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	15.4 Contents: Randi on Dowsing Bomb Detectors, The $1 Million Challlenge, What is Truth?, The Nonreligious: The Stigma of Being an Atheist, The Growth of Religious Indifference, Health Hype: Are We Really Living longer? Do Cell Phones Cause Cancer? The SkepDoc on: Do Environmental Chemicals Destroy Male Fertility, Boosting Your Immune System, Teaching Strategies: Magic in the Classroom, the Grinnell Experiment. Junior Skeptic: Top 10 Busted Myths Last modified:	Out June 30, 2011: Skeptic 15.4. Climate Skeptics: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

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	Skeptic 15.4. Climate Skeptics. Cliamte Skeptics: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, Randi on Dowsing Bomb Detectors, The $1 Million Challlenge, What is Truth?, The Nonreligious: The Stigma of Being an Atheist, The Growth of Religious Indifference, Health Hype: Are We Really Living longer? Do Cell Phones Cause Cancer? The SkepDoc on: Do Environmental Chemicals Destroy Male Fertility, Boosting Your Immune System, Teaching Strategies: Magic in the Classroom, the Grinnell Experiment. Junior Skeptic: Top 10 Busted Myths
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	Skeptic 15.3. Top Ten Mind Myths. Top Ten Psych Myths, Is the Mind Designed or a Kludge?, Debunking DSMV, How the Psychic Industry Works, Is Instant Language Learning Possible?, Do Magicians Believe in "Real Magic"?, The Beverley Hills Battle for Evolution, The Resurrection of Margaret Mead, The Dangers of First Contact with Aliens, Norm Levitt's Last Defense of Science, Supernatural Literature, SkepDoc on Cancer Screening, Randi on How to Be a Psychic, Shermer on the Coma Man Media Hoax, Jr. Skeptic: Cottingley Fairies
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	Skeptic 15.2. The End of the World - Again? A NASA Scientists Answers the Top 20 Questions about 2012, LHC: Will Physics Destroy the World, Why Atheism & IQs Are Rising, Chiropractic, Vaccines & Autism, Time to Teach the Controversy?, Magicians in the Lab, Coriolis Effect Myth, Evolution Teacher Poll, Why Religions Turn Oppressive. Jr. Skeptic: Thetis Lake Monster.
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	Skeptic 15.1. Christian Origins. Christian Origins Conspiracy Theory, Firewalking, Faking UFOs, Homeopathy, Placebos, Atheism, Crazy Ideas 101, Criminal Injustice, Orgone Energy, Evolutionary Economics, Ape Language. Jr. Skeptic: Scooby-Doo.

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	Skeptic 14.4. Ponzi Schemes. Psychology of the Ponzi Scheme, Self-Esteem & Positive Thinking, Faith Healing Kills, Trusting Science Claims, Garden of Eden, GWS, What to Eat. Jr. Skeptic: Ian Rowland & Cold Reading
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	Skeptic 14.3. The New Revisionism. Would We be Better Off if Hitler Had Won?, Out of Body/Near Death Experiences, Primate Altruism, Twins and Genes, Bacterial Flagellum: Intelligent Design?, Germ Theory Deniers, Jr. Skeptic: Famous American Skeptics.
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	Skeptic 14.2. Evolution of Intelligent Life. How Likely is Intelligent Life?, Five Stages of Grief, Fake UFO Photos, Criminal Profiling, Freeman Dyson, Phoenix Lights, Popular Medical Fallacies, Exposing Expelled, NDEs. Jr. Skeptic: Crystal Skulls.
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	Skeptic 14.1. Global Warming. Global Warming Skepticism, Problem with Predictions, Hydrogen Fuel Cell Skepticism, How We Know Global Warming is Real, How to Save the Planet, Last Chance for Randi's Million, Houdini's Séance, King Kong and Loch Ness, Anthropologists Not Skeptical Enough, Broadcast Journalism. Jr. Skeptic: Dragons.

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	Skeptic 13.4. Quirkology. Richard Wiseman's Quirkology, Dawkins is Wrong, Dawkins Replies, Shermer vs. Chopra on Afterlife, New Mythology, Mozart Effect, Apes and Language, Consciousness, Franklin's Kite. Jr. Skeptic: Ancient Aliens II.
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	Skeptic 13.3. Medical Controversies. Do Vaccines Cause Autism?, Is Using Animals Outdated?, Do Cold Cures Work?, Origins of AIDS, Secondhand Smoke, Trouble with Psychiatry, When to be Skeptical of Medical Research, Frans de Wal on Bonobos and Chimps, Intelligent Design, Randi vs. Sam Harris, Junior Skeptic: Ancient Aliens 1.
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	Skeptic 13.2. Richard Dawkins. Dawkins & Religion, Faith vs. Atheism, Shermer on Dawkins, Levitt & Chopra on The God Delusion, Universal Taxonomy, The Future of Science, The Secret, Jr. Skeptic: FAQ about Evolution Answered.
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	Skeptic 13.1. The Legacy of Carl Sagan. Sagan on God, Conversation with Sagan, Interview with Ann Druyan, Sagan Tributes, Human Purpose, Diet Myths, Superstition and Magical Thinking, Junior Skeptic: Evolution I

