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Special Section:
Chaos Theory

A Quick & Dirty Guide to Chaos Theory: Three Race Horses &
Four Hobby Horses
by Frank Miele
Chaos & Complexity: Should We Be Skeptical? by Massimo Pigliucci
How Nature Self-Organizes: Active Walks in Complex Systems
by Lui Lam
Contingencies & Counterfactuals: What Might Have Been
& What Had to Be
by Michael Shermer

Articles

‘Twas Brillig…: John Edward and the
Art of Cold Reading by James Randi
For Entertainment Purposes Only: Fresh Fish: Trawling For the Truth Behind the Bumper Battle Known as the “Fish Wars” by Sheila Gibson
Educashun: A Moment of Clarity
by Steven T. Asma
Talking Back(wards): A Test of the Reverse Speech Hypothesis: Are Listeners able to Detect the Emotional Content of Backward Speech? by William Langston & John Chris Anderson
Borderlands: Deviance, Psychiatry
and Cultural Relativism
by Robert Bartholomew
Humans, History & Environments: An Interview with Jared Diamond
by Michael Shermer
A Bang or a Whimper: Cosmology at the Beginning of a New Millennium
by Ronald Ebert

News

Future Foundation Symposium: by Frank Miele
Race & Sports Symposium
Skeptic Lite: New Theory: God Did It!
by Edward K. Lankford
The Skeptics Society’s Festschrift in Honor of Stephen Jay Gould: Richard Milner’s Musical Tribute; Over 700 Festschrift Particpants Meet, Mingle and Celebrate On the Caltech Campus; Festschrift Speakers; Batting 300 — Gouldian Stats

Reviews

Woo Woo Science: The Living Energy Universe, by Gary Schwartz and Linda Russek
reviewed by Marc Berard
Darwin for Liberals: A Darwinian Left: Politics, Evolution, and Cooperation, by Peter Singer
reviewed by David Bloomberg
Who Was Jesus?: Jesus: Apocalyptic Prophet of the New Millennium, by Bart D. Ehrman
reviewed by Tim Callahan
Confessions of a Disagreeable Man: The Sokal Hoax: The Sham That Shook the Academy, edited by the editors of Lingua Franca
reviewed by Norman Levitt
The Truth About Good Stories: The Truth Never Stands in the Way of a Good Story, by Jan Harold Brunvand reviewed by David Bloomberg

Forum

: Can Governments Really Keep Secrets?; Religion Can Kill; Skeptics Overstep Their Ganzfeld Bounds; Roger Callahan Evasive on Thought Field Therapy Results; Wolves in Academic Clothes
Race & Sports Forum: The Secret of Kenyan Runners; White Sprinters; Hoberman’s Critique of Entine Off the Mark; Hoberman Responds
FDR & Pearl Harbor Forum: FDR and Pearl Harbor; Skeptic is Gullible about FDR Conspiracy Theories; Richard Morrock Responds
Attention Deficit Disorder: Ritalin Not Approved for Children; FYI, ADD is a Disease; Leo’s Reasoning Misleading; Jonathon Leo Responds
Chiropractic Forum: Critiques of Dr. Homola; Dr. Homola Responds

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