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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 Massimo Polidoro, Research Fellow Richard Wiseman, Research Fellow Lee Nisbet, Special Projects Director FELLOWS James E. Alcock,* psychologist York Univ., Toronto Saul Green. PhD, biochemist president of ZOL James E- Oberg, science writer Jerry Andrus, magician and inventor, Albany, Consultants, New York. NY Irmgard Oepen, professor of medicine (retired). Oregon Susan Haack, Cooper Senior Scholar in Arts Marburg, Germany Marcia Angell, M.D., former editor-in-chief, New and Sciences, prof, of philosophy, University Loren Pankratz. psychologist. Oregon Health England Journal of Medicine of Miami Sciences Univ. Robert A. Baker, psychologist. Univ. of Kentucky C. E. M. Hansel, psychologist. Univ. of Wales John Paulos, mathematician. Temple Univ. Stephen Barrett, M.D., psychiatrist, author, Al Hibbs, scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory Steven Pinker, cognitive scientist. MIT consumer advocate, Allentown, Pa. Douglas Hofstadter, professor of human Massimo Polidoro. science writer, author, execu­ Barry Beyerstein,* biopsychologist. Simon Fraser understanding and cognitive science, tive director CICAP, Italy Univ., Vancouver, B.C.. Canada Indiana Univ. Milton Rosenberg, psychologist Univ. of Chicago Irving Biederman, psychologist, Univ. of Southern Gerald Holton, Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics Wallace Sampson. M.D.. clinical professor of medi­ California and professor of history of science, Harvard Univ. cine. Stanford Univ.. editor, Scientific Review of Susan Blackmore, Visiting Lecturer, Univ. of the Ray Hyman,' psychologist. Univ. of Oregon Alternative Medicine West of England, Bristol Leon Jaroff, sciences editor emeritus, Time Amardeo Sarma, engineer, head of dept. Henri Broch, physicist, Univ. of Nice, France Sergei Kapitza, former editor, Russian edition, at T-Nova Deutsche Telekom, executive Jan Harold Brunvand, folklorist. professor emeri­ Scientific American director, GWUP, Germany. tus of English. Univ. of Utah Philip J. Klass,* aerospace writer, engineer Evry Schatzman, former president French Physics Vern Bullough, professor of history. California Lawrence M. Krauss. author and professor of Association State Univ. at Northridge physics and astronomy. Case Western Reserve Eugenie Scott physical anthropologist, executive Mario Bunge. philosopher. McGill University University director. National Center for Science Education John R. Cole, anthropologist, editor, National Edwin C. Krupp. astronomer, director, Griffith Robert Sheaffer, science writer Center for Science Education Observatory Elie A. Shneour, biochemist, author, Frederick Crews, literary and cultural critic, profes­ Paul Kurtz,* chairman, Center for Inquiry director, Biosystems Research Institute, sor emeritus of English. Univ. of California. Lawrence Kusche. science writer La Jolla, Calif. Berkeley Leon Lederman. emeritus director, Fermilab; Dick Smith, film producer, publisher, Terrey Hills, F. H. C Crick, biophysicist, Salk Inst, for Biological Nobel laureate in physics N.S.W., Australia Studies, La Jolla, Calif; Nobel laureate Scott Lilienfeld, psychologist. Emory Univ. Robert Steiner, magician, author. El Cerrito. Calif. Richard Dawkins. zoologist. Oxford Univ. Lin Zixin, former editor. Science and Technology Victor J. Stenger, emeritus professor of physics Geoffrey Dean, technical editor. Perth. Australia Daily (China) and astronomy. Univ. of Hawaii; adjunct profes­ Daniel C Dennett University Professor and Austin Jere Lipps, Museum of Paleontology, Univ. of sor of philosophy, Univ. of Colorado B. Fletcher Professor of Philosophy, Director of California. Berkeley Jill Cornell Tarter, astronomer, SETI Institute. the Center for Cognitive Studies at Tufts Elizabeth Loftus, professor of psychology. Univ. of Mountain View. Calif. University California, Irvine Carol Tavris, psychologist and author. Los Angeles, Cornells de Jager, professor of astrophysics, Univ. Paul MacCready, scientist/engineer, Calif. of Utrecht the Netherlands AeroVironment, Inc., Monrovia, Calif. David Thomas, physicist and mathematician, Paul Edwards, philosopher, editor. Encyclopedia John Maddox, editor emeritus of Nature Peralta, New Mexico of Philosophy David Marks, psychologist City University, London. Stephen Toulmin, professor of philosophy, Univ. of Kenneth Feder, professor of anthropology. Mario Mendez-Acosta. journalist and Southern California Central Connecticut State Univ. science writer, Mexico City. Mexico Neil deGrasse Tyson, astrophysicist and director. Hayden Planetarium. New York City Antony Flew, philosopher, Reading Univ., U.K. Marvin Minsky, professor of media arts and Andrew Fraknoi, astronomer. Foothill College, Los sciences. M.I.T. Marilyn vos Savant Parade magazine contribut­ ing editor Altos Hills, Calif. David Morrison, space scientist, NASA Ames Kendrick Frazier,* science writer, editor, SKEPTICAL Research Center Steven Weinberg, professor of physics and astron­ omy, Univ. of Texas at Austin; Nobel laureate INQUIRER Richard A. Muller, professor of physics. Univ. of E.O. Wilson, University Professor Emeritus. Yves Galifret vice-president Affiliated Calif., Berkeley Harvard University Organizations: France H. Narasimhaiah, physicist president. Bangalore Richard Wiseman, psychologist University of Martin Gardner,* author, critic Science Forum, India Hertfordshire Dorothy Nelkin. sociologist New York Univ. Murray Gell-Mann. professor of physics. Santa Fe Marvin Zelen, statistician. Harvard Univ. 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