Good material for the open minded
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Great source of data and thought out qualified commentary on baloney of our age
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Only Bimonthy and due to book store bias hard to find.
The Bottom Line:
This is the very best tool for use against the forces of ignorance and anti science. The best information about why you are right or wrong.
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Author's Review
Skeptical Enquirer is the Journal CSICOP (Committee for Scientific Investigation of Claims Of the Paranormal). This respectable organization is dedicated promotion of critical thinking and turning much needed questioning eyes towards much of the bunk that is taken as fact. It is a worthy and under-funded organization and its journal is a refreshing read. No sacred cows are left untouched astrology, alternative medical claims, chiropractic claims, faith healers, homeopathy, revisionist history, abusive cults, creationism, intelligent design, alien abductions, crop circles, bigfoot, free energy claims, and many more claims are regularly examined. The letters and editorials sections are the best. It dedication to rebuttals and fairness is by far the best of any publication with a general public readership.
Opinions that it is bias and too skeptical are laughable. One might as well say that Sporting News has too much sports and the only bias it is has is a tendency to lean toward the factual and measurable. Of course the contributors have their views points but almost always-verifiable data is provided to back up an opinion. If one wants and examples of bias you can turn on the TV and go to the bookstore. On TV you can find tons of programming geared to the paranormal and most of presents the claims as fact. Go to the book store and see how many shelves are dedicated to New-Age, Alternative Medicine, Religions, and Wacky conspiracies compared to the space dedicated to Critical thinking and Science. You will also find some of the formed mixed with the later.
Years of dealing with irrational people and/or unscrupulous profiteers have left some contributor bitter and the commentary can be caustic. If a person has issues with their own shortcomings you may find the journal as painful as a kick in the onions. Display of ownership can also provoke confrontations with the willful ignorant and the close minded.