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RED INTERNACIONAL ESCÉPTICA EUROPA European Council of Skeptical Organizations pour I’Etude des Phenomenes Paranormaux.Mer- PORTUGAL: CEPO; Contacto: Ludwig Krippahl, Praceta Pero (ECSO). Presidente:Amardeo Sarma.Arheilger Weg 11, lin Gerin. RGE/A2 38050 Grenoble Cedex. Union Ra- Escobar, N 2 R/c Dto 2675-599 Odivelas. Correo-e: 64380 Rossdorf.Alemania. Fax: +49 6154 695022.Tel.: tionaliste. Contacto: Jean-Paul Krivine. 14, Rue de l’E- [email protected] +49 6154 695023. Correo-e: [email protected]. cole Polytechnique. 75005 París. REINO UNIDO: Association for Skeptical Enquiry ALEMANIA: Society for the Scientific Investigation of HUNGRÍA: Hungarian Skeptics.Gyula Bencze.Termes- (ASKE),P.O. Box 5994 Ripley DE5 3XL. Fax.: +44 114 Para-Science (GWUP).Presidente:Amardeo Sarma.Ar- zet Vilaga. PO Box 25. Budapest 8, 1444. Fax: 011- 221 7319. Correo-e.: [email protected]. The Skep- heilger Weg 11, 64380 Rossdorf.Tel.: +49-6154695021. 3611187506. tical Inquirer: Representante: Michael J. Hutchinson. 10 Fax: +49-6154695022. Correo-e.: [email protected]. IRLANDA: Irish Skeptics.Contacto: Peter O’Hara. St. Jose- Crescent View. Loughton. Essex 1G10 4PZ. Correo-e.: BÉLGICA: Committee Para. Presidente: J. Dommanget. ph’s Hospital, Limerick. [email protected]. ‘The Skeptic Magazine’: Editores: Observatoire Royal de Belgique.Avenue Circulaire 3. B- ITALIA: Comitato Italiano per il Controllo delle Toby Howard y Steve Donnelly. PO Box 475. Manchester 1180 Brussels. SKEPP.Secretario:W. Betz. Laarbeeklaan Affermazioni sul Paranormale (CICAP). Contacto: M60 2TH. Correo-e.: [email protected]. 103. B1090 Brussels. Fax: 32-2-4774701. Massimo Polidoro, editor Scienza & Paranormale.PO Box REPÚBLICA CHECA: Czech Club of Skeptics.Contac- ESTONIA: Contacto: Indrek Rohtmets. Horisont. EE 0102 60, 27058 Voghera (PV). to: Ivan David. Vozova 5 Prague 3. 73000. Tallinn, Narva rnnt. 5. NORUEGA: Skepsis. St Olavsgt. 27, N-0166, Oslo. RUSIA: Zdravyi Smysl.Contacto:Valery A. Kuvakin. No- FINLANDIA: Skepsis. Presidente: Ilpo V.Salmi. Secretario: POLONIA:Biuletyn Sceptyczny, contacto: Adama Pie- vatorov 18-2-2. Moscú 117421. Veikko Joutsenlahti. PO Box 483 00101 Helsinki. Correo- trasiewicza. http://free.polbox.pl/a/adpiet y Correo- SUECIA: Vetenskap och Folkbildning. Secretario: Sven e.: [email protected] . Fax: +358 9 191 23443 e: [email protected] Ove Hansson. Box 185. 101 23 Stockholm. FRANCIA: Cercle Zététique. Contacto: Paul-Eric Blanrue. PAÍSES BAJOS: Stichting Skepsis. Secretario: Rob Nan- UCRANIA: Perspective.Director: Oleg G. Bakhtiarov. 3- 12 Rue David Deitz. 