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href="/web/20181008135728/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/volume_41.3">Volume 41.3, May/June 2017</a></h5><br/> <p><p>Las estatinas, aunque no son la panacea, han mostrado claramente que tienen efectos positivos -más que negativos- sobre los pacientes en riesgo. </p></p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="article-single"> <h4><a href="/web/20181008135728/https://www.csicop.org/si/show/los_campos_electromagneticos_pueden_crear_fantasmas">Los campos electromagnéticos ¿pueden crear fantasmas?</a></h4> <h5 class="author">by Ben Radford, translated by Alejandro Borgo</h5> <h5><a href="/web/20181008135728/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/volume_41.3">Volume 41.3, May/June 2017</a></h5><br/> <h5 class="type"><a href="/web/20181008135728/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/skeptical_inquiree">Skeptical Inquiree</a></h5> <p><p>Si usted está seguro de que los fantasmas son reales (y no el producto de alucinaciones inducidas por CMEs), no hay lógica ni razón alguna para usar un dispositivo para detectar dichos CMEs. </p></p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="article-single"> <div class="thumbnail thumbleft"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20181008135728im_/https://www.csicop.org/uploads/images/si/SI-41.3-Helfand_thumb.png" alt="Surviving the Misinformation Age"/> </div> <h4><a href="/web/20181008135728/https://www.csicop.org/si/show/surviving_the_misinformation_age">Surviving the Misinformation Age</a></h4> <h5 class="author">by David J. Helfand</h5> <h5><a href="/web/20181008135728/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/volume_41.3">Volume 41.3, May/June 2017</a></h5><br/> <h5 class="type"><a href="/web/20181008135728/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/feature">Feature</a></h5> <p><p>For ourselves and our society, survival in the current era requires adopting scientific habits of mind. </p></p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="article-single"> <div class="thumbnail thumbleft"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20181008135728im_/https://www.csicop.org/uploads/images/si/SI-41.3-Hall_thumb.png" alt="Statin Denialism"/> </div> <h4><a href="/web/20181008135728/https://www.csicop.org/si/show/statin_denialism">Statin Denialism</a></h4> <h5 class="author">by <a href="/web/20181008135728/https://www.csicop.org/author/harriethall">Harriet Hall</a></h5> <h5><a href="/web/20181008135728/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/volume_41.3">Volume 41.3, May/June 2017</a></h5><br/> <h5 class="type"><a href="/web/20181008135728/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/feature">Feature</a></h5> <p><p>The benefits of statins far outweigh their risks, but public perception has been skewed by alarmist misinformation from statin denialists. </p></p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="article-single"> <h4><a href="/web/20181008135728/https://www.csicop.org/si/show/vaccines_autism_and_the_promotion_of_irrelevant_research_a_science-pseudosc">Vaccines, Autism, and the Promotion of Irrelevant Research: A Science-Pseudoscience Analysis</a></h4> <h5 class="author">by Craig A. Foster and Sarenna M. Ortiz</h5> <h5><a href="/web/20181008135728/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/volume_41.3">Volume 41.3, May/June 2017</a></h5><br/> <h5 class="type"><a href="/web/20181008135728/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/feature">Feature</a></h5> <p><p>Proponents of the vaccination-autism link have created a bogus scientific debate by providing lists of studies that supposedly support their claims but are actually either questionable or irrelevant. We identify this as a relatively new pseudoscience tactic: the promotion of irrelevant research. </p></p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="article-single"> <div class="thumbnail thumbleft"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20181008135728im_/https://www.csicop.org/uploads/images/si/SI-41.3-Frazier1_thumb.png" alt="Still ‘Amazing’: A Conversation with James Randi, Part 2"/> </div> <h4><a href="/web/20181008135728/https://www.csicop.org/si/show/still_amazing_a_conversation_with_james_randi_part_2">Still ‘Amazing’: A Conversation with James Randi, Part 2</a></h4> <h5 class="author">by <a href="/web/20181008135728/https://www.csicop.org/author/kendrickfrazier">Kendrick Frazier</a></h5> <h5><a href="/web/20181008135728/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/volume_41.3">Volume 41.3, May/June 2017</a></h5><br/> <h5 class="type"><a href="/web/20181008135728/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/interview">Interview</a></h5> <p><p>You were asked how to treat a friend who ardently believes in the paranormal. You said, “Be kind. Be kind. They believe because they need to believe. Be compassionate.” </p></p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="article-single"> <div class="thumbnail thumbleft"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20181008135728im_/https://www.csicop.org/uploads/images/si/SI-41.3-Nickell1_thumb.png" alt="Some Queensland Mysteries"/> </div> <h4><a href="/web/20181008135728/https://www.csicop.org/si/show/some_queensland_mysteries">Some Queensland Mysteries</a></h4> <h5 class="author">by <a href="/web/20181008135728/https://www.csicop.org/author/joenickell">Joe Nickell</a></h5> <h5><a href="/web/20181008135728/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/volume_41.3">Volume 41.3, May/June 2017</a></h5><br/> <h5 class="type"><a href="/web/20181008135728/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/investigative_files">Investigative Files</a></h5> <p><p>Strange mysteries may be found almost anywhere, but they seem especially plentiful and interesting in Australia. </p></p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="article-single"> <div class="thumbnail thumbleft"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20181008135728im_/https://www.csicop.org/uploads/images/si/SI-41.3-Polidoro_thumb.png" alt="The Return of the Fairies"/> </div> <h4><a href="/web/20181008135728/https://www.csicop.org/si/show/the_return_of_the_fairies">The Return of the Fairies</a></h4> <h5 class="author">by <a href="/web/20181008135728/https://www.csicop.org/author/massimopolidoro">Massimo Polidoro</a></h5> <h5><a href="/web/20181008135728/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/volume_41.3">Volume 41.3, May/June 2017</a></h5><br/> <h5 class="type"><a href="/web/20181008135728/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/notes_on_a_strange_world">Notes on a Strange World</a></h5> <p><p>“In this case, the gnome is seen as a guardian of nature, just like our Corp is recognized as the environmental protector.” </p></p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="article-single"> <h4><a href="/web/20181008135728/https://www.csicop.org/si/show/it_just_never_stops_">It Just Never Stops ...</a></h4> <h5 class="author">by <a href="/web/20181008135728/https://www.csicop.org/author/jamesrandi">James Randi</a></h5> <h5><a href="/web/20181008135728/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/volume_41.3">Volume 41.3, May/June 2017</a></h5><br/> <h5 class="type"><a href="/web/20181008135728/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/a_magician_in_the_lab">A Magician in the Lab</a></h5> <p><p>Any nonsense that powerful people such as Oprah Winfrey choose to promote is featured as fact, quackery is extolled, and pseudoscience is flaunted in news media rather than on pulp magazine racks. </p></p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="article-single"> <div class="thumbnail thumbleft"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20181008135728im_/https://www.csicop.org/uploads/images/si/SI-41.3-Nisbet_thumb.png" alt="The Mindfulness Movement"/> </div> <h4><a href="/web/20181008135728/https://www.csicop.org/si/show/the_mindfulness_movement">The Mindfulness Movement</a></h4> <h5 class="author">by <a href="/web/20181008135728/https://www.csicop.org/author/mattnisbet">Matt Nisbet</a></h5> <h5><a href="/web/20181008135728/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/volume_41.3">Volume 41.3, May/June 2017</a></h5><br/> <h5 class="type"><a href="/web/20181008135728/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/the_science_of_science_communication">The Science of Science Communication</a></h5> <p><p>How a Buddhist Practice Evolved into a Scientific Approach to Life… </p></p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="article-single"> <div class="thumbnail thumbleft"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20181008135728im_/https://www.csicop.org/uploads/images/si/SI-41.3-Radford_thumb.png" alt="Can Electromagnetic Fields Create Ghosts?"/> </div> <h4><a href="/web/20181008135728/https://www.csicop.org/si/show/can_electromagnetic_fields_create_ghosts">Can Electromagnetic Fields Create Ghosts?</a></h4> <h5 class="author">by <a href="/web/20181008135728/https://www.csicop.org/author/benradford">Benjamin Radford</a></h5> <h5><a href="/web/20181008135728/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/volume_41.3">Volume 41.3, May/June 2017</a></h5><br/> <h5 class="type"><a href="/web/20181008135728/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/skeptical_inquiree">Skeptical Inquiree</a></h5> <p><p>If you are sure that ghosts are real (and not the product of EMF-induced hallucinations), there is no logic or point in using a device to detect those EMFs. </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; 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