Preface

James Randi

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A Plague of Skepticism: Start Your Own Investigations Group!                           

James Underdown, Executive Director, Center for Inquiry-West

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Science, Race and Politics

Ann M Palkovich, Associate Prof. of Anthropology, George Mason University

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The Supernatural and the Movies

David Richards, Skeptical Investigator, Independent Investigations Group, CFI West

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The Sexy Skeptic: Marketing Critical Thinking for a New Generation

Larisa Beckwith, Clinical Psychologist and Master's in Public Health (Candidate)

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A Skeptical View of Cholesterol Phobia

Marshall E. Deutsch, Clinical Chemist, Inventor

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The 1994 Dietary Supplements Health Education Act (DSHEA)

Darren McBride,  CEO, Highly Reliable Systems

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Stopping Kaz –

One Skeptic’s Experience Using the Internet to Debunk a Religious Con-artist

Robert Lancaster, Skeptical Investigator

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The Bible Code: Data Mining for God

David E. Thomas, Physicist, President of New Mexicans for Science and Reason

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In Close Encounters, We Mostly See Ourselves

Frederick V. Malmstrom, U.S. Air Force Academy.

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The Stupendous, Spectacular Failure of Psychic Detectives

Benjamin Radford, Investigator, Skeptical Inquirer columnist

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Tuning Your Technological BS Detector

Daniel Samber, Staff Scientist, Mount Sinai School of Medicine

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The Failure of Paranormal Methods to Predict Natural Disasters

Ray Beiersdorfer, Professor of Geology, Youngstown State University of Ohio

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