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	Skeptic 12.4. 9/11. Was there a conspiracy? Ball lightning, Big Bang/ID, British UFO report, Facilitated Communication, Anthropologist as Fortuneteller, Mind reading, Attention blindness, Kidnapped by aliens.
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	Skeptic 12.3. Religion: Three New Empirical Studies. Does Prayer Work? Are Religious People Happier and More Moral? Are Religious Societies Healthier? Orthodox Judaism and Evolution, Using Pseudoscience to Teach Science, The Probems with Catastrophists and Doomsayers, Debate: Deepak Chopra v. Michael Shermer, Who Really Discovered America? Paranormal Pooches, Misquoting Einstein. Jr. Skeptic: Alien Abductions.
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	Skeptic 12.2. Artificial Intelligence. Can the Human Brain be Duplicated? Intelligent Design: Dover, SETI, Young Earth, Privileged Planet, Dawkins, Brin; Randi on the Omnitron, Ted Serios, Homeopathy, Coral Castle. Jr. Skeptic: Pyramid Power.
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	Skeptic 12.1. MythBusters. Debate Section: Sex Jealousy, Violence; Interview with MythBusters, Skeptic Goes to an Exorcism, Woodstock of Evolution, Dr. Dino's $250,000 Challenge Met, Latest on Mind, Brain, Consciousness; David Irving Redux, Internet Fuels Conspiracies, UFOs in the Bible, What Biased Media?, Randi on Sylvia Browne.

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	Skeptic 11.4. Ernst Mayr 1904-2005. James Randi Rips Primetime "Healer" John of God, Da Vinci Code Debunked, Are Our Brains Hardwired to See ET? Investigating Conspiracy Theories - Three Pitfalls to Avoid, Are Spirits Trying to Contact Us? Is the Concept of "Mind" a Myth? Deconstructing Dembski, Juniour Skeptic: Bob Friedhoffer, The Madman of Magic.
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	Skeptic 11.3. Catastrophe, Collapse. Audio Scams, Where Were You When You Heard About 9/11? Double-blind Revolution, Shakespeare's Authorship, Cholesterol, Nature-Nurture Debate, Review of "What the #$*! Do We Know?", Psychic Detective on Court TV, Junior Skeptic: Sasquatch, Part II.
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	Skeptic 11.2. Who Are We? Are We Slaves to Our Genes or Is Human Nature Learned?, Is There an Afterlife?, Is History Only 1000 Years Old?, Science Loses to Politics, Sports Streaks, The Media and Alternative Medicine, Randi: Testing the Paranormal, More on the Atkins Diet, Intelligent Design Creationism, Cryonics Forum, Weeping Statues, Mexican UFOs, Junior Skeptic: Sasquatch
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	Skeptic 11.1. If These Are Not UFOs What Are They? World Report Section: Nigerian Witch Hunts, Shamanistic Origins of Chinese Medicine, India's Conspiracy Theories, Xhosa Mass Suicide, Dogon Legends, The Man Behind Bigfoot, Who Really Killed Jesus?, Goodbye Charlie: The Berlitz Legacy, Decoding the Da Vinci Code, Texas Textbook Wars, Cryonics Redux, 50 Things You Can Do to Encourage Skepticism, James Randi on UFO Fotos. Junior Skeptic: The Loch Ness Monster

