Vintage Skeptical Inquirer Magazine (Volume 39, No. 1, 2015 - Cover: Understanding Strange Beliefs) by Kendrick Frazier (Editor)

Understanding Strange Beliefs
January / February 2015
Volume 39, No. 1

From the Editor
Why We Believe: New Research, New Understanding
Kendrick Frazier
News & Comment
News and Comment
Parapsychology, Special Report
Sylvia Browne’s FBI File: Examining Her Alleged Detective Work and a Federal Criminal Investigation
Ryan Shaffer
Recently obtained FBI files shatter Sylvia Browne’s insinuation that she had a relationship with federal law enforcement and show that the only interest the agency had in Browne was investigating her for fraud.
Martin Gardner Centennial
The False Memory Syndrome
Martin Gardner
Investigative Files
Monster Catfish: Investigating a Whopper
Joe Nickell
There are different versions—folklore at work—regarding the origins of both the giant fish and the old photo. Some say the picture is genuine, while others insist that it is not.
Thinking About Science
Science and Skepticism, the Big Picture
Massimo Pigliucci
Psychic Vibrations
The Trent UFO Photos—‘Best’ of All Time—Finally Busted?
Robert Sheaffer
Once again, farmer Paul Trent’s famous UFO photos from McMin­nville, Oregon, are a hot topic in UFOlogy.
Notes on a Strange World
The Amazing Randi’s Most Extraordinary Escape, Part 2
Massimo Polidoro
So, how did The Amazing Randi escape not only from the cell that kept him a prisoner but also from the building of the police station in Valleyfield Quebec? Here is the ingenious solution devised by Randi.
Science Watch
Diet-Heart: A Hypothesis in Crisis? Part 1: From Proposal to Paradigm to Policy
Kenneth W. Krause
Skeptical Inquiree
The Cockington Church Ghost Photo
Benjamin Radford
Commentary
In Defense of Useless Math: Why the New Common Core Isn’t As Liberating As It Seems
Dale Debakcsy
Why Do People Believe in Gods?
Gary M. Bakker
Popular
… And Ghosts, Angels, Demons, Fairies, Goblins, and Other Imagined Conspiracies?Conspiracy Theories
Crazy Beliefs, Sane Believers: Toward a Cognitive Psychology of Conspiracy Ideation
Preston R. Bost
Where do conspiracy beliefs come from? Recent behavioral research suggests that they do not reflect pathology or lazy thinking but may instead come from normal, rational minds.
Modern Geocentrism
Matthew P. Wiesner
Flaw and Order: The Science and Mythology of Criminal Profiling
Laurence Miller
Review
Bigfoot or Big Fraud?
Rob Boston
Review
Historical Revisionism in Tim’s Vermeer
Eve Siebert
Letters to the Editor

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Publication date ‏ : ‎ 2015
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 66 pages
UNSPSC-Code : 55101506 (Printed publications)