The SciencesDecember 1, 2001
More Baloney Detection
How to draw boundaries between science and pseudoscience, Part II
Stories by Michael Shermer
Michael Shermer is publisher of Skeptic magazine (www.skeptic.com) and a Presidential Fellow at Chapman University. His new book is Heavens on Earth: The Scientific Search for the Afterlife, Immortality, and Utopia (Henry Holt, 2018).
The SciencesNovember 1, 2001
Baloney Detection
How to draw boundaries between science and pseudoscience, Part I
The SciencesOctober 1, 2001
I Was Wrong
Those three words often separate the scientific pros from the posers
The SciencesSeptember 1, 2001
Nano Nonsense and Cryonics
True believers seek redemption from the sin of death
The SciencesAugust 1, 2001
Deconstructing the Dead
"Crossing over" to expose the tricks of popular spirit mediums
The SciencesJuly 1, 2001
Starbucks in the Forbidden City
Eastern and Western science are put to political uses in both cultures
The SciencesJune 1, 2001
Fox's Flapdoodle
Tabloid television offers a lesson in uncritical thinking
The SciencesMay 1, 2001
The Erotic-Fierce People
The latest skirmish in the "anthropology wars" reveals a fundamental flaw in how science is understood and communicated
The SciencesApril 1, 2001
Colorful Pebbles and Darwin's Dictum
Science is an exquisite blend of data and theory