CINXE.COM

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "https://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="https://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head><script type="text/javascript" src="/_static/js/bundle-playback.js?v=HxkREWBo" charset="utf-8"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="/_static/js/wombat.js?v=txqj7nKC" charset="utf-8"></script> <script>window.RufflePlayer=window.RufflePlayer||{};window.RufflePlayer.config={"autoplay":"on","unmuteOverlay":"hidden"};</script> <script type="text/javascript" src="/_static/js/ruffle/ruffle.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> __wm.init("https://web.archive.org/web"); __wm.wombat("https://www.csicop.org/about/csi_fellows_and_staff","20190105181056","https://web.archive.org/","web","/_static/", "1546711856"); </script> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/_static/css/banner-styles.css?v=S1zqJCYt" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/_static/css/iconochive.css?v=3PDvdIFv" />  <meta name="revised" content="2009"/> <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=EmulateIE7"/> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/web/20190105181056cs_/https://www.csicop.org/css/screen.css"/>   <link rel="shortcut icon" href="/web/20190105181056im_/https://www.csicop.org/img/favicon.png"/> <meta name="title" content="The Committee for Skeptical Inquiry"/> <meta name="description" content="The Committee for Skeptical Inquiry promotes science and scientific inquiry, critical thinking, science education, and the use of reason in examining important issues. It encourages the critical investigation of controversial or extraordinary claims from a responsible, scientific point of view and disseminates factual information about the results of such inquiries to the scientific community, the media, and the public."/> <style type="text/css">@import url(https://web.archive.org/web/20190105181056cs_/https://www.google.com/cse/api/branding.css);</style> <style type="text/css">body {background-image: url(/web/20190105181056im_/https://www.csicop.org/img/ask-the-dust.jpg);}</style> <title>CSI Fellows and Staff - CSI</title> <meta name="google-site-verification" content="CECWrLNmS2I5Dsw0UQuTkeTsxg8DjJQnrhgKSuZdCdw"/> </head> <body>  <script> (function(h,o,t,j,a,r){ h.hj=h.hj||function(){ (h.hj.q=h.hj.q||[]).push(arguments) }; h._hjSettings={ hjid:652364,hjsv:6 }; a=o.getElementsByTagName('head')[0]; r=o.createElement('script');r.async=1; r.src=t+h._hjSettings.hjid+j+h._hjSettings.hjsv; a.appendChild(r); })(window,document,'https://web.archive.org/web/20190105181056/https://static.hotjar.com/c/hotjar-','.js?sv='); </script><script> (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){ (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o), m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m) })(window,document,'script','https://web.archive.org/web/20190105181056/https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga'); ga('create', 'UA-102208537-1', 'auto', { 'allowLinker': true }); ga('require', 'linker'); ga('linker:autoLink', ['centerforinquiry.org', 'secure.centerforinquiry.net', 'secularhumanism.org', 'richarddawkins.net', 'openlysecular.org', 'csiconference.org', 'reasonabletalk.tv', 'archives.centerforinquiry.org', 'centerforinquiry.live' ] ); ga('send', 'pageview'); </script> <script> !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s) {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod? n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)}; if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0'; n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0; t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,'script', 'https://web.archive.org/web/20190105181056/https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js'); fbq('init', '954303458026392'); fbq('track', 'PageView'); </script> <noscript> <img height="1" width="1" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190105181056im_/https://www.facebook.com/tr?id=954303458026392&ev=PageView&noscript=1"/> </noscript>  <div id="fb-root"></div> <script>(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = "//web.archive.org/web/20190105181056/https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));</script> <script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190105181056/https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs");</script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190105181056js_/https://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js"></script> <div id="header"> <ul class="orgs"> <li id="csi"><a href="/web/20190105181056/https://www.csicop.org/"></a><a href=""><span> </span></a></li> <li id="cfimark"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190105181056/https://www.centerforinquiry.net/"></a><a href=""><span> </span></a></li> </ul> <ul class="kwicks"> <li id="kwick4"><a href="/web/20190105181056/https://www.csicop.org/about/about_csi"><span> </span></a></li> <li id="kwick1"><a href="/web/20190105181056/https://www.csicop.org/resources"><span> </span></a></li> <li id="kwick2"><a href="/web/20190105181056/https://www.csicop.org/publications"><span> </span></a></li> <li id="kwick3"><a href="/web/20190105181056/https://www.csicop.org/news"><span> </span></a></li> </ul> </div> <div id="moreoptions"><p><span class="mag"><a href="#footer">More Options</a></span></p></div> <div id="quotespacer"></div> <div id="wrapper"> <div id="sidebar"> <div id="subscribeSI"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190105181056/https://csi-store.myshopify.com/collections/frontpage/products/si"><img src="/web/20190105181056im_/https://www.csicop.org/img/subscribesi.png" alt="Subscribe to SI" style="border:none; margin-bottom:20px;"/></a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190105181056/https://www.csicop.org/news/show/skeptical_inquirer_is_now_available_digitally"><img src="/web/20190105181056im_/https://www.csicop.org/img/subscribedigi.png" alt="Subscribe to SI Digitally" style="border:none;"/></a> </div> <h3 style="margin-top:5px; margin-bottom:25px;"> </h3> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190105181056/https://secure.centerforinquiry.net/csi/donate" class="img_link"><img src="/web/20190105181056im_/https://www.csicop.org/img/csi-donate-today.png" alt="Donate Today"/></a> <div id="search"> <h3 style="border:none;">Search CSI:</h3> <script> (function() { var cx = '001833901238129012569:pyvfrjzkeyy'; var gcse = document.createElement('script'); gcse.type = 'text/javascript'; gcse.async = true; gcse.src = (document.location.protocol == 'https:' ? 'https:' : 'http:') + '//web.archive.org/web/20190105181056/https://cse.google.com/cse.js?cx=' + cx; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(gcse, s); })(); </script> <gcse:searchbox-only resultsurl="https://www.csicop.org/search"></gcse:searchbox-only> </div> <ul class="subnav"> <li><h4><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190105181056/https://www.csicop.org/about/about_csi">About CSI</a></h4></li> <li><h4><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190105181056/https://www.csicop.org/about/contact">Contact</a></h4></li> <li><h4><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190105181056/https://www.csicop.org/about/csicop">Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (CSICOP)</a></h4></li> <li><h4><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190105181056/https://www.csicop.org/about/csi_fellows_and_staff">CSI Fellows and Staff</a></h4></li> <li><h4><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190105181056/http://www.centerforinquiry.net/support_cfi?/about/donate_to_csi">Donate to CSI</a></h4></li> <li><h4><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190105181056/https://www.csicop.org/about/policy_on_hostile_conduct_harassment_at_conferences">Policy on Hostile Conduct/Harassment at Conferences</a></h4></li> <li><h4><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190105181056/https://www.csicop.org/about/privacy_policy">Privacy Policy</a></h4></li> <li><h4><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190105181056/https://www.csicop.org/about/the_pantheon_of_skeptics">The Pantheon of Skeptics</a></h4></li> </ul> </div> <div id="content"> <h1>CSI Fellows and Staff</h1> <h2>At the Center for Inquiry–Transnational</h2> <ul> <li> Edward Tabash, Chairman </li> <li> Robyn Blumner, President & CEO, Center for