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	Skeptic 10.4. The Skinny on Fat. A Skeptical Investigation of the Atkins and Other Low Carb Diets, How to Teach Evolution/Creation in Schools, Was Einstein Learning Disabled?, Does Sonar Harm Whales?, Who Invented Ancient Astronauts? Randi on the Amazing Speaking Machine, Gribbin on Why Scientists Do Science, True or False: You Only Remember 10% of What You Read, A Solution to the Free Will Problem, How Accurate are Crime Shows?, Can Skepticism be Taught?, Magnet Experiment. Junior Skeptic: The Curse of King Tut
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	Skeptic 10.3. Creationism and Intelligent Design Another Flaw in Intelligent Design, Creationist World View: It's Not Just About Evolution, Were Humans Inevitable by Simon Conway Morris, Don Prothero Reviews Morris, Creationist Linguistics, History of a Creationist Legend, Richard Dawkins: A Devil's Chaplain; The Nostradamus of Comics, Jewish Conspiracy Theories, "Bright"; Brouhaha, Junior Skeptic: The Case for the Bermuda Triangle
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	Skeptic 10.2. The Future of Intelligence. Are We Getting Smarter or Dumber? Why Smart People Believe Weirds Things, Stephen Wolfram: Scientific Breakthrough or Computer Wizardry?, Talking to the Dead: Sylvia Browne Ducks Randi Test, Skeptics Infiltrate John Edward Seminar, "What's the Harm?"; - A Grief Counselor's Answer, Science v. The Media: Why Can't We Just Be Friends?, Forum Debates on Time Travel and Persinger's Resurrection Science, Junior Skeptic: The Original Bigfoot: Nepal's Yeti
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	Skeptic 10.1. Roswell. How a modest military adventure in 1947 was turned into a great whopper of a UFO tale in 1978, How I Became A Psychic In One Day by Michael Shermer, Randi on Homeopathy, Is Time Travel Possible?, Alaska's Mysterious HAARP, Sheldrake on Blind Research, Ockham's Razor Dulled, Science Maxims, Pet Psychics, Intuition, Intelligent Design Conference, Junior Skeptic: Alien Life

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	Skeptic 9.4. Farewell to Gould. Farewell, Stephen Jay Gould: Excellence, grace and the propensity to inspire those ideals in others - Richard Milner and Michael Shermer remember Gould as a scientist, scholar and friend. Science and the Bible: A Scientific Explanation of the Resurrection, Can Science Explain Bible Miracles? Should it?, French 9/11 Conspiracy Theory, Randi on Internet Card Tricks, Patent Office Victory, Quack Vaccines, Coincidence!, Who Wrote Shakespeare? Why Does Anyone Care?, How to Change Creationists' Minds. Junior Skeptic: Sea Monsters!
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	Skeptic 9.3. Theologians Confront the Possibility of Extraterrestrial Life. Steven B. Harris Playing God: Can We Handle Artificial Intelligence?, Rewriting History: The Neo-Confederates, Freud Takes the Stand at the Leopold and Loeb Trial; Special Section - Thinking Skills: Phil Molé; on How Smart People Sabotage Their Thinking, Accelerated Learning: Does it Work?, Science Education Alone Doesn't Guarantee Skepticism, Why We Accept Paranormal Beliefs, Junior Skeptic: Bad Medicine
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	Skeptic 9.2. The Environment. How Bad Off Are We? E.O. Wilson on the Future of Life, Bøjrn Lomborg, Pimentel Debunks Lomborg, 9 Crazy Ideas, Wit and Wisdom of Skeptics, Randi on John Edward and Sylvia Browne, Numerology of McVeigh and September 11th, Evolutionary Psychology
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	Skeptic 9.1. Anthropology Wars. Brin on the Need to Believe, Velikovsky, Atlantis, Interview: Steven Pinker, Fox TV's Moon Conspiracy, Napoleon Chagnon, Spin-Doctoring the Yanomamo, Margaret Mead, "Noble Savage" Myth

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	Skeptic 8.4. The New Creationism: Intelligent Design. James Randi Interview, Science in America, Crackpot Index, Hydrino Theory Debunked, Mark Twain v. Religion, Jr. Skeptic: Atlantis.
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	Skeptic 8.3. Chaos Theory: Pop Fad or Science Revolution? Jared Diamond Interview. Chaos Theory: Fad or Revolution? A Quick & Dirty Guide to the New Science, Should We Be Skeptical of Chaos? How Nature Self-Organises, History's Contingencies, Interview With Jared Diamond, TV Psychic John Edward Exposed by Randi, Cosmology in the New Millennium, Bumper Fish Battles, Backward Speech
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	Skeptic 8.2. Science and Religion. Science Tests Prayer and Healing, Where Do You Fall On the Science/Religion Chart? Intelligent Design - The New Creationism, Can Skeptics Believe in God? Is Agnosticism a Legitimate Position?, Interview with Frans de Waal, Jr. Skeptic: The Mystery of the Pyramids.
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	Skeptic 8.1. Race & Sports. Race and Sports, Voodoo Science, Interview with Ernst Mayr, Jr. Skeptic: How Darwin Discovered Evolution I.

