Introduction                                       xi
SECTION 1 IMPORTANT PSEUDOSCIENTIFIC CONCEPTS
  Alien Abductions                                 3  (6)
        Lance Rivers
  Alternative Archaeology                          9  (8)
        Garrett G. Fagan
  Ancient Astronauts                               17 (6)
        Kenneth L. Feder
  Animal Mutilations                               23 (2)
        Andrew O. Lutes
  Anomalous Psychological Experiences              25 (6)
        Chris Duva
  Anthroposophy and Anthroposophical Medicine      31 (4)
        Dan Dugan
  Astrology                                        35 (8)
        Geoffrey Dean
        Ivan W. Kelly
        Arthur Mather
        Rudolf Smit
  Attachment Therapy                               43 (5)
        Jean Mercer
  Ball Lightning                                   48 (4)
        Steuart Campbell
  Bermuda Triangle                                 52 (2)
        Maarten Brys
  Biorhythms                                       54 (3)
        Diego Golombek
  Castaneda, Carlos                                57 (3)
        Phil Mole
  Clever Hans                                      60 (3)
        Thomas F. Sawyer
  Cold Reading                                     63 (4)
        Bob Steiner
  Crop Circles                                     67 (4)
        Jorge Soto
  Cryptozoology                                    71 (8)
        Ben S. Roesch
        John L. Moore
  Cults                                            79 (6)
        Steve Novella
        Perry DeAngelis
  Dietary Supplements                              85 (8)
        Ricki Lewis
  Dowsing                                          93 (2)
        Steve Novella
        Perry DeAngelis
  Earthquake Prediction                            95 (3)
        Russell Robinson
  Electromagnetic Fields and Cell Phones           98 (3)
        Steven Korenstein
  Fairies, Elves, Pixies, and Gnomes               101(3)
        David J. W. Lauridsen Jr.
  Faster-Than-Light Travel                         104(4)
        Roahn H. Wynar
  Feng Shui                                        108(5)
        Jon Puro
  Geller, Uri                                      113(3)
        Simon Jones
  Handwriting Analysis and Graphology              116(5)
        John Berger
  Hypnosis                                         121(6)
        Robert A. Ford
  Ideomotor Effect (the ``Ouija Board'' Effect)    127(3)
        Michael Heap
  Laundry Balls                                    130(2)
        Roahn H. Wynar
  Magnetic Therapy                                 132(4)
        Satyam Jain
        Daniel R. Wilson
  The Mars Face: Extraterrestrial Archaeology      136(5)
        Kenneth L. Feder
  Meditation                                       141(5)
        Juan Carlos Marvizon
  Multiple Personality Disorder                    146(6)
        Scott O. Lilienfeld
        Steven Jay Lynn
  Near-Death Experiences                           152(6)
        Susan J. Blackmore
  Observer Effects and Observer Bias               158(6)
        Douglas G. Mook
  Out-of-Body Experiences                          164(6)
        Susan J. Blackmore
  Phrenology                                       170(3)
        John van Wyhe
  Piltdown Man (Hoax): Famous Fossil Forgery       173(5)
        Richard Milner
  Placebo Effect                                   178(3)
        Geoffrey Dean
        Ivan W. Kelly
  Planetary Alignments                             181(5)
        John Mosley
  Polygraph and Lie Detection                      186(4)
        Marc E. Pratarelli
  Prayer and Healing                               190(5)
        Kevin Courcey
  Pseudoscience and Science: A Primer in           195(9)
  Critical Thinking
        D. Alan Bensley
  Reincarnation                                    204(5)
        Phil Mole
  Seance                                           209(2)
        Drew Christie
  Shamans and Shamanism                            211(2)
        Al Carroll
  The Shroud of Turin                              213(4)
        Chris Cunningham
  Societies for Psychical Research                 217(3)
        Drew Christie
  Spiritualism                                     220(7)
        Brad Clark
  Stock Market Pseudoscience                       227(5)
        Jon Blumenfeld
  Subliminal Perception and Advertising            232(3)
        Rebecca Rush
  Sun Sign Astrology                               235(5)
        Geoffrey Dean
        Ivan W. Kelly
        Arthur Mather
        Rudolf Smit
  Synchronicity                                    240(3)
        Christopher Bonds
  Therapeutic Touch                                243(10)
        Larry Sarner
  Tunguska                                         253(5)
        Alan Harris
  Tutankhamun's Curse                              258(2)
        Rebecca Bradley
  UFOs                                             260(12)
        Barry Markovsky
  Undeceiving Ourselves                            272(6)
        Geoffrey Dean
        Ivan W. Kelly
        Arthur Mather
  Witchcraft and Magic                             278(5)
        Julianna Yau
SECTION 2 INVESTIGATIONS FROM SKEPTIC MAGAZINE
  Acupuncture                                      283(9)
        Dr. George A. Ulett
  Alternative Medicine v. Scientific Medicine      292(5)
        Dr. Harry K. Ziel
  Atlantis: The Search for the Lost Continent      297(11)
        Pat Linse
  Chiropractic: Conventional or Alternative        308(8)
  Healing?