Inquiry </li> <li> Barry Karr, Executive Director </li> <li> Joe Nickell, Senior Research Fellow </li> <li> Massimo Polidoro, Research Fellow </li> <li> Richard Wiseman, Research Fellow </li> </ul> <h2>Fellows</h2> <div> <strong>*</strong> Denotes member of CSI Executive Council </div> <ul> <li> <strong>James E. Alcock*</strong> psychologist, York Univ., Toronto </li> <li> <strong>Marcia Angell</strong> MD, former editor-in-chief, New England Journal of Medicine </li> <li> <strong>Kimball Atwood IV</strong> MD, physician, author, Newton, MA </li> <li> <strong>Banachek</strong> professional magician/mentalist magic consultant/producer </li> <li> <strong>Stephen Barrett</strong> MD, psychiatrist, author, consumer advocate, Pittsboro, NC </li> <li> <strong>Robert Bartholomew</strong> sociologist and investigative journalist, Botany College in Auckland, New Zealand. </li> <li> <strong>Willem Betz</strong> MD, professor of medicine, Univ. of Brussels </li> <li> <strong>Irving Biederman</strong> psychologist, Univ. of Southern CA </li> <li> <strong>Sandra Blakeslee</strong> science writer; author; New York Times science correspondent </li> <li> <strong>Susan Blackmore</strong> visiting lecturer, Univ. of the West of England, Bristol </li> <li> <strong>Mark Boslough</strong> physicist, Sandia National Laboratories (retired), Albuquerque, New Mexico </li> <li> <strong>Henri Broch</strong> physicist, Univ. of Nice, France </li> <li> <strong>Jan Harold Brunvand</strong> folklorist, professor emeritus鈥╫f English, Univ. of Utah </li> <li> <strong>Mario Bunge</strong> philosopher, McGill Univ., Montreal </li> <li> <strong>Sean B. Carroll</strong> molecular geneticist, vice president for science education, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Madison, WI </li> <li> <strong>Thomas R. Casten</strong> energy expert; founder and chairman, Recycled Energy Development, Westmont, IL </li> <li> <strong>John R. Cole</strong> anthropologist, editor, National Center for Science Education </li> <li> <strong>K.C. Cole</strong> science writer, author, professor, Univ. of Southern California’s Annenberg School of Journalism </li> <li> <strong>John Cook</strong> author, physicist, Univ. of Queensland, Australia </li> <li> <strong>Frederick Crews</strong> literary and cultural critic, professor emeritus of English, Univ. of CA, Berkeley </li> <li> <strong>Richard Dawkins</strong> zoologist, Oxford Univ. </li> <li> <strong>Geoffrey Dean</strong> technical editor, Perth, Australia </li> <li> <strong>Cornelis de Jager</strong> professor of astrophysics, Univ. of Utrecht, the Netherlands </li> <li> <strong>Daniel C. Dennett</strong> Univ. professor and Austin B. Fletcher Professor of Philosophy, director of鈥–enter for Cognitive Studies at Tufts Univ. </li> <li> <strong>Ann Druyan</strong> writer and producer; CEO, Cosmos Studios, Ithaca, NY </li> <li> <strong>Sanal Edamaruku</strong> president, Indian Rationalist Association and Rationalist International </li> <li> <strong>Edzard Ernst</strong> professor, Complementary Medicine, Peninsula Medical School, Universities of Exeter and Plymouth, Exeter, UK </li> <li> <strong>Kenneth Feder</strong> professor of anthropology,鈥–entral Connecticut State Univ. </li> <li> <strong>Krista Federspiel</strong> medical journalist, author, folklorist </li> <li> <strong>Kevin Folta</strong> molecular biologist. Professor and chairman of the Horticultural Sciences Department at the University of Florida </li> <li> <strong>Barbara Forrest</strong> professor of philosophy, SE Louisiana Univ. </li> <li> <strong>Andrew Fraknoi</strong> astronomer, U. of San Francisco </li> <li> <strong>Kendrick Frazier*</strong> science writer, editor, Skeptical Inquirer </li> <li> <strong>Christopher C. French</strong> professor, department of psychology, and head of the Anomalistic Psychology Research Unit, Goldsmiths College, Univ. of London </li> <li> <strong>Julia Galef</strong> writer, podcaster, public speaker </li> <li> <strong>Luigi Garlaschelli</strong> chemist, Università di Pavia (Italy), research fellow of CICAP, the Italian skeptics group </li> <li> <strong>Maryanne Garry</strong> professor, School of Psychology, Victoria Univ. of Wellington, New Zealand </li> <li> <strong>Murray