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	Skeptic 7.4. Penis Shrinking Panics. Penis Shrinking Panics and Other Mass Hysterias, ESP, Psi, Interview with Philip J.Klass, Sai Baba, Secrets of TV Psychics
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	Skeptic 7.3. Millennium Madness.
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	Skeptic 7.2. Cloning and Genetic Engineering. Cloning and Genetic Engineering
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	Skeptic 7.1. Congress Hunts for Fraud in Science: Reflections on the Baltimore Case. Congress Hunts for Fraud in Science: Reflections of the Baltimore Case

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	Skeptic 6.4. JFK: What the Forensic Evidence Really Reveals. Special Section on JFK, Anastasia, Interview with Jack Horner, How to Fake UFO photos
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	Skeptic 6.3. Why Professors Believe Weird Things. Norm Levitt on Why Professors Believe Weird Things, Alternative Religions, Psychotherapy, Memes, FC, Bigfoot
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	Skeptic 6.2. Taking God Seriously, the Physics and Philosophical Flaws in Deepak Chopra's Popular "New Age" Teachings. Deepak Chopra's Popular "New Age"; Teachings, Karl Popper on God, Interview with Ray Hyman, Emily Rosa and TT, Jr. Skeptic
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	Skeptic 6.1. E. O. Wilson's Consilience: Can We Unify All Knowledge? Van Praagh, E.O.Wilson's Consilience, Therapeutic Touch, Evil Eye, Fraud in the Name of Religion, Hawking v. Tipler, Drug Policy, Objective Journalism, GRE

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	Skeptic 5.4. Acupuncture's Secrets Revealed. Acupuncture's Secrets Revealed, Police Psychics, Inside the Roswell Report, Did the Greeks Steal Pi from Egypt? Charleston Mermaid Hoax, James Randi: Bell Labs Blunder, The God Question Revisited, Chinese Sex Cults, Conspiracy Buffs in Dallas, How Astrology Works, Shermer: How We Came to Believe in Magic
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	Skeptic 5.3. Anthropological Controversies. Anthropological Controversies, In Love with Lucy, How Humans Explain Human Origins, Margaret Mead's Mistake, Native American Creationism, Randi on Fairy Fakes, Office of Alternative Medicine, Militias, Dumbth, The X-Files meets Disneyland, Di Conspiracies, Houdini v. The Blond Witch of Lime Street, Psychics, Nostradamus & Di
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	Skeptic 5.2. The God Question. The God Question, Einstein's God, Cracking the Bible Code, Interview with Martin Gardner, Roswell Special
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	Skeptic 5.1. With Special Supplement "Swift" 1.1. The Environment, Witch Hunters, Ancient Astronauts, Heaven's Gate/Hale-Bopp, PC Debate

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	Skeptic 4.4. A Tribute to Carl Sagan. Can History Be a Science? Tribute to Carl Sagan, Can History be a Science?, Interview with Frank Sulloway ("Born to Rebel")
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	Skeptic 4.3. Conspiracies! Conspiracies, Interview:Jerry Brown, Psychoanalysis, Franklin investigates Mesmerism
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	Skeptic 4.2. Evolutionary Ethics and Secular Morality. Evolutionary Ehtics and Secular Morality, Bryan's Argument Against Evolution
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	Skeptic 4.1. Evolutionary Psychology. Evolutionary Psychology, Interview with Stephen Jay Gould

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	Skeptic 3.4. Cosmology and God: Can Science Prove God? Cosmology and God: Can Science Prove God? Cosmologists Clash on The Physics of Immortality, Interview with Richard Dawkins
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	Skeptic 3.3. Race and IQ. Race, IQ Tests and Intelligence, False Memory Victim Speaks Out
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	Skeptic 3.2. Does HIV Really Cause AIDS? The AIDS Heretics: What Do They Say and What If They Are Right? The AIDS Heresies, Charles Murray ("Bell Curve") Interview
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	Skeptic 3.1. Alternative Healthcare: Whose Health? Whose Care? Pseudomedicine: Therapeutic Touch, Homeopathy and Spiritual Cures

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	Skeptic 2.4. Who Says the Holocaust Never Happened? And Why Do They Say It? Pseudohistory: Holocaust Revisionism and Afrocentrism
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	Skeptic 2.3. False Memory Syndrome, An Epidemic of Accusations. Fad Psych - False Memory Syndrome and Facilitated Communication
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	Skeptic 2.2. Science, Religion, & Cults. Science, Religion and Cults
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	Skeptic 2.1. Genius! The Myths and Reality. Genius: Myths and Reality

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	Skeptic 1.4. Witches, Heretics and Scientists. Witches, Heretics and Scientists
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	Skeptic 1.3. Darwin, Gould, Revolution in Evolution? Revolution in Evolution? Darwin and Gould
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	Skeptic 1.2. Can Science Cheat Death? Cryonics: Can Science Cheat Death?
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	Skeptic 1.1. A Tribute to Isaac Asimov, Randi at Caltech. Skepticism, Tribute to Isaac Asimov

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