57000 Metz. Comite Francais ninga. Westerkade 20, 9718 AS Groningen. B Khmelnitskogo St. 252001. Kiev. RESTO DEL MUNDO ARGENTINA: Asociación Argentina de Lucha contra Bay Skeptics Society. Presidente: Daniel Sabsay. PO Eric Carlson, Physics Department,Wake Forest Univer- las Pseudociencias (ASALUP). Correo-e: info@asa- Box 20989. Oakland. CA 94620. Tel.: 510-4200702. sity, Winston-Salem, NC 27109. Correo-e: ecarlson lup.org; Internet: http://www.asalup.org; Tel.: (54-11) Sacramento Skeptics Society.Terrv Sandbek. 3550 @wfu.edu,Tlf.: (336) 758-4994. South Shore Skep- 15-5349-8459. Dirección postal: Fundación CAIRP,Ca- Watt Avenue, Suite #3. Sacramento. CA 95821.Tel.: 916- tics. PO Box 5083. Cleveland. Ohio 44101. Contacto: silla de Correo 28, suc. 3 (1403 Buenos Aires). 4883772. Correo-e.: [email protected] Die- Page Stephens. 4534 Grayton Road. Cleveland. Ohio AUSTRALIA: go Association for Rational Inquiry (SDARI). 945 44135.Tel.: 216-676-4859. Correo-e.: hpst@earthlink. Nacional: Australian Skeptics. Ejecutivo: Barry Wi- Fourth Avenue. San Diego. CA 92101. Tel.: 619-233- net. Association for Rational Thought (Cincinnati lliams. PO Box 268. Roseville, NSW 2069. Tel.: 61-2- 1888. Fax: 619-696-9476. Correo-e.: dnoelle@ Area). Roy Auerbach. Correo-e.: [email protected]. Ore- 94172071. Fax: 61-2-94177930. Correo-e.: skeptics cs.ucsd.edu. Rocky Mountain Skeptics. Presidente: gonians for Rationality.Secretario: John Reese. 7555 @spot.tt.sw.oz.au. Bela Scheiber. PO Box 7277. Boulder. CO 80306. Tel.: Spring Valley Road NW. Salem. OR 97304.Tel.: 503-364- Regionales: Australian Capital Territory. PO Box 555. 303-444-5368. Correo-e.: [email protected]. New 6676. Correo-e.: joshr @ncn.com. Paranormal In- Civic Square 2608. Hunter Skeptics (Newcastle). PO England Skeptical Society . P.O. Box 185526, Ham- vestigating Committee of Pittsburgh (PICP). Pre- Box 166. Waratah. NSW 2298. Darwin Skeptics den, CT 06518-5526. National Capital Area Skep- sidente: Richard Busch. 8209 Thompson Run Road. (Northern Territory). PO Box 809. Sanderson. NT 0812. tic.Contacto: D.W. Denman. 8006 Valley Street. Silver Pittsburgh. PA 15237. Tel.: 412-366-4663. Phila- Queensland. PO Box 6454. Fairfield Gardens. QLD Spring. MD 20910. Tampa Bay Skeptics.Contacto: delphia Association for Critical Thinking (PhACT). 4103. South Australia. PO Box 91. Magill 5072. Vic- Gary Posner. , 5319 Archstone Dr. #102, Tampa, FL Presidente: Bob Glickman. PO Box 21970. Philadelphia. toria.PO Box 5166AA. Melbourne.VIC 3001. Western 33634.Tel.:813-584-0603. Georgia Skeptics. Presi- PA 19124.Tel.: 215-533-4677. Rationalists of East Australia. PO Box 899. Morley. WA 6062. dente: Becky Long. 2277 Winding Woods Dr.Tucker.GA Tennessee Presidente: Dave Buck. Correo-e.: dbuck@vi- BRASIL: Opçao Racional. Luis Gutman. Rua Santa Cla- 30084. Midwest Committee for Rational Inqui- sumllc. Houston Association for Scientific thinking ra, 431. Bloco 5,Apt. 803. Copacabana - Río de Janeiro ry. Presidente: Danielle Kafka. PO Box 2792. Des Plai- (HAST). Contacto: Darrell Kachilla. PO Box 541314. 