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CSICon Las Vegas 2017 Had It All </p></p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="article-single"> <div class="thumbnail thumbleft"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180402224708im_/https://www.csicop.org/uploads/images/si/louisville-nickell_thumb.jpg" alt="Hawking ‘Ghosts’ in Old Louisville"/> </div> <h4><a href="/web/20180402224708/https://www.csicop.org/si/show/hawking_ghosts_in_old_louisville">Hawking ‘Ghosts’ in Old Louisville</a></h4> <h5 class="author">by <a href="/web/20180402224708/https://www.csicop.org/author/joenickell">Joe Nickell</a></h5> <h5><a href="/web/20180402224708/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/volume_42.2">Volume 42.2, March / April 2018</a></h5><br/> <h5 class="type"><a href="/web/20180402224708/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/column">Column</a></h5><h5 class="type"><a href="/web/20180402224708/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/investigative_files">Investigative Files</a></h5> <p><p> How could a press that represents all of the universities in the Commonwealth of Kentucky publish such nonsense—even in an age of fake news and fake science? </p></p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="article-single"> <div class="thumbnail thumbleft"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180402224708im_/https://www.csicop.org/uploads/images/si/pulitzer-logo_thumb.png" alt="Ambassadors for Science"/> </div> <h4><a href="/web/20180402224708/https://www.csicop.org/si/show/ambassadors_for_science">Ambassadors for Science</a></h4> <h5 class="author">by <a href="/web/20180402224708/https://www.csicop.org/author/mattnisbet">Matt Nisbet</a></h5> <h5><a href="/web/20180402224708/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/volume_42.2">Volume 42.2, March / April 2018</a></h5><br/> <h5 class="type"><a href="/web/20180402224708/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/column">Column</a></h5><h5 class="type"><a href="/web/20180402224708/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/the_science_of_science_communication">The Science of Science Communication</a></h5> <p><p> Harnessing the Power of Opinion-Leaders Across Communities </p></p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="article-single"> <div class="thumbnail thumbleft"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180402224708im_/https://www.csicop.org/uploads/images/si/david-and-goliath-hrab_thumb.jpg" alt="David vs. Whatsisname"/> </div> <h4><a href="/web/20180402224708/https://www.csicop.org/si/show/david_vs._whatsisname">David vs. Whatsisname</a></h4> <h5 class="author">by <a href="/web/20180402224708/https://www.csicop.org/author/George Hrab">George Hrab</a></h5> <h5><a href="/web/20180402224708/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/volume_42.2">Volume 42.2, March / April 2018</a></h5><br/> <h5 class="type"><a href="/web/20180402224708/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/column">Column</a></h5> <p><p> I’m not sure I get the point of the story of David and Goliath. </p></p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="article-single"> <div class="thumbnail thumbleft"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180402224708im_/https://www.csicop.org/uploads/images/si/bacteria-bach-dennet_thumb.jpg" alt="The Riddle of Consciousness"/> </div> <h4><a href="/web/20180402224708/https://www.csicop.org/si/show/the_riddle_of_consciousness">The Riddle of Consciousness</a></h4> <h5 class="author">by <a href="/web/20180402224708/https://www.csicop.org/author/harriethall">Harriet Hall</a></h5> <h5><a href="/web/20180402224708/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/volume_42.2">Volume 42.2, March / April 2018</a></h5><br/> <h5 class="type"><a href="/web/20180402224708/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/book_review">Review</a></h5> <p><p> Consciousness is <em>not</em> a nonphysical phenomenon. It is an evolved user-illusion, “a system of virtual machines that evolved, genetically and memetically, to play very special roles in the ‘cognitive niche’ our ancestors have constructed over the millennia.” </p></p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="article-single unavailable"> <div class="printonly"><p>Available to Subscribers<br/><span style="font-size:12px; font-weight:100;"> Subscribe now <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180402224708/https://pocketmags.com/viewmagazine.aspx?&title=Skeptical+Inquirer&titleid=1674">Online</a>, or to the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180402224708/http://csi-store.myshopify.com/collections/frontpage/products/si">Print Magazine</a>.<br/> Also available on our <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180402224708/https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/skeptical-inquirer-magazine/id661109847?mt=8">iTunes App</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180402224708/https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.magazinecloner.skeptical&hl=en">Android App</a>, and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180402224708/http://www.csicop.org/news/show/skeptical_inquirer_is_now_available_digitally">other devices</a>.</span></p></div> <h4>The War on Science, Anti-Intellectualism, and ‘Alternative Ways of Knowing’ in 21st-Century America</h4> <h5 class="author">by H. 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The drugs Avastin and Opdivo, which have serious problems, have been greatly overhyped. </p></p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="article-single unavailable"> <div class="printonly"><p>Available to Subscribers<br/><span style="font-size:12px; font-weight:100;"> Subscribe now <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180402224708/https://pocketmags.com/viewmagazine.aspx?&title=Skeptical+Inquirer&titleid=1674">Online</a>, or to the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180402224708/http://csi-store.myshopify.com/collections/frontpage/products/si">Print Magazine</a>.<br/> Also available on our <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180402224708/https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/skeptical-inquirer-magazine/id661109847?mt=8">iTunes App</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180402224708/https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.magazinecloner.skeptical&hl=en">Android App</a>, and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180402224708/http://www.csicop.org/news/show/skeptical_inquirer_is_now_available_digitally">other devices</a>.</span></p></div> <h4>Twenty-One Reasons Noah’s Worldwide Flood Never Happened</h4> <h5 class="author">by Dr. Lorence G. 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