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'Causes' Claims ID's Wedge Strategy: an Update Stephen SI D09 J10 Cover V1 11/12/09 11:13 AM Page 1 GARDNER ON THOMAS GOLD | NICKELL ON BROWN’S LOST SYMBOL | SHROUD OF TURIN DUPLICATED THE MAGAZINE FOR SCIENCE AND REASON Volume 34, No. 1 • January / February 2010 • INTRODUCTORY PRICE U.S. and Canada $4.95 How Parapsychologists Nullify Null Results Fringe Medicine’s ‘Causes’ Claims ID’s Wedge Strategy: An Update Stephen Fry Interview: Last Chance to Think Coral Castle: Fact and Folklore Published by the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry SI Jan Feb 2010 pgs 11/12/09 10:05 AM Page 2 Committee for Skeptical Inquiry FORMERLY THE COMMITTEE FOR THE SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION OF CLAIMS OF THE PARANORMAL (CSICOP) AT THE CENTER FOR INQUIRY/TRANSNATIONAL An International Organization Paul Kurtz, Founder and Chairman Emeritus Richard Wiseman, Research Fellow Richard Schroeder, Chairman Joe Nickell, Senior Research Fellow Ronald A. 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