Committee for Skeptical Inquiry

Vol. 19, No. 1, January/February 1995

• Buy this back issue
• 1994 CSCIOP Conference Exploring Mind, Memory, and Belief
• Selling Satan book review

For the Record

The Air Force Report on the Roswell Incident

The official Air Force findings from the reopened investigation of the Roswell Incident.

Articles

Wonder and Skepticism
Carl Sagan

Science requires an almost complete openness to all ideas. On the other hand, it requires the most rigorous and uncompromising skepticism.

Putting Away Childish Things
Richard Dawkins

Gullibility, a childhood survival skill, is harmful for adults.

Science, Soul, and the Astonishing Hypothesis
Francis Crick

Is there some soul, or spirit, that science cannot explain that survives physical death? Or is it all in the brain?

The Positive Power of Radioisotopes
Glenn Seaborg

Radioisotopes have alleviated suffering and prolonged the lives of millions of human beings and contributed productively in many other ways.

Book Reviews

House of Cards by Robyn M. Dawes

Reviewed by Scott O. Lilienfeld

Selling Satan by Mike Hertenstein and Jon Trott

Reviewed by Peter Huston

Celestine Prophecy by Paul Redfield

Reviewed by Joe Szimhart

New Books/Articles of Note

Editor's Note

From the Chairman

News and Comment

• Scientific Literacy
• Ig Nobel Awards
• AMA on Recovered Memories
• APA on Facilitated Communication
• Everyone Has a Theory

1994 CSCIOP Conference Exploring Mind, Memory, and Belief

Notes of a Fringe-Watcher

Health Watch

Pyschic Vibrations

Media Watch

Forum

Letters to the Editor

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