22041-010. Tel.: 55-21-5482476. nes. IL 60017-2792. Rational Examination Asso- Houston.TX 77254. North Texas Skeptics. Presidente: CANADÁ: Alberta Skeptics. Secretaria: Heidi Lloyd-Pri- ciation of Lincoln Land (REALL).Presidente: David Joe Voelkering. PO Box 111794. Carrollton.TX 75011- ce. PO Box 5571. Station A. Calgary,Alberta T2H 1X9. Bloomberg. PO Box 20302. Springfield. IL 62708.Tel.: 1794. The Society for Sensible Explanations. Se- British Columbia Skeptics.Contacto: Lee Moller. 217-525-7554. Indiana Skeptics. Presidente: Robert cretario:Tad Cook. PO Box 45792. Seattle.WA 98145- 1188 Beaufort Road.Vancouver V7G 1R7. Manitoba Craig. 5401 Hedgerow Drive. Indianapolis. IN 46226. 0792. Correo-e.: [email protected]. Skeptics. Presidente: John Toews. PO Box 92. St.Vital. Kentucky Association of Science Educators and INDIA: Indian Skeptics.Presidente: B. Premanand. 10 Winnipeg. Manitoba. R2M 4A5. Ontario Skeptics.Pre- Skeptics (KASES).Presidente: Robert A. Baker.3495 Chettipalayam Road. Podanur 641-023 Coimbatore Ta- sidente: Henry Gordon. 343 Clark Ave West, Suite 1009. Castleton Way North. Lexington. KY 40502. Baton Rou- mil Nadu. Indian Rationalist Association.Contac- Thornhill Ontario L4J 7K5. Sceptiques du Quebec. ge Proponents of Rational Inquiry and Scienti- to: Sanal Edamaruku. 779, Pocket 5, Mayur Vihar 1. New Jean Ouellette. CP 202, Succ. Beaubien. Montreal H2G fic Methods (BR-PRISM). Director: Dick Schroth. 425 Delhi 110091. Maharashtra Superstition Irradi- 3C9. Línea caliente escéptica 24 horas: 514-990-8099. Carriage Way. Baton Rouge. LA 70808-4828.Tel.: 504- cation Committee.Contacto: Naredra Dabholkar,155 COREA: Korea PseudoScience Awareness. Contacto: 766-4747. Skeptical Inquirers of New England. Sadashiv Peth, Satara-415 001. Dravidar Kazhagam. Dr. Gun-Il Kang, Director, 187-11 Bukahyun-dong, Su- Contacto: Laurence Moss, Ho & Moss. 72 Kneeland St. Secretario: K. Veeramnani. Periyar Thidal, 50. EVK daemun-ku, Seoul 120-190, Korea. E-mail: KOP- Boston 02111. Great Lakes Skeptics. Contacto: Ca- Sampath Road, Madras-600007. Tamil Nadu. [email protected]. rol Lynn. 1264 Bedford Road. Grosse Pointe Park. MI ISRAEL: Israel Skeptics Society. Presidente: Philip CHINA: China Association for Science and Techno- 84230-1116. Minnesota Skeptics. Contacto: Robert Marmaros. PO Box 8434. Jerusalén. Fax: 972-2- logy. Contacto: Shen Zhenyu. Research Center - CAST. W. McCoy. 549 Turnpike Road. Golden Valley, MN 5670694. Correo-e.: [email protected] PO Box 8113. Beijing. Chinese Skeptics Circle. Con- 55416. St. Kloud ESP Teaching Investigation JAPÓN: Japan Skeptics. Presidente: Jun Jugaku. Business tacto: Wu Xianghong. PO Box 4-doctor. Renmin Univ. Committee (SKEPTIC). Coordinador: Jerry Mertens. Center for Academic Societies Japan. 