.Noah's Ark

Hoax Updateby Lippard;Randi on the Millen-

nium; Reviews.

magv2n2-Science, Religion, & Cults:

The Jesus Cultsby Steve Allen; What Makes A

Cult? by C. Kisser; Millennium Watch by T.

Daniels; The Resurrection Mythby S. Harris; Was

Christianity a Cult? by G. Larue; Realism & Reli-

gion by M. Rothman; The Unlikeliest Cult Of All

by M. Shermer; Mathemagics by Auther Ben-

jamin; Ark Hoax; 25 Creationist Questions & 25

Evolutionist Answers; Reviews.

magv2n1-Genius: Myth & Reality: Genius

by Steve Allen, James Randi, Paul MacCready,

Elie Shneour; Marilyn Vos Savant; James Gleick

(on Feynman); Amadeus Mythby M. Shermer; D.

Alexander(on Gene Roddenberry); Review of Ge-

nius, byM. Rothman; “Science” of Noah’s Ark by

D. Porter; Who & What Mattered in History by M.

Shermer; Mathemagics by A. Benjamin; Millen-

nium Watch by T. Daniels; Reviews.

magv1n4-Witches, Heretics, and

Scientists and the Psychology of Resist-

ance to New Ideas: Today’s Heretic, Tomorrow’s

Saint by Clayton Drees; Spirits, Witches & Science

by Richard Olson; Resistance to Heretical Science

of Copernicus by M. Shermer;Ideological Immune

System by J. Snelson;Edgar Cayce Foundation Re-

sponds to Skeptics & We Reply; Can Religion be Ra-

tional? by C. Brough; Reviews.

magv1n3-Revolution in Evolution? Dar-

win & Gould Skeptics Investigate Edgar Cayce;

Mismeasure of History: Darwin, Gould & the Nature

of Change by Michael Shermer; Twenty years of

Punctuated Equilibrium by Donald Prothero; Punc-

tuated Equilibrium in Fact & Theory by Stephen Jay

Gould; Historic 1842 Sketch on Evolution by

Charles Darwin; Darwinian Culture by James

Rogers; Reviews.

magv1n1-Tribute to Isaac Asimov

(Premiere Issue) Isaac Asimov Tributes by

Steve Allen, Martin Gardner &Harlan Ellison;

Skeptics Society’sManifesto;Skeptics in Trenches

by Randi; The Most Precious Thing We Have—

The Triumph of the Scientific Method by Michael

Shermer;Avoiding Legal Problems in Skepticism

by Elie Shneour; Book Reviews.

magv1n2-Cryonics: Can Science

Cheat Death? Use & Abuse of Statistics in

the “Real World” by Judith Grabiner;Cryon-

ics: Reaching for Tomorrow by M. Darwin;

Altered States & the Quest for Transcendence

by M. Shermer; Q & A About Cryonics by Alcor

Foundation; The Society for the Recovery of Persons

Apparently Dead by S. Harris; Book & Article Re-

views.

magv4n4-Is History A Science? Tribute

to Carl Sagan:Can History Be Science?;

F. Sulloway on Born to Rebel;Early Ghost-busters;

Debunking Nostradamus; Critical Thinking About

History; Norm Levitt Replies to Critics;R. Olson on

Left & Right Science; What Happened to N-Rays?;

Randi-How To Be Psychic: Im-moral Creationism.

Reviews: Evolution & Literary Theory; Killing of

History; Amazing Kreskin. Dumbth News.

magv4n2-Evolutionary Ethics:Science of

Morality by R. Bingham;F. Mieleinterviews Garrett

Hardin; Morality & Genetic Engineering by J. Har-

tung; Evolution of Morality & Religion by W. Irons;

Plants & Property by A. Oubre ́; Ethics Without Re-

ligion by Shermer; William Jennings Bryan’s Argu-

ment Against Evolution;Superstition by Olson;

Randi debunks saving fuel device; Cosmythology

by V. Stenger.Adam’s IQ by Leikind.

magv4n1-EvolutionaryPsychology:

Stephen Jay Gould Interview, Lionel Tiger, & Robin

Fox. (Im)moral Animal by Miele;Sociology as

Alchemy by Salter;Beyond Just-So-Stories by Hol-

comb;How Humans Got Spots by Schlinge;.Gould’s

Dangerous Idea by Shermer;Darwin Dangerous? by

Ruse;Randi debunks Quadro tracker; Creationist

museum; Scientology responds; What Is the Ant,

Sir? by Leikind; Reviews.

magv3n3V Race & IQ: Place In The Sun by

Tavris. Bell-Shaped Curve’s Skewed Logic by

Halpern. Sternberg interview by Miele. Insult to In-

jury: Uses of The Bell Curveby Griffin. Defending The

Bell Curve, by Sarich. Cycles & Curves by Shermer.