Gell-Mann</strong> professor of physics, Santa Fe Institute; Nobel laureate </li> <li> <strong>Susan Gerbic</strong> founder and leader of the Guerrilla Skepticism on Wikipedia (GSoW) project </li> <li> <strong>Thomas Gilovich</strong> psychologist, Cornell Univ. </li> <li> <strong>David H. Gorski</strong> cancer surgeon and researcher at Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute and chief of breast surgery section, Wayne State University School of Medicine </li> <li> <strong>Wendy M. Grossman</strong> writer; founder and first editor, The Skeptic magazine (UK) </li> <li> <strong>Susan Haack</strong> Cooper Senior Scholar in Arts and Sciences, professor of philosophy and professor of Law, Univ. of Miami </li> <li> <strong>Harriet Hall</strong> MD, family physician, investigator, Puyallup, WA </li> <li> <strong>David J. Helfand</strong> professor of astronomy, Columbia Univ. </li> <li> <strong>Terence M. Hines</strong> prof. of psychology, Pace Univ., Pleasantville, NY </li> <li> <strong>Douglas R. Hofstadter</strong> professor of human understanding and cognitive science, Indiana Univ. </li> <li> <strong>Gerald Holton</strong> Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics and professor of history of science, Harvard Univ. </li> <li> <strong>Deborah Hyde</strong> folklorist, cultural anthropologist, and editor in chief of the UK-based magazine <em>The Skeptic</em> </li> <li> <strong>Ray Hyman*</strong> psychologist, Univ. of Oregon </li> <li> <strong>Stuart D. Jordan</strong> NASA astrophysicist emeritus, science advisor to Center for Inquiry Office of Public Policy, Washington, D.C. </li> <li> <strong>Barry Karr</strong> executive director, Committee for Skeptical Inquiry, Amherst, New York</li> <li> <strong>Edwin C. Krupp</strong> astronomer, director, Griffith Observatory, Los Angeles, CA </li> <li> <strong>Lawrence Kusche</strong> science writer</li> <li> <strong>Stephan Lewandowsky</strong> psychologist, researcher, Univ. of Bristol, United Kingdom </li> <li> <strong>Scott O. Lilienfeld*</strong> psychologist, Emory Univ., Atlanta, GA </li> <li> <strong>Lin Zixin</strong> former editor, Science and Technology Daily (China) </li> <li> <strong>Jere Lipps</strong> Museum of Paleontology, Univ. of CA, Berkeley </li> <li> <strong>Elizabeth Loftus*</strong> professor of psychology, Univ. of CA, Irvine </li> <li> <strong>Daniel Loxton</strong> writer, artist, editor, Skeptic magazine </li> <li> <strong>Michael E. Mann</strong> distinguished Professor of Atmospheric Sciences and director of the Earth Systems Sciences Center at the Pennsylvania State University </li> <li> <strong>David Marks</strong> psychologist, City Univ., London </li> <li> <strong>Mario Mendez-Acosta</strong> journalist and science writer, Mexico City </li> <li> <strong>Kenneth R. Miller</strong> professor of biology, Brown Univ. </li> <li> <strong>David Morrison</strong> space scientist, NASA Ames Research Center </li> <li> <strong>Richard A. Muller</strong> professor of physics, Univ. of CA, Berkeley </li> <li> <strong>Joe Nickell</strong> senior research fellow, CSI </li> <li> <strong>Jan Willem Nienhuys</strong> mathematician, Waalre, The Netherlands </li> <li> <strong>Lee Nisbet</strong> philosopher, Medaille College </li> <li> <strong>Steven Novella</strong> MD, assistant professor of neurology, Yale Univ. School of Medicine </li> <li> <strong>Bill Nye</strong> science educator and television host, Nye Labs </li> <li> <strong>James E. Oberg</strong> science writer</li> <li> <strong>Paul Offit</strong> doctor, author, researcher, professor, Univ. of Pennsylvania </li> <li> <strong>Naomi Oreskes</strong> geologist, science historian, professor, Harvard University </li> <li> <strong>Loren Pankratz</strong> psychologist, Oregon Health Sciences Univ. </li> <li> <strong>Robert L. Park</strong> professor of physics, Univ. of Maryland </li> <li> <strong>Jay M. Pasachoff</strong> Field Memorial Professor of Astronomy and director of the Hopkins Observatory, Williams College </li> <li> <strong>John Paulos</strong> mathematician, Temple Univ. </li> <li> <strong>Clifford A. Pickover</strong> scientist, author, editor, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center </li> <li> <strong>Massimo Pigliucci</strong> professor of philosophy, City Univ. of New York–Lehman College </li> <li> <strong>Steven Pinker</strong> cognitive scientist, Harvard Univ. </li> <li> <strong>Massimo Polidoro</strong> science writer, author, executive director of CICAP, Italy </li> <li> <strong>James L Powell</strong> geochemist, author, executive director, National Physical Science Consortium </li> <li> <strong>Anthony R. Pratkanis</strong> professor of psychology, Univ. of California, Santa Cruz </li> <li> <strong>Donald R. Prothero</strong> paleontologist, geologist, author, National History Museum of Los Angeles County </li> <li> <strong>Benjamin Radford</strong> investigator; research fellow, Committee for Skeptical Inquiry </li> <li> <strong>James “The Amazing” Randi</strong> magician, CSICOP founding member; founder, James Randi Educational Foundation </li> <li> <strong>Milton Rosenberg</strong> psychologist, Univ. of Chicago </li> <li> <strong>Amardeo Sarma*</strong> chairman, GWUP, Germany </li> <li> <strong>Richard Saunders</strong> Life Member of Australian Skeptics; educator; investigator; podcaster; Sydney, Australia </li> <li> <strong>Joe Schwarcz</strong> director, McGill Office for Science and Society </li> <li> <strong>Eugenie C. Scott*</strong> physical anthropologist, former executive director (retired), National Center for Science Education </li> <li> <strong>Seth Shostak</strong> senior astronomer, SETI Institute, Mountain View, CA </li> <li> <strong>Simon Singh</strong> science writer; broadcaster; UK </li> <li> <strong>Dick Smith</strong> film producer, publisher, Terrey Hills, N.S.W., Australia </li> <li> <strong>Keith E. Stanovich</strong> cognitive psychologist; professor of human development and applied psychology, Univ. of Toronto </li> <li> <strong>Karen Stollznow*</strong> linguist; skeptical investigator; writer; podcaster </li> <li> <strong>Jill Cornell Tarter</strong> astronomer, SETI Institute, Mountain View, CA </li> <li> <strong>Carol Tavris</strong> psychologist and author, Los Angeles, CA </li> <li> <strong>David E. Thomas*</strong> physicist and mathematician, Peralta, NM </li> <li> <strong>Neil deGrasse Tyson</strong> astrophysicist and director, Hayden Planetarium, New York City </li> <li> <strong>Indre Viskontas</strong> cognitive neuroscientist, tv and podcast host, and opera singer, San Francisco, CA </li> <li> <strong>Marilyn vos Savant</strong> Parade magazine contributing editor </li> <li> <strong>Stuart Vyse</strong> psychologist, professor, author </li> <li> <strong>Steven Weinberg</strong> professor of physics and astronomy, Univ. of Texas at Austin; Nobel laureate </li> <li> <strong>E.O. Wilson</strong> Univ. professor emeritus, organismic and evolutionary biology, Harvard Univ. </li> <li> <strong>Richard Wiseman</strong> psychologist, Univ. of Hertfordshire, England </li> <li> <strong>Benjamin Wolozin</strong> professor, department of pharmacology, Boston Univ. School of Medicine </li> </ul> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div id="footer"> <a name="footer"></a> <img src="/web/20190105181056im_/https://www.csicop.org/img/csi-logo-new.png" alt="CSI logo" style="display:none"/> <div id="about"> <h2><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190105181056/https://www.csicop.org/about/about_csi">About</a></h2> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20190105181056/https://www.csicop.org/about/contact">Contact</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20190105181056/https://www.csicop.org/about/csicop/">Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (CSICOP)</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20190105181056/https://www.csicop.org/about/csi_fellows_and_staff/">CSI Fellows and Staff</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20190105181056/https://www.csicop.org/about/donate_to_csi/">Donate to CSI</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20190105181056/https://www.csicop.org/about/policy_on_hostile_conduct_harassment_at_conferences/">Policy on Hostile Conduct/Harassment at Conferences</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20190105181056/https://www.csicop.org/about/privacy_policy/">Privacy