        Dr. Samuel Homola
  Christian Science as Pseudoscience               316(5)
        Robert Miller
  EMDR: Eye Movement Desensitization and           321(6)
  Reprocessing
        Gerald M. Rosen
        Richard J. McNally
        Scott O. Lilienfeld
  Do Extraordinary Claims Require Extraordinary    327(7)
  Evidence?: A Reappraisal of a Classic
  Skeptics' Axiom
        Theodore Schick Jr.
  Facilitated Communication                        334(13)
        Gina Green
  Homeopathy                                       347(10)
        William Jarvis
  Immortality: The Search for Everlasting Life     357(14)
        Steven B. Harris
  The Liquefying ``Blood'' of St. Januarius        371(2)
        James Randi
  Psychoanalysis as Pseudoscience                  373(11)
        Kevin MacDonald
  Psychotherapy as Pseudoscience                   384(13)
        Tana Dineen
  Pyramids: The Mystery of Their Origins           397(16)
        Pat Linse
  Satanic Ritual Abuse                             413(10)
        Jeffrey Victor
  Science and God                                  423(7)
        Bernard Leikind
  Science and Its Myths                            430(13)
        William F. McComas
  Science and Religion                             443(12)
        Massimo Pigliucci
  Skepticism and Credulity: Finding the Balance    455(8)
  between Type I and Type II Errors
        Bill Wisdom
  Thought Field Therapy                            463(10)
        David X. Swenson
  Velikovsky: Cultures in Collision on the         473(16)
  Fringes of Science
        David Morrison
  Witchcraft and the Origins of Science            489(10)
        Dr. Richard Olson
  Witches and Witchcraft                           499(14)
        Clayton Drees
SECTION 3 CASE STUDIES IN PSEUDOSCIENCE FROM
SKEPTIC MAGAZINE
  The Alien Archetype: The Origin of the           513(7)
  ``Grays''
        John Adams
  Anastasia: A Case Study in the Myth of the       520(10)
  Miraculous Survival
        Tim Callahan
  Ancient Astronauts: Zecharia Sitchin as a        530(7)
  Case Study
        Eric Wojciehowski
  Holistic Medicine: The Case of Caroline Myss     537(10)
        Phil Mole
  Police Psychics: Noreen Renier as a Case Study   547(9)
        Gary P. Posner
  Pseudoarchaeology: Native American Myths as a    556(11)
  Test Case
        Kenneth L. Feder
  Pseudoarchaeology: Precolumbian Discoverers      567(13)
  of America as a Test Case
        Ronald Fritze
  Pseudoscience and the Paranormal                 580(12)
        James Randi
  Psi and Psi-Missing                              592(5)
        Todd C. Riniolo
        Louis A. Schmidt
  Recovered Memory Therapy and False Memory        597(9)
  Syndrome: A Father's Perspective as a Test
  Case
        Mark Pendergrast
  Recovered Memory Therapy and False Memory        606(9)
  Syndrome: A Patient's Perspective as a Test
  Case
        Laura Pasley
  Recovered Memory Therapy and False Memory        615(8)
  Syndrome: A Psychiatrist's Perspective as a
  Test Case
        John Hochman
SECTION 4 SCIENCE AND PSEUDOSCIENCE---FOR AND
AGAINST
  Evolutionary Psychology as Good Science          623(13)
        Frank Miele
  Evolutionary Psychology as Pseudoscience         636(16)
        Henry Schlinger Jr.
  Memes as Good Science                            652(12)
        Susan J. Blackmore
  Memes as Pseudoscience                           664(14)
        James W. Polichak
  Race and I.Q. as Good Science                    678(16)
        Vince Sarich
  Race and I.Q. as Pseudoscience                   694(11)
        Diane Halpern
  Race and Sports as Good Science                  705(9)
        Jon Entine
  Race and Sports as Pseudoscience                 714(10)
        Michael Shermer
  Science Is at an End                             724(15)
        John Horgan
  Science Is Just Beginning                        739(4)
        John Casti
  The Science Wars: Deconstructing Science Is      743(7)
  Good Science
        Dr. Richard Olson
  The Science Wars: Deconstructing Science Is      750(13)
  Pseudoscience
        Norm Levitt
SECTION 5 HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS
  Creationism: ``Mr. Bryan's Address to the        763(22)
  Jury in the Scopes' Case. The Speech Which
  Was Never Delivered''
        William Jennings Bryan
  David Hume's ``Of Miracles'': From An Enquiry    785(12)
  Concerning Human Understanding, 1758
  Mesmerism: ``Report of the Commissioners         797(25)
  Charged by the King to Examine Animal
  Magnetism, Printed on the King's Order Number
  4 in Paris from the Royal Printing House,''
        Benjamin Franklin
        Antoine Lavoisier
  What Ever Happened to N-Rays? Robert Wood's      822(4)
  1904 N-Ray Letter in Nature
  Scientific Study of Unidentified Flying          826(35)
  Objects
        Edward Condon
  Epilogue: Let Us Reflect                         861(6)
        Michael Shermer
List of Contributors                               867(12)
Index                                              879(24)
About the Editors                                  903