Skeptical Inquirer vol.33 issue3 May-June 2009

Skeptical Inquirer Volume 33, Number 3 May / June 2009 SPECIAL REPORT Life and Planet Evolution, Climate Change Two Grand Themes of AAAS Science Fest by KENDRICK FRAZIER ARTICLES Science and Pseudoscience in Adult Nutrition Research and Practice Human nutrition research and practice is plagued by pseudoscience and unsupported opinions. A scientific analysis separates reliable nutrition facts from nutritional pseudoscience and false opinion. by REYNOLD SPECTOR Playing by the Rules It is useless for skeptics to argue with someone who doesn’t play by the rules of science and reason. If no amount of evidence will change your opponent’s mind, you are wasting your breath. by HARRIET HALL Ghosts, Doughnuts, and A Christmas Carol Investigating New Mexico’s ‘Haunted’ KiMo Theater A careful investigation into one of the most famous haunted theaters in the Southwest reveals much about how ghost stories get started—and are perpetuated. by BENJAMIN RADFORD The Roots of Skepticism Why Ancient Ideas Still Apply Today Some of the central ideas of ancient skepticism have historical significance and still influence contemporary skeptical and scientific inquiry. by CHRISTOPHER diCARLO COMMENTARY The Great Global Cooling Myth and the Politics of Science by JOHN FLECK POLICY FORUM Repower America? Science Communication and the Obama Presidency by MATTHEW C. NISBET COLUMNS NEWS AND COMMENT Autism-Vaccine Link Researcher Andrew Wakefield Accused of Faking His Data / More Studies Reject Vaccine-Autism Link / Scientists Hail Gallo’s ‘Unsung’ Role in Nobel HIV/AIDS Discovery / Selective Memory at Work When Patients ‘Predict’ Own Death / A Modern Witch Craze in Papua New Guinea / Remembering Henry Gordon, Magician, Skeptic, Debunker / Report Knocks Baylor Claim about American Religiosity / Spanish Skeptics Magazine Pensar Suspends Publication / CFI/Los Angeles Celebrates Darwin’s 200th Birthday with Readings, Plays, Lecture INVESTIGATIVE FILES Demons in Connecticut by JOE NICKELL THINKING ABOUT SCIENCE Hard and Soft Science: Physics vs. Psychology by MASSIMO PIGLIUCCI NOTES ON A STRANGE WORLD Eusapia Palladino, the Queen of the Cabinet, Part 1 by MASSIMO POLIDORO THE SKEPTICAL INQUIREE The Pseudoscience of Personalysis by BENJAMIN RADFORD REVIEWS FLAT EARTH: THE HISTORY OF AN INFAMOUS IDEA By Christine Garwood review by ROBERT ASHTON A COLOSSAL HOAX: THE GIANT FROM CARDIFF THAT FOOLED AMERICA By Scott Tribble review by JOE NICKELL THE MIND OF THE MARKET: COMPASSIONATE APES, COMPETITIVE HUMANS, AND OTHER TALES FROM EVOLUTIONARY ECONOMICS By Michael Shermer review by JOSEPH KEIERLEBER

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