Policy</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20190105181056/https://www.csicop.org/about/the_pantheon_of_skeptics/">The Pantheon of Skeptics</a></li> </ul> </div> <div id="resources"> <h2><a href="/web/20190105181056/https://www.csicop.org/resources">Resources</a></h2> <ul> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190105181056/https://csi-store.myshopify.com/">CSI Store</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20190105181056/https://www.csicop.org/resources/us_organizations">Skeptical Organizations in the United States</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20190105181056/https://www.csicop.org/resources/international_organizations">International Network of Skeptical Organizations</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190105181056/https://www.centerforinquiry.net/outreach/branches">Centers for Inquiry</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190105181056/https://www.centerforinquiry.net/forums" rel="external">CFI Forums</a></li> </ul> </div> <div id="publications"> <h2><a href="/web/20190105181056/https://www.csicop.org/publications">Publications</a></h2> <ul> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190105181056/https://csi-store.myshopify.com/collections/frontpage/products/si">Subscribe</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20190105181056/https://www.csicop.org/si">Skeptical Inquirer</a> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20190105181056/https://www.csicop.org/si/">Archive</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20190105181056/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/volume_42.6">Latest Issue</a></li> </ul></li>  <li><a href="/web/20190105181056/https://www.csicop.org/specialarticles">Special Articles</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20190105181056/https://www.csicop.org/publications/guide/">Guide for Authors</a></li> </ul> </div> <div id="news" style="border:none;"> <h2><a href="/web/20190105181056/https://www.csicop.org/news">News</a></h2> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20190105181056/https://www.csicop.org/news">Recent Announcements</a></li> </ul> </div> <p class="legal">Content copyright <acronym title="Committee for Skeptical Inquiry">CSI</acronym> or the respective copyright holders. Do not redistribute without obtaining permission. Articles, reports, reviews, and letters published on the CSICOP.org website represent the views and work of individual authors. Their publication does not necessarily constitute and endorsement by CSI or its members unless so stated. Thanks to the <acronym title="European Space Organisation">ESO</acronym> for the image of the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190105181056/https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap090303.html">Helix Nebula</a>, also <acronym title="National Aeronautics and Space Administration">NASA</acronym>, <acronym title="European Space Agency">ESA</acronym> and the Hubble Heritage Team for the image of <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190105181056/https://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2007/36/">NGC 3808B (ARP 87)</a>.</p> </div> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190105181056js_/https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4.2/jquery.min.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="/web/20190105181056js_/https://www.csicop.org/js/jquery.biggerlink.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="/web/20190105181056js_/https://www.csicop.org/js/jquery.kwicks.js"></script> <script src="/web/20190105181056js_/https://www.csicop.org/js/csi-master1.js?1" type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://web.archive.org/web/20190105181056/https://ssl." : "https://web.archive.org/web/20190105181056/https://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); </script> <script type="text/javascript"> try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-5311668-5"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {}</script>  <script type="text/javascript" src="//web.archive.org/web/20190105181056js_/https://s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=ra-5b4f583590231335"></script> </body> </html>