Scientology v. the Internet by Lippard & Jacob-

sen.King Tut’s Curse by Randi. Moral Panics by Vic-

tor. “Recovered Memories” by Pendergrast. How to

Eat a Light Bulb by Leikind; Reviews.

magv3n2-AIDS: AIDS Heresies by Harris;As-

trology Brouhaha by Randi;Shoul d the Bible be

Taken Literally?by McCollister;Extraordinary

Claims Require Extraordinary Evidence? by Schick,

Jr.;Charles Murray Interview by Miele;Wallace &

Darwin’s Priority Dispute by Shermer;Culture Wars:

Skeptics, Parapsychologists & New Agers by Siano;

Debunking Hal Lindsay by Callahan;Did God Make

Rice Cakes? by Leikind; Reviews.

magv4n3-Conspiracy: Jerry Brown Interview

by Miele; World’s End by Callahan;Farrakhan &

Paranoid Style by Brackman; Freu d’s Fol lies by Mac-

Donald;Political Correctness Conspiracy by Siano;

End of Science by Horgan; End of Science Illusions by

Casti; Heretic-Personality by Shermer;Hollywood ET

by McDonough;Mesmerism by Ben Franklin, Antoine

Lavoisier; Bell Curve Book Cracks; Randion Police

Psychics; Tomorrow? by Leikind.

magv5n1-Ecology:Economists v. Ecologistsby

F. Miele; Scientists’ Warning to Humanity; Ju-

lian Simon Interview; Not-So-Wise Use Move-

ment by P. Lindholdt; Population Risk

Assessment by E. Shneour; Myth of the Beau-

tiful People by M. Shermer; Ancient Astronauts

by E. Wojcie-howski; Dumbth News by R. Cass-

ing-ham; Modern Demonology by F. Crews.

Randi’s Swift: Dowsing, Human Magnetism,

Pigasus Awards, Futurists.

magv5n3-Anthropology:Interview: Donald

Johanson; Human Origin Stories by Miele; God &

Ghost Dance by Shermer; Mead & Anthro. by Free-

man; Indians v. Archaeologists by Feder; Millen-

nium by Stephen Jay Gould; Dumbth News by

Cassingham; Di Conspiracies by Gerlich; X-Files

Meets Disney by Mc-Donough; Houdini v. Margery

by Polidoro; Fairies Frauds by Randi; Alternative

Medicine by L.Jaroff; Reviews.

magv6n1-Science & Society: E.O. Wilson In-

terview by F. Meile; Review of Wilson book by B. Siano;

Van Praagh-How He Talks To the Dead by M. Sher-

mer, plus Commentary by G. Posner; Skeptical Of

Objective Journalism by A. Kitty; GRE As Fringe Sci-

ence by K. Oldfield; Drug Policy Debate Guide by E.

Goode; Fraud In the Name of Religion? by M. Fried;

New Age High Tech by J. Randi; Dumbth News; Evil

Eye by G. Bohigian; Reviews.

magv6n2-Taking God Seriously: Deepak

Chopra Danger by P. Molé; Ray Hyman Interview;

Atheist v. Agnostic by Shermer; Karl Popper On God;

TT Wars by L. Sarner; Aga inst God by M. Pigiucci; For

God by B. Mazet; Answering Creationists by T. Edis;

Intellectual Danger by J. Randi; Self-Help Coachby

D. Lease; ‘97 Dumbth Awards by R. Cassingham•

JR. SKEPTIC: TT & Me by E. Rosa; Lucky 7 by E. An-

tisdale; Web reviewsby C. Walker & S. Kinney.

magv6n3-Why Professors Believe Weird

Things:Sex, Race, & the New Left by N. Levitt;

Susan Blackmore Interview; Is God Dead? by M.

Shermer; Meme Critique by J. Polichak; Alternative

Religion Supporters by S. Kent & T. Krebs; Facili-

tated Communication by B. Gorman; SnakeOil Psy-

chotherapy? by T. Dineen; Randion True Believers,

Waco. JR. SKEPTIC; Bigfoot! by Harter; Crystals by A.

Chesworth; Golfball Finder by Cohen.

magv6n4-JFK:Jack Horner Interview; JFK-

Facts & Fictions by N. Gerlich; JFK-Case Still

Open by A. & M. Snyder; Pope & Science by M.

Shermer; Anastasia: Miraculous Survival Myth

by T. Callahan; Dumbth News by R. Cassing-

ham; Dowsing Challenge by Randi; Ig Nobel

Awards by S. Gibson •JR. SKEPTIC; Aliens Among

Us? by A. Chesworth; Abducted! by M. Shermer;

Psychic Math! by A. Benjamin; UFO Photos

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