16-9 Hon- Of China, Beijing 100872. Hong Kong Skeptics. Con- Psychology Department. St. Cloud State University. St. komagome 5-chome. Bunkyo-Ku. Tokyo 113. tacto: Rebecca Bradley. PO Box 1010. Shatin Central Post Cloud. MN 56301. Kansas City Committee for KAZAJASTÁN: Kazakhastan Commission for Investi- Office. Shatin, NT. Skeptical Inquiry.Presidente:Verle Muhrer.2658 East gation of Anomalous Phenomena (KCIAP). Con- ESTADOS UNIDOS: 7th. Kansas City. MO 64124. Gateway Skeptics. Pre- tacto: Sergey Efimov. Astrophysical Institute. Kamens- Nacionales: Committee for the Scientific Investiga- sidente: Steve Best. 6943 Amherst Avenue. University koye Plato. Alma-Ata 480068. tion of Claims of the Paranormal (CSICOP). Pre- City. MO 63130. Montana Rationalists and Skep- MÉXICO: Sociedad Mexicana para la Investigación sidente: Paul Kurtz. PO Box 703. Amherst. NY 14226- tics Network. Correo-e.: [email protected]. Skep- Escéptica (SOMIE). Presidente: Mario Méndez-Acos- 0703. Tel.: 716-636-1425. Fax: 716-636-1733. tics Resource Center.Contacto: J.J. Kane. 89 Glen- ta. Apartado Postal 19-546. México 03900, DF. Correo-e.: info©csicop.org. Skeptics Society.Director:
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    RED INTERNACIONAL ESCÉPTICA EUROPA European Council of Skeptical Organizations FRANCIA: Cercle Zététique. Contacto: Paul-Eric Blan- (ASKE), 15 Ramsden Wood Road, Walsden, Tod- (ECSO). Secretario:Amardeo Sarma. Postfach 1222, rue. 12 Rue David Deitz. 57000 Metz. Comite morden, Lancs, OL14 7UD. London Student Skep- D-64374 Rossdorf. Fax: + 49-615481912. Correo-e.: Francais pour I’Etude des Phenomenes Para- tics. Contacto: BilI Harman, 21 Manville Rd., London [email protected]. normaux. Merlin Gerin. RGE/A2 38050 Grenoble Ce- SW17 8JW. Wessex Skeptics. Contacto: Robin Allen, dex. Union Rationaliste. Contacto: Jean-Paul Kri- Department of Physics, Southampton University, ALEMANIA: Society for the Scientific Investigation vine. 14, Rue de l’Ecole Polytechnique. 75005 París. Highfield, Southampton S09 5NH. The Skeptical In- of Para-Science (GWUP). Secretario:Amardeo Sar- HUNGRÍA: Hungarian Skeptics. Gyula Bencze. Ter- quirer: Representante: Michael J. Hutchinson. 10 Cres- ma. Postfach 1222. D-64374 Rossdorf.Alemania.Tel.: meszet Vilaga. PO Box 25. Budapest 8, 1444. Fax: 011- cent View. Loughton. Essex 1G10 4PZ. Correo-e.: +49-6154695021. Fax: +49-6154695022. Correo- 3611187506. [email protected]. ‘The Skeptic Magazine: Editores: e.: [email protected]. IRLANDA: Irish Skeptics. Contacto: Peter O’Hara. St. Toby Howard y Steve Donnelly. PO Box 475. Man- BÉLGICA: Committee Para.Presidente: J. Dommanget. Joseph’s Hospital, Limerick. chester M60 2TH. Correo-e.: toby@ cs.man.ac.uk. Observatoire Royal de Belgique.Avenue Circulaire 3. ITALIA: Comitato Italiano per il Controllo delle REPÚBLICA CHECA: Czech Club of Skeptics. Contacto: B-1180 Brussels. SKEPP. Secretario: W. Betz. Laar- Affermazioni sul Paranormale (CICAP). Contacto: Ivan David. Vozova 5 Prague 3.