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href="/web/20181030101442/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/volume_41.5">Volume 41.5, September/October 2017</a></h5><br/> <h5 class="type"><a href="/web/20181030101442/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/a_magician_in_the_lab">A Magician in the Lab</a></h5> <p><p>Un ilusionista en el laboratorio </p></p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="article-single"> <div class="thumbnail thumbleft"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030101442im_/https://www.csicop.org/uploads/images/si/bigfoot-sighting_thumb.jpg" alt="Bigfoot as Big Myth: Seven Phases of Mythmaking"/> </div> <h4><a href="/web/20181030101442/https://www.csicop.org/si/show/bigfoot_as_big_myth_seven_phases_of_mythmaking">Bigfoot as Big Myth: Seven Phases of Mythmaking</a></h4> <h5 class="author">by <a href="/web/20181030101442/https://www.csicop.org/author/joenickell">Joe Nickell</a></h5> <h5><a href="/web/20181030101442/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/volume_41.5">Volume 41.5, September/October 2017</a></h5><br/> <h5 class="type"><a href="/web/20181030101442/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/feature">Feature</a></h5> <p><p> The hairy man-beast known as the “Sasquatch” or “Bigfoot” is now ever present in North American culture. Supposedly a throwback to our evolutionary past, it is an “ape-man” version of us just as the little-bodied, big-headed, humanoid extraterrestrial is a futuristic one. </p></p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="article-single"> <div class="thumbnail thumbleft"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030101442im_/https://www.csicop.org/uploads/images/si/lie-detector_thumb.jpg" alt="A Consistently Erroneous Technology"/> </div> <h4><a href="/web/20181030101442/https://www.csicop.org/si/show/a_consistently_erroneous_technology">A Consistently Erroneous Technology</a></h4> <h5 class="author">by <a href="/web/20181030101442/https://www.csicop.org/author/jamesrandi">James Randi</a></h5> <h5><a href="/web/20181030101442/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/volume_41.5">Volume 41.5, September/October 2017</a></h5><br/> <h5 class="type"><a href="/web/20181030101442/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/a_magician_in_the_lab">A Magician in the Lab</a></h5> <p><p> The evidence is just so much against this technology, it’s difficult to believe how long it has existed as a supposedly valid notion. </p></p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="article-single"> <div class="thumbnail thumbleft"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030101442im_/https://www.csicop.org/uploads/images/si/classroom-science_thumb.jpg" alt="Evolution in the College Classroom: Facilitating Conversations about Science and Religion"/> </div> <h4><a href="/web/20181030101442/https://www.csicop.org/si/show/evolution_in_the_college_classroom">Evolution in the College Classroom: Facilitating Conversations about Science and Religion</a></h4> <h5 class="author">by <a href="/web/20181030101442/https://www.csicop.org/author/mattnisbet">Matt Nisbet</a></h5> <h5><a href="/web/20181030101442/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/volume_41.5">Volume 41.5, September/October 2017</a></h5><br/> <h5 class="type"><a href="/web/20181030101442/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/the_science_of_science_communication">The Science of Science Communication</a></h5> <p><p> As surprising as this might sound, the unfortunate reality is that in many high schools across the country evolution is often avoided or covered superficially as part of a crammed science curriculum, taught by teachers who are underqualified and poorly supported. </p></p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="article-single"> <div class="thumbnail thumbleft"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030101442im_/https://www.csicop.org/uploads/images/si/teaching-skepticism_thumb.jpg" alt="Teaching Skepticism: How Early Can We Begin?"/> </div> <h4><a href="/web/20181030101442/https://www.csicop.org/si/show/teaching_skepticism_how_early_can_we_begin">Teaching Skepticism: How Early Can We Begin?</a></h4> <h5 class="author">by <a href="/web/20181030101442/https://www.csicop.org/author/scottolilienfeld">Scott O. Lilienfeld</a></h5> <h5><a href="/web/20181030101442/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/volume_41.5">Volume 41.5, September/October 2017</a></h5><br/> <h5 class="type"><a href="/web/20181030101442/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/special_report">Special Report</a></h5> <p><p> I trust that I need not persuade readers of Skeptical Inquirer that in today’s world of post-truth, alternative facts, and rampant pseudoscience, critical thinking—reasoning that helps to compensate for our biases—is needed now more than ever. </p></p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="article-single"> <div class="thumbnail thumbleft"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030101442im_/https://www.csicop.org/uploads/images/si/madhouse-effect_thumb.jpg" alt="A Brilliant Climate Collaboration"/> </div> <h4><a href="/web/20181030101442/https://www.csicop.org/si/show/a_brilliant_climate_collaboration">A Brilliant Climate Collaboration</a></h4> <h5 class="author">by Robert Ladendorf</h5> <h5><a href="/web/20181030101442/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/volume_41.5">Volume 41.5, September/October 2017</a></h5><br/> <h5 class="type"><a href="/web/20181030101442/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/book_review">Review</a></h5> <p><p>The Madhouse Effect: How Climate Change Denial Is Threatening Our Planet, Destroying Our Politics, and Driving Us Crazy by Michael E. Mann and Tom Toles </p></p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="article-single"> <div class="thumbnail thumbleft"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030101442im_/https://www.csicop.org/uploads/images/si/news-1464581_1920_thumb.jpg" alt="Predatory Journals: Write, Submit, and Publish the Next Day"/> </div> <h4><a href="/web/20181030101442/https://www.csicop.org/si/show/predatory_journals_write_submit_and_publish_the_next_day">Predatory Journals: Write, Submit, and Publish the Next Day</a></h4> <h5 class="author">by Ramzi Hakami</h5> <h5><a href="/web/20181030101442/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/volume_41.5">Volume 41.5, September/October 2017</a></h5><br/> <h5 class="type"><a href="/web/20181030101442/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/special_report">Special Report</a></h5> <p><p> Predatory journals can be defined as “publications [that take] large fees without providing robust editorial or publishing services.” They usually “recruit articles through aggressive marketing and spam emails, promising quick review and open access publication for a price. </p></p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="article-single"> <div class="thumbnail thumbleft"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030101442im_/https://www.csicop.org/uploads/images/si/goldberg-gallileo_thumb.jpg" alt="The Politicization of Scientific Issues"/> </div> <h4><a href="/web/20181030101442/https://www.csicop.org/si/show/politicization_of_scientific_issues">The Politicization of Scientific Issues</a></h4> <h5 class="author">by Jeanne Goldberg</h5> <h5><a href="/web/20181030101442/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/volume_41.5">Volume 41.5, September/October 2017</a></h5><br/> <h5 class="type"><a href="/web/20181030101442/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/feature">Feature</a></h5> <p><p>It is paradoxical that in populations supportive of science and democracy scientific issues have become politicized to the degree that objective evidence is ignored or rejected in favor of “alternative” opinions. </p></p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="article-single"> <div class="thumbnail thumbleft"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030101442im_/https://www.csicop.org/uploads/images/si/interro_thumb.jpg" alt="The Fakery of Electrodermal Screening"/> </div> <h4><a href="/web/20181030101442/https://www.csicop.org/si/show/the_fakery_of_electrodermal_screening">The Fakery of Electrodermal Screening</a></h4> <h5 class="author">by <a href="/web/20181030101442/https://www.csicop.org/author/stephenbarrett">Stephen Barrett</a></h5> <h5><a href="/web/20181030101442/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/volume_41.5">Volume 41.5, September/October 2017</a></h5><br/> <h5 class="type"><a href="/web/20181030101442/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/feature">Feature</a></h5> <p><p>Souped-up galvanometers are being used to assess people’s health and determine what they supposedly need. Tests expose them as preposterous, and government agencies should stop their use. </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/20181030101442/https://pocketmags.com/viewmagazine.aspx?&title=Skeptical+Inquirer&titleid=1674">Online</a>, or to the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030101442/http://csi-store.myshopify.com/collections/frontpage/products/si">Print Magazine</a>.<br/> Also available on our <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030101442/https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/skeptical-inquirer-magazine/id661109847?mt=8">iTunes App</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030101442/https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.magazinecloner.skeptical&hl=en">Android App</a>, and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030101442/http://www.csicop.org/news/show/skeptical_inquirer_is_now_available_digitally">other devices</a>.</span></p></div> <h4>The Fallacy Fork</h4> <h5 class="author">by <a href="/web/20181030101442/https://www.csicop.org/author/Maarten Boudry">Maarten Boudry</a></h5> <h5><a href="/web/20181030101442/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/volume_41.5">Volume 41.5, September/October 2017</a></h5><br/> <h5 class="type"><a href="/web/20181030101442/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/feature">Feature</a></h5> <p><p>Why It’s Time to Get Rid of Fallacy Theory </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/20181030101442/https://pocketmags.com/viewmagazine.aspx?&title=Skeptical+Inquirer&titleid=1674">Online</a>, or to the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030101442/http://csi-store.myshopify.com/collections/frontpage/products/si">Print Magazine</a>.<br/> Also available on our <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030101442/https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/skeptical-inquirer-magazine/id661109847?mt=8">iTunes App</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030101442/https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.magazinecloner.skeptical&hl=en">Android App</a>, and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030101442/http://www.csicop.org/news/show/skeptical_inquirer_is_now_available_digitally">other devices</a>.</span></p></div> <h4>A History of Physics Worth Fifty-One Thousand Words</h4> <h5 class="author">by Celestia Ward</h5> <h5><a href="/web/20181030101442/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/volume_41.5">Volume 41.5, September/October 2017</a></h5><br/> <h5 class="type"><a href="/web/20181030101442/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/book_review">Review</a></h5> <p><p>Drawing Physics: 2,600 Years of Discovery from Thales to Higgs by Don S. 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