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SCIENCE and RELIGION 2001 21 Introduction Introductory Thoughts KENDRICK FRAZIER THE COMMITTEE FOR THE SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION OF CLAIMS OF THE PARANORMAL AT THE CENTER FOR INQUIRY-INTERNATIONA1 (ADJACENT TO THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT BUFFALO) • AN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION Paul Kurtz, Chairman; professor emeritus of philosophy, State University of New York at Buffalo Barry Karr, Executive Director Joe Nickell, Research Fellow Massimo Polidoro, Research Fellow Richard Wiseman, Research Fellow Lee Nisbet, Special Projects Director FELLOWS James E. Alcock,' psychologist, York Univ., Susan Haack, Cooper Senior Scholar in Arts Loren Pankratz, psychologist. Oregon Health Toronto and Sciences, prof, of philosophy. University Sciences Univ. Jerry Andrus, magician and inventor, Albany, of Miami John Paulos, mathematician. Temple Univ. Oregon C. E. M. Hansel, psychologist, Univ. of Wales Steven Pinker, cognitive scientist, MIT Marcia Angell, M.D., former editor-in-chief, Al Hibbs, scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory Massimo Polidoro, science writer, author, New England Journal of Medicine Douglas Hofstadter, professor of human under­ executive director CICAP, Italy Robert A. Baker, psychologist, Univ. of standing and cognitive science, Indiana Univ. Kentucky Gerald Holton, Mallinckrodt Professor of Milton Rosenberg, psychologist. Univ. of Chicago Stephen Barrett M.D., psychiatrist, author, Physics and professor of history of science. consumer advocate, Allentown, Pa. Harvard Univ. Wallace Sampson, M.D., clinical professor of Barry Beyerstein,* biopsychologist, Simon Ray Hyman,* psychologist. Univ. of Oregon medicine, Stanford Univ.. editor, Scientific Fraser Univ., Vancouver, B.C., Canada Leon Jaroff, sciences editor emeritus. Time Review of Alternative Medicine Irving Biederman, psychologist, Univ. of Sergei Kapitza, former editor, Russian edition. Amardeo Sarma, engineer, head of dept. Southern California Scientific American at T-Nova Deutsche Telekom, executive Susan Blackmore, psychologist, Univ. of the Philip J. Klass,* aerospace writer, engineer director, GWUP, Germany. West of England, Bristol Edwin C. Krupp, astronomer, director, Griffith Evry Schatzman, former president. French Henri Broch, physicist. Univ. of Nice, France Observatory Physics Association Jan Harold Brunvand, folklorist, professor Paul Kurtz,* chairman, CSICOP Eugenie Scott physical anthropologist, execu­ emeritus of English, Univ. of Utah Lawrence Kusche, science writer tive director, National Center for Science Vern Bullough, professor of history, California Leon Lederman. emeritus director, Fermilab; Education State Univ. at Northridge Nobel laureate in physics Thomas A. Sebeok, anthropologist, Mario Bunge, philosopher, McGill University Scott Lilienfeld, psychologist, Emory Univ. linguist, Indiana Univ. John R. Cole, anthropologist, editor, National Lin Zixin, former editor. Science and Robert Sheaffer, science writer Center for Science Education Technology Daily (China) Elie A. Shneour, biochemist, author, Frederick Crews, literary and cultural critic. Jere Lipps, Museum of Paleontology, Univ. of professor emeritus of English, Univ. of director, Biosystems Research Institute, California. Berkeley California. Berkeley La Jolla. Calif. Elizabeth Loftus, professor of psychology. Dick Smith, film producer, publisher, Terrey F. H. C. Crick, biophysicist, Salk Inst, for Univ. of Washington Biological Studies. La Jolla, Calif; Nobel Prize Hills, N.S.W., Australia Paul MacCready, scientist/engineer, Robert Steiner, magician, author, laureate AeroVironment. Inc., Monrovia, Calif. El Cerrito, Calif. Richard Dawkins, zoologist. Oxford Univ. John Maddox, editor emeritus of Nature Cornelis de Jager, professor of astrophysics. David Marks, psychologist City University, London. Jill Cornell Tarter, astronomer, SETI Institute, Univ. of Utrecht, the Netherlands Walter C. McCrone, microscopist McCrone Mountain View, Calif. Paul Edwards, philosopher, editor. Carol Tavris, psychologist and author, Los Encyclopedia of Philosophy Research Institute Mario Mendez-Acosta, journalist and Angeles, Calif. Kenneth Feder, professor of anthropology, David Thomas, physicist and mathematician, Central Connecticut State Univ. science writer, Mexico City, Mexico Antony Flew, philosopher, Reading Univ., U.K. Marvin Minsky, professor of media arts and Peralta, New Mexico Andrew Fraknoi, astronomer. Foothill College, sciences, M IT. Stephen Toulmin, professor of philosophy, Los Altos Hills. Calif. David Morrison, space scientist, NASA Ames Univ. of Southern California Kendrick Frazier,* science writer, editor, Research Center Neil deGrasse Tyson, astrophysicist and direc­ SKEPTICAL INQUIRER Richard A. Muller, professor of physics. Univ. tor, Hayden Planetarium, New York City Yves Galifret, vice-president. Affiliated of Calif., Berkeley Marilyn vos Savant Parade magazine con­ Organizations: France H. Narasimhaiah, physicist, president, tributing editor and CBS News correspondent Martin Gardner,* author, critic Bangalore Science Forum, India Steven Weinberg, professor of physics and Murray Gell-Mann, professor of physics, Santa Dorothy Nelkin, sociologist, New York Univ. astronomy, Univ. of Texas at Austin; Nobel Fe Institute; Nobel Prize laureate Joe Nickell,* senior research fellow. CSICOP Prize laureate Thomas Gilovich, psychologist, Cornell Univ. Lee Nisbet* philosopher, Medaille College Richard Wiseman, psychologist. University of Henry Gordon, magician, columnist. Toronto Bill Nye, science educator and television host. Hertfordshire Stephen Jay Gould, Museum of Comparatve Nye Labs Marvin Zelen, statistician. Harvard Univ. Zoology, Harvard Univ. James E. Oberg, science writer Saul Green, PhD, biochemist, president of ZOL Irmgard Oepen, professor of medicine * Member, CSICOP Executive Council Consultants, New York, NY (retired), Marburg, Germany (Affiliations given for identification only.) Visit the CSICOP Web site at http://www.csicop.org The SKOTICAl INQUIRE* (ISSN 0194-6730) is published bimonthly by the Committee for the Articles, reports, reviews, and letters published in oSe SKtPTiCAl INQUIRE* represent the Scientific Investigation of Oaims of the Paranormal. 1310 Sweet Home Rd., Amherst. NY views and work of individual authors. Their publication does not necessarily constitute an 14228. Primed in U.SA Periodicals postage paid at BunSub. NY. Subscription prices: one year endorsement by CSICOP or its members unless so stated. 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Or call toll-free 1-800-634-1610 (outside U.S. call 716-636- Manuscripts, letters, books for review, and editorial inquiries should be addressed to 1425). Old address as well as new arc necessary for change of subscriber's address, with six Kendrick Frazier. Editor. SKEPTICAL INQUIRER. 944 Deer Drive NE. Albuquerque. weeks advance notice. SKEPTICAL INQUIRER subscribers may not speak on behalf of CSICOP NM 87122. FAX 505-828-2080. For Guide for Authors, see page 64 in the September / or the SKEPTICAL INQUIRE*. October 2000 issue, or send a fax request to the Editor. It is also available on the Web at Postmaster: Send changes of address to SKEPTICAL Iw^UIRE*. Box 703. Amherst. NY http://www.csiccip.org/si/guidc- for-authors.html. 14226-0703- Skeptical Inquirer September/October 2001 • VOL 25, NO. 5 SPECIAL ISSUE SCIENCE AND RELIGION 2001 21 Introduction Introductory Thoughts KENDRICK FRAZIER ARTICLES 24 Holy Wars An Astrophysicist Ponders the God Question NEIL deGRASSE TYSON COLUMNS 28 The Dangerous Quest for Cooperation Between Science EDITOR'S NOTE 4 and Religion NEWS AND COMMENT Mars 'Face' Dwindles in New Spacecraft Images/ Facing Facts and JACOB PANDIAN Saving Face / Skeptical Commentary Wins Pulitzer Prize / Pediatric Chiropractic Found to be Mostly 'Quackery' in News Investigation 34 Design Yes, Intelligent No / UFO Believers Sighted in Nation's Capital! / India's Monkey Man and the Politics of Mass Hysteria / Aztec UFO 2001 Symposium A Critique of Intelligent Design Theory Short on Skepticism / Paul Kurtz Receives Norton Medal / and Neocreationism Evolution Project to Air in 7 Programs on PBS 5 MASSIMO PIGLIUCCI NOTES OF A FRINGE-WATCHER 40 A Way of Life for Agnostics? Multiverses and Blackberries JAMES LOVELOCK MARTIN GARDNER 14 INVESTIGATIVE FILES 43 Science, Religion, Scandals and Follies of the 'Holy Shroud' and the Galileo Affair JOE NICKELL 17 TIMOTHY MOY NEW BOOKS 76 46 The God of Falling Bodies ARTICLES OF NOTE 76 Galileo, Newton, Bentley, and Leibniz SCIENCE BEST SELLERS 77 Chat on the Internet FORUM VICTOR J. STENGER Another Skeptical Inquiry 50 The Relationship Between RALPH ESTLING .79 Paranormal Beliefs and LETTERS 81 Religious Beliefs GLENN G. SPARKS BOOK REVIEWS 57 Science and Religion in an Why God Won't Go Away Impersonal
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