Detective Origins | Why We Do This | Truth, Part 2 | UFO Hoax Apps | EVP Nonscience | Healthcare Skepticism the Magazine for Science and Reason Vol. 37 No. 6 | November/December 2013 LosingLosing OurOur MindsMinds inin thethe AgeAge ofof BrainBrain ScienceScience Sally Satel and Scott O. Lilienfeld HAPPINESS HATE ENVY PEPSI COKE POLITICAL AFFILIATION LOVE GOD Why Evolution Is Hard to Understand Cameron Smith Six Signs of Scientism, Part 1 Susan Haack The Jersey Devil Brian Regal Valentich UFO Cold Case Solved James McGaha and Joe Nickell Published by the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry C I –T Ronald A. Lindsay, President and CEO Massimo Polidoro, Research Fellow Bar ry Karr, Ex ec u tive Di rect or Benjamin Radford, Research Fellow Joe Nickell, Senior Research Fellow Richard Wiseman, Research Fellow www.csicop.org James E. Al cock*, psy chol o gist, York Univ., Tor on to Barbara Ann Kar manos Cancer Institute and chief Observatory, Williams College Mar cia An gell, MD, former ed i tor-in-chief, of breast surgery section, Wayne State Univer- John Pau los, math e ma ti cian, Tem ple Univ. New Eng land Jour nal of Med i cine sity School of Medicine. Clifford A. Pickover, scientist, au thor, editor, Kimball Atwood IV, MD, physician; author; Wendy M. Grossman, writer; founder and first editor, IBM T.J. Watson Re search Center. The Skeptic magazine (UK) Newton, MA Massimo Pigliucci, professor of philosophy, Steph en Bar rett, MD, psy chi a trist; au thor; con sum er Sus an Haack, Coop er Sen ior Schol ar in Arts and City Univ. of New York–Lehman College ad vo cate, Al len town, PA Sci en ces, professor of phi los o phy and professor Stev en Pink er, cog ni tive sci en tist, Harvard Univ. Willem Betz, MD, professor of medicine, Univ. of of Law, Univ. of Mi ami Brussels Harriet Hall*, MD, family physician; investigator, Philip Plait, astronomer; lecturer; writer Ir ving Bie der man, psy chol o gist, Univ. of Puyallup, WA Mas si mo Pol id oro, sci ence writer; au thor; ex ec u tive South ern CA C.E.M. Han sel, psy chol o gist, Univ. of Wales di rect or of CI CAP, It a ly Sandra Blakeslee, science writer; author; New York David J. Helfand, professor of astronomy, Anthony R. Pratkanis, professor of psychology, Times science correspondent Columbia Univ. Univ. of CA, Santa Cruz Sus an Black more, vis it ing lec tur er, Univ. of the West Terence M. Hines, prof. of psychology, Pace Univ., Benjamin Radford, investigator; research fellow, of Eng land, Bris tol Pleasantville, NY. Committee for Skeptical Inquiry Mark Boslough, physicist, Sandia National Laborato- Doug las R. Hof stad ter, pro fes sor of hu man James “The Amazing” Randi, magician; CSICOP ries, Albuquerque, NM un der stand ing and cog ni tive sci ence, In di ana Univ. founding member; founder, James Randi Hen ri Broch, phys i cist, Univ. of Nice, France Ger ald Hol ton, Mal linc krodt Pro fes sor of Phys ics and Educational Foundation Jan Har old Brun vand, folk lor ist; pro fes sor emer i tus pro fes sor of his to ry of sci ence, Har vard Univ. Mil ton Ro sen berg, psy chol o gist, Univ. of Chic a go of Eng lish, Univ. of Utah Ray Hy man*, psy chol o gist, Univ. of Or e gon Wal la ce Sam pson, MD, clin i cal pro fes sor of med i cine, Mar io Bunge, phi los o pher, McGill Univ., Montreal Stuart D. Jordan, NASA astrophysicist emeritus; Stan ford Univ.; ed i tor, Sci en tif ic Re view of Robert T. Carroll, emeritus professor of philoso- science advisor to Center for Inquiry Office of Al ter na tive Med i cine Public Policy, Washington, DC phy, Sacramento City College; writer Am ar deo Sar ma*, chairman, GWUP, Ger ma ny Sean B. Carroll, molecular geneticist; vice president Barry Karr, executive director, Committee for Richard Saunders, president, Australian for science education, Howard Hughes Medical Skeptical Inquiry, Amherst, New York Institute, Madison, WI Law rence M. Krauss, foundation professor, School Skeptics; educator; investigator; podcaster; Thomas R. Casten, energy expert; founder and of Earth and Space Exploration and Physics Dept.; Sydney, Australia chairman, Recycled Energy Development, director, Origins Initiative, Arizona State Univ. Joe Schwarcz, director, McGill Office for Science Westmