Skeptic Magazine, Volume 26 Number 2
Table of Contents
Junior Skeptic
- Cognitive Dissonance
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We’ve investigated some very weird mysteries in the pages of Junior Skeptic. Today we’ll delve into the deepest, strangest mystery of them all: what’s happening inside our own brains! There are smart people today who believe that the Earth is flat, that they’ve been kidnapped by space aliens, or even that the deadly coronavirus pandemic is a hoax. How is it that so many people believe things that aren’t true, despite strong evidence that they’re wrong? Well, how is it that any of us decide what is true, or which sources to trust? How do our brains sometimes fool us into justifying our silliest beliefs and most hurtful behaviour? Let’s find out!
Excerpt
- Twenty-five Fallacies in the Case for Christianity
Cover Article
- On the cover: Hallucination illustration by Pat Linse. The drum playing model is Melinda Carney (aka Shaman MiMi), who was photographed by Ed Pastor.
- DMT and the Nature of Reality
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Are the Entities and Experiences of a DMT Drug Trip Real or Imagined?
Columns
- The SkepDoc
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Mark Twain and Alternative Medicine
Articles
- Johannes Kepler, Giordano Bruno, and Scientific Martyrdom
- Lizard People, 5G and the Nashville Bomber
- The Fringe Is Mainstream
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Why Weird Beliefs Are a Normal, Central, Almost Universal Aspect of Human Affairs
- Astrology as a Spiritual Belief System
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Why a Focus on Empirical Evidence and Objective Truth May be Missing the Point
- Notes on a Haunting
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How Science Can Explain Ghosts and Haunted Houses
- Trial, Error, and Success
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How People Learn and Think
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