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Science & Religion GARDNER ON GOULD AND DARWIN • ACUPUNCTURE CLAIMS • SKEPTICS AND TRUE BELIEVERS Skeptical Inquirer THE MAGAZINE FOR SCIENCE AND REASON Volume 23, No. 4 • July/August 1999 Special Issue SCIENCE & RELIGION Stephen Jay Gould Richard Dawkins 4 Steven Pinker Ernst Mayr Steve Allen Chet Raymo Paul Kurtz Eugenie Scott Kendrick Frazier Victor J. Stenger Barry Palevitz and many others Published by the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal THE COMMITTEE FOR THE SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION OF CLAIMS OF THE PARANORMAL AT THE CENTER FOR INQUIRY-INTERNATIONAL (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, Senior Research Fellow Lee Nisbet Special Projects Director Matthew Nisbet Public Relations Director FELLOWS James E. Alcock,* psychologist, York Univ., Thomas Gilovich, psychologist, Cornell Univ. Dorothy Nelkin, sociologist. New York Univ. Toronto Henry Gordon, magician, columnist. Joe Nickell,* senior research fellow, CSICOP Steve Allen, comedian, author, composer, Toronto Lee Nisbet* philosopher. Medaille College pianist Stephen Jay Gould, Museum of Bill Nye, science educator and television Jerry Andrus, magician and inventor, Comparative Zoology, Harvard Univ. host, Nye Labs Albany, Oregon Susan Haack, Cooper Senior Scholar in Arts James E. Oberg, science writer Robert A. Baker, psychologist, Univ. of and Sciences, prof, of philosophy, Loren Pankratz, psychologist Oregon Kentucky University of Miami Health Sciences Univ. Stephen Barrett M.D., psychiatrist, author, C. E. M. Hansel, psychologist. Univ. of Wales John Paulos, mathematician, Temple Univ. consumer advocate, Allentown, Pa. Al Hibbs, scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory W. V. Quine, philosopher, Harvard Univ. Douglas Hofstadter, professor of human Barry Beyerstein, * biopsychologist, Simon Milton Rosenberg, psychologist, Univ. of Fraser Univ., Vancouver, B.C.. Canada understanding and cognitive science, Chicago Irving Biederman, psychologist, Univ. of Indiana Univ. Wallace Sampson, M.D., clinical professor Southern California Gerald Holton, Mallinckrodt Professor of of medicine, Stanford Univ. Susan Blackmore, psychologist, Univ. of the Physics and professor of history of science, Evry Schatzman, president, French Physics Harvard Univ. West of England, Bristol Association Ray Hyman,* psychologist, Univ. of Oregon Henri Broch, physicist, Univ. of Nice, France Eugenie Scott* physical anthropologist. Leon Jaroff, sciences editor emeritus, Time Jan Harold Brunvand, folklorist, professor executive director, National Center for Sergei Kapitza, editor, Russian edition, emeritus of English, Univ. of Utah Science Education Scientific American Vern Bullough, professor of history, Glenn T. Seaborg, university professor of Philip J. Klass,* aerospace writer, engineer California State Univ. at Northridge chemistry. Univ. of California, Berkeley; Edwin C. Krupp, astronomer, director, Mario Bunge, philosopher, McGill University Nobel Prize laureate, deceased Griffith Observatory John R. Cole, anthropologist, editor, Thomas A. Sebeok, anthropologist. Paul Kurtz,* chairman, CSICOP National Center for Science Education linguist, Indiana Univ. Lawrence Kusche, science writer F. H. C. Crick, biophysicist. Salk Inst, for Robert Sheaffer, science writer Leon Lederman, emeritus director, Biological Studies, La Jolla, Calif; Nobel Elie A. Shneour, biochemist, author, Fermilab; Nobel laureate in physics Prize laureate director, Biosystems Research Institute, Un Zixin, former editor, Science and Richard Dawkins, zoologist, Oxford Univ. La Jolla. Calif. Technology Daily (China) L. Sprague de Camp, author, engineer Dick Smith, film producer, publisher, Terrey Elizabeth Loftus, professor of psychology, Cornells de Jager, professor of astro­ Hills, N.S.W., Australia Univ. of Washington physics. Univ. of Utrecht, the Netherlands Robert Steiner, magician, author, Paul MacCready, scientist/engineer. Bernard Dixon, science writer, London, U.K. El Cerrito. Calif. Paul Edwards, philosopher, editor, AeroVironment, Inc., Monrovia, Calif. Jill Cornell Tarter, astronomer, SETI John Maddox, editor emeritus of Nature Institute, Mountain View, Calif. Encyclopedia of Philosophy David Marks, psychologist Middlesex Carol Tavris, psychologist and author, Los Kenneth Feder, professor of anthropology, Polytech, England Central Connecticut State Univ. Angeles, Calif. Walter C. McCrone, microscopist McCrone Antony Flew, philosopher, Reading Univ., Stephen Toulmin. professor of philosophy, Research Institute Univ. of Southern California U.K. Mario Mendez-Acosta, journalist and Andrew Fraknoi, astronomer. Foothill Marilyn vos Savant Parade magazine con­ science writer, Mexico City. Mexico tributing editor and CBS News correspon­ College. Los Alto* Hills, Calif. Marvin Minsky, professor of media arts and dent Kendrick Frazier,* science writer, editor, sciences. M.I.T. Steven Weinberg, professor of physics and SKEPTICAL INQUIRER David Morrison, space scientist NASA astronomy, Univ. of Texas at Austin; Nobel Yves Galifret, vice-president, Affiliated Ames Research Center Prize laureate Organizations: France Richard A. Muller, professor of physics, Marvin Zelen, statistician. Harvard Univ. Martin Gardner,* author, critic Univ. of Calif.. Berkeley Murray Gell-Mann, professor of physics, H. Narasimhaiah, physicist president. * Member. CSICOP Executive Council Santa Fe Institute; Nobel Prize laureate Bangalore Science Forum. India (Affiliations given for identification only.) • Visit the CSICOP web site at http://www.csicop.org The SKEFDCAX INQUIRER (ISSN 0194-6730) is published bimonthly by the Committee for the Articles, reports, reviews, and letters published in the SKEPTICAL INQUIRER represent the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal. 1310 Sweet Home Rd . Amherst, NY views and work of individual authors. Their publication does not necessarily constitute an 14228 Printed in U.SA Periodicals postage paid at Buffalo. NY Subscription pnces; one year endorsement by CSICOP or its members unless so stated (six issues). $35. rwo yean. $58; three years, $81. single issue, $4-95- Canadian and foreign orders: Copyright ©1999 by the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Payment in U.S. funds drawn on a U.S. bank must accompany orders; please add US$ 10 per year Paranormal. All rights reserved The SKEPTICAL INQUIRER is available on 16mm microfilm. for shipping Canadian and foreign customers are encouraged to use Visa or MasterCard 35mm microfilm, and 105mm microfiche from University Microfilms Internationa) and is Inquiries from the media and the public about the work of the Committee should be made indexed in the Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature. to Paul Kurtz. Chairman. CSICOP. Box 703. Amherst. NY M226-0703. Tel: 716-636-1425. Subscriptions and changes of address should be addressed to: SKEPTICAL INQUIRE*, Box FAX: 716-636-1733. 703. Amherst. NY 14226-0703. Or call toll-free 1-800-634-1610 (outside U.S. call 716-636- Manuscripts, letters, book* for review, and editorial inquiries should be addressed to 1425). Old address as well as new are 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, tee page 81 in the or the SKEPTICAL INQUIRER. July/August 1999 issue, or send a fax request to the Editor h is also available on the Postmaster Send changes of address to SKEPTICAL INQUIRER. Box 703. Amherst. NY Web at http://wwwcstcop.org-si/guide-for-authors html. 14226-0703. Skeptical Inquirer July/August 1999 • VOL 23, NO. 4 SPECIAL ISSUE SCIENCE AND RELIGION: CONFLICT OR CONCILIATION? 18 Introduction Conflicting or Complementary? Some Introductory Thoughts About Boundaries COLUMNS KENDRICK FRAZIER EDITOR'S NOTE 4 ARTICLES NEWS AND COMMENT 21 Celebrating Creation Questioning Dr. Isadore Rosenfeld's China Acupuncture Story / Scam Fortune Teller Arrested, Sentenced to Prison for Fraud / The CHET RAYMO Church Poltergeist: It's the Village Mayor / Fatal Non-vision / FBI 24 Should Skeptical Inquiry Be Applied Enlisted Psychic in TWA 800 Investigation / Still a Miracle? 5 to Religion? PAUL KURTZ NOTES OF A FRINGE WATCHER The Religious Views 29 The 'Science and Religion Movement' of Stephen Gould and An Opportunity for Improved Public Charles Darwin Understanding of Science? MARTIN GARDNER EUGENIE C. SCOTT 32 Science and the Versus of Religion INVESTIGATIVE FILES A Conversation with My Students The Davenport Brothers BARRY A. PALEVITZ Religious Practitioners, Entertainers, or Frauds? 37 Science vs. Religion JOE NICKELL 14 Teach the Difference, Resolve the Conflict ZORAN PAZAMETA NEW BOOKS 70 ARTICLES OF NOTE 71 40 Anthropic Design Does the Cosmos Show Evidence SCIENCE BEST SELLERS 72 of Purpose? LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 73 VICTOR J. STENGER GUIDE FOR AUTHORS 81 44 Scientific Skepticism, CSICOP, and the Local Groups REVIEWS STEVEN NOVELLA AND DAVID BLOOMBERG Skeptics and True Believers: The Exhilarating 47 Two Mind-Sets Connection Between Science and Religion STEVE ALLEN By Chet Raymo 50 God Is Dead. After Weather WOLF RODER J56 and Sports MIKE REISS 52 Some Earlier Discussions of Science and Religion in SI The Science of God: The Convergence of READINGS IN SCIENCE AND RELIGION Scientific
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