{"product_id":"vintage-skeptical-inquirer-magazine-volume-39-no-4-2015-cover-celebrity-scientists-by-kendrick-frazier-editor","title":"Vintage Skeptical Inquirer Magazine (Volume 39, No. 4, 2015 - Cover: Celebrity Scientists) by Kendrick Frazier (Editor)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"o-block__description s-content\"\u003eSkeptical Inquirer is a science magazine that explores the latest paranormal and pseudoscience claims through science and reason. From UFOs and urban legends, to psychics and conspiracy theories, Skeptical Inquirer is the source for finding real answers to unbelievable claims.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"o-block__description s-content\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"o-block__description s-content\"\u003eCelebrity Scientists\u003cbr\u003eJuly \/ August 2015\u003cbr\u003eVolume 39, No. 4\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"o-block__description s-content\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"o-block__text\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"o-block__description s-content\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the Editor\u003cbr\u003eToday’s Celebrity Scientists\u003cbr\u003eKendrick Frazier\u003cbr\u003eNews and Comment\u003cbr\u003eInvestigative Files\u003cbr\u003eDillinger’s Ghost\u003cbr\u003eJoe Nickell\u003cbr\u003ePsychic Vibrations\u003cbr\u003eUFO Conspiracies at the UFO Congress\u003cbr\u003eRobert Sheaffer\u003cbr\u003eNotes on a Strange World, Unexplained Mysteries\u003cbr\u003eThe Mystery of TJIPETIR\u003cbr\u003eMassimo Polidoro\u003cbr\u003eMysterious rectangular rubber-like blocks, with the enigmatic word TJIPETIR engraved into them, have been washing up for the past few years on the beaches of northern Europe.\u003cbr\u003eScience Watch\u003cbr\u003eDiet-Heart: A Hypothesis in Crisis? Part 3: The Modern Macronutriet War Rages On\u003cbr\u003eKenneth W. Krause\u003cbr\u003eSkeptical Inquiree\u003cbr\u003eA Skeptic’s Guide to Ethical and Effective Curse Removal\u003cbr\u003eBenjamin Radford\u003cbr\u003eCryptozoology, Special Report\u003cbr\u003eNo Reason to Believe That Sykes’s Yeti-Bear Cryptid Exists\u003cbr\u003eEliécer E. Gutiérrez, Ronald H. Pine\u003cbr\u003eSykes, named “Cryptozoologist of the Year 2013” according to the blog CryptoZooNews, seems to be gaining more and more prominence and respect among cryptozoologists. However, certain of his pronouncements seem highly dubious to his fellow scientists; he has reached some embarrassingly incorrect conclusions, and a number of his statements as to his credentials are thought to be misleading.\u003cbr\u003eAlternative Medicine, Commentary\u003cbr\u003eHomeopathy ‘Unsupported, Ineffective, Dangerous’: CFI Testimony to FDA\u003cbr\u003eMichael De Dora\u003cbr\u003eThe full text of invited testimony by the Center for Inquiry at the April 20, 2015, hearing of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on “Homeopathic Product Regulation: Evaluating the FDA’s Regulatory Framework After a Quarter-Century.”\u003cbr\u003eA Brief History of Scientific Celebrity\u003cbr\u003eDeclan Fahy\u003cbr\u003eScience is personified by a handful of articulate, media-savvy scientists who stimulate new thinking, \u2028drive scientific controversies, enhance public understanding, mobilize social movements, \u2028and shape policy. To millions, these scientific celebrities are the public face of science.\u003cbr\u003eParapsychology\u003cbr\u003eCovert Cognition: My So-Called Near-Death Experience\u003cbr\u003eStephanie Savage\u003cbr\u003eA skeptic sees no light at the end of the tunnel when she falls into a six-week coma and nearly dies.\u003cbr\u003eADVERLYING: Disliking Advertising from an Informed Perspective\u003cbr\u003eSteve Cuno\u003cbr\u003eSome accusations levied against advertising are undeserved. But then, some are deserved, though perhaps not in ways you may have heard or assumed. Meanwhile, not a few bad apples engage in a heinous advertising tactic that goes largely unnoticed.\u003cbr\u003eDo We Really Want to Believe in UFOs?\u003cbr\u003eKlaus Brasch\u003cbr\u003eTreemonisha: Scott Joplin’s Skeptical Black Opera\u003cbr\u003eBruce A. Thyer\u003cbr\u003ePseudoscience, Review\u003cbr\u003eThe Return of Facilitated Communication\u003cbr\u003eTerence Hines\u003cbr\u003eReview of The Horse That Won’t Go Away: Clever Hans, Facilitated Communication, and the Need for Clear Thinking by Thomas E. Heinzen, Scott O. Lilienfeld, and Susan A. Nolan\u003cbr\u003eReview\u003cbr\u003eSkepticism through Stick Figures\u003cbr\u003eRuss Dobler\u003cbr\u003eReview\u003cbr\u003ePsychology and Psychotherapy: How Much Is Evidence-Based?\u003cbr\u003eHarriet Hall\u003cbr\u003eReview\u003cbr\u003eAt Last a Photo of the Soul?\u003cbr\u003eJoe Nickell\u003cbr\u003eLetters to the Editor\u003cbr\u003eThe Last Laugh\u003cbrp\u003eForum\u003cbr\u003eIs Wikipedia a Conspiracy? Common Myths Explained\u003cbr\u003eSusan Gerbic\u003cbr\u003eAllow me to set the record straight. First off, Wikipedia is an online encyclopedia that is trying to be the repository of all knowledge; it is not Tumbler or Reddit or some other social network. 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