Skeptical Inquirer
from: Csicop
Price: $35.00
Prices subject to change.Availability: Usually ships in 2 to 4 months
Product Description:
Serves the public and news media, providing access to facts regarding the scientific investigation of claims of the paranormal from a skeptical point-of-view, enabling readers to separate fact from myth in the flood of occultism and pseudoscientific theories presented in today's culture.
Serves the public and news media, providing access to facts regarding the scientific investigation of claims of the paranormal from a skeptical point-of-view, enabling readers to separate fact from myth in the flood of occultism and pseudoscientific theories presented in today's culture.
Browse for similar items by category:
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: 
- Skeptical of the Skeptics of Skeptical Inquirer
I admit out front that I'm none too familiar with this publication, but I do find it amusing that the two 1-star reviews so far are by people who identify themselves as 1) FruityAsANutcake and 2) Alien Worlds Wanderer. ROFL
Rating: 
- Science!What a concept!!
Dispelling ghosts and ghost hunters, demons and exorcists, miracles and evangelicals, bigfoot and related beasties and their hunters, psychics, mediums, and lots more of things that go bump on network TV and the mainstream press, SI is a breath of fresh air for those tired of the unending, uncritical coverage of the "paranormal." Pseudo-scientists and charlatans beware!
Read More
Rating: - Great Magazine - Lousy Price
With so many skeptics in the room, I'm surprised no one's debunked the ridiculously high 35$ price tag. You can get SI from their own websitefor $20.
Rating: 
- Useful but rarely interesting
This is the only readily available US magazine that presents factual analyses of a good variety of the various crazy claims that the US media are filled with. There are problems, however. First, the coverage is generally far more than a day late and a dollar short... it is very rare that I find anything about claims less than a few years old.Second, if you subscribe, based on my experience, you may not get many of the issues you pay for--- the magazine comes loose and unwrapped with your name and ... Read More
Rating: - Good on analysis, lousy on tolerance
I enjoy science in its many forms and enjoy the Skeptical Inquirer for its thorough and logical explanation of "weird" events. While it takes the "fun" out of things like ghosts and UFOs,having the phenomena explained rationally is a treat in itself.Unfortunately I find the journal a little difficult to read at times.The intolerance of the beliefs of others gets a little difficult to take when it's so much in your face.Often the authors are condescending, sometimes outright insulting, with resepct ... Read More
- Skeptical of the Skeptics of Skeptical InquirerI admit out front that I'm none too familiar with this publication, but I do find it amusing that the two 1-star reviews so far are by people who identify themselves as 1) FruityAsANutcake and 2) Alien Worlds Wanderer. ROFL
- Science!What a concept!!Dispelling ghosts and ghost hunters, demons and exorcists, miracles and evangelicals, bigfoot and related beasties and their hunters, psychics, mediums, and lots more of things that go bump on network TV and the mainstream press, SI is a breath of fresh air for those tired of the unending, uncritical coverage of the "paranormal." Pseudo-scientists and charlatans beware!
Read More
- Great Magazine - Lousy PriceWith so many skeptics in the room, I'm surprised no one's debunked the ridiculously high 35$ price tag. You can get SI from their own websitefor $20.
- Useful but rarely interestingThis is the only readily available US magazine that presents factual analyses of a good variety of the various crazy claims that the US media are filled with. There are problems, however. First, the coverage is generally far more than a day late and a dollar short... it is very rare that I find anything about claims less than a few years old.Second, if you subscribe, based on my experience, you may not get many of the issues you pay for--- the magazine comes loose and unwrapped with your name and ... Read More
- Good on analysis, lousy on toleranceI enjoy science in its many forms and enjoy the Skeptical Inquirer for its thorough and logical explanation of "weird" events. While it takes the "fun" out of things like ghosts and UFOs,having the phenomena explained rationally is a treat in itself.Unfortunately I find the journal a little difficult to read at times.The intolerance of the beliefs of others gets a little difficult to take when it's so much in your face.Often the authors are condescending, sometimes outright insulting, with resepct ... Read More
