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In Defense of Higher Values • Riddle of the Crystal Skulls • Prayer Study Failure SI Jul-Aug 06 Cover V1 5/30/06 12:14 PM Page 1 IN DEFENSE OF HIGHER VALUES • RIDDLE OF THE CRYSTAL SKULLS • PRAYER STUDY FAILURE THE MAGAZINE FOR SCIENCE AND REASON Volume 30, No. 4 • July/August 2006 • INTRODUCTORY PRICE U.S. $4.95 • Canada $5.95 07> Published by the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal 0556698 80575 SI J-A 2006 pgs 5/30/06 1:29 PM Page 2 THE COMMITTEE FOR THE SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION of Claims of the Paranormal AT THE CENTER FOR INQUIRY–TRANSNATIONAL (ADJACENT TO THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT BUFFALO) AN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION Paul Kurtz, Chairman; professor emeritus of philosophy, University at Buffalo Barry Karr, Executive Director Joe Nickell, Senior Research Fellow Massimo Polidoro, Research Fellow Richard Wiseman, Research Fellow Lee Nisbet, Special Projects Director FELLOWS James E. Alcock,* psychologist, York Univ., Toronto Susan Haack, Cooper Senior Scholar in Arts Robert L. Park, professor of physics, Univ. of Maryland Jerry Andrus, magician and inventor, Albany, Oregon and Sciences, Professor of Philosophy and John Paulos, mathematician, Temple Univ. Marcia Angell, M.D., former editor-in-chief, New Professor of Law, University of Miami Steven Pinker, cognitive scientist, Harvard England Journal of Medicine C. E. M. Hansel, psychologist, Univ. of Wales Massimo Polidoro, science writer, author, Stephen Barrett, M.D., psychiatrist, author, David J. Helfand, professor of astronomy, executive director CICAP, Italy Columbia Univ. consumer advocate, Allentown, Pa. 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SI J-A 2006 pgs 5/30/06 1:29 PM Page 3 Skeptical Inquirer COMMENT AND OPINION July / August 2006 • VOL. 30, NO. 4 13 In Defense of the Higher Values KENDRICK FRAZIER ARTICLES COLUMNS EDITOR’S NOTE Explanatory Frameworks and Investigative Exposés. 4 NEWS AND COMMENT One Big STEP: Another Major Study Confirms That Distant Prayers Do Not Heal the Sick / Florida Psychic Jailed for Fraud / Governor Snubs Kentucky Academy of Science about Intelligent Design / Dinosaur Adventure Land Slated for Demolition / ‘Alien Rains’ of Kerala Not So Alien after All / A Swedish Professorship in Parapsychology / Alien Autopsy Hoax Revealed—Again / The Wrong Stuff: Men’s Magazine’s Psychic Columnist / Center for Inquiry Opens in India. 5 INVESTIGATIVE
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