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Clear Thinking about Climate
Volume 49, No. 1January/February 2025
When Stephen Hupp and Barry Karr approached me about being a guest editor, I thought it would be easy enough, even recreational. I expected to sort through some fun pieces about various charlatans and rip-off artists. I looked forward to learning about a few tricks in the magic, mentalist, and...
The Three Wellness Mindsets: Believers, Liars, and Bullshitters
January 23, 2025The wellness world is a big place. And yet, like Earth, it’s overpopulated: with coaches and trainers in gyms, studios, and wellness centers; manufacturers of garments, gadgets, diets, and...
Turning a Miss Into a Hit
January 22, 2025No, psychic medium Tyler Henry did not tell TV personality Ricki Lake that her house would burn down and three months later it did. But it’s all over the entertainment news! Ricki Lake...
Skeptical Inquirer Presents
Saving Your Mental Health from the Wellness Industry | Jonathan Stea
Watch the recording nowSci vs. Psi: Testing Superpowers | Jim Underdown on Skeptical Inquirer Presents
Watch the recording nowTwists and Turns in Teaching Evolution | Glenn Branch
Watch the recording nowSuperfoods, Silkworms, and Spandex | Dr. Joe Schwarcz
Watch the recording nowDetermined: A Science of Life Without Free Will | Robert M. Sapolsky
Watch the recording nowThe Christian Nationalist Threat to American Democracy | Dr. Bradley Onishi
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We are all skeptics
Skepticism is a part of everyday common sense we all use; it is also a key component of scientific thinking. It helps lead to fact-based judgments about what is real and what is not. It allows you to see for yourself which claims you’ve heard stand up to tests of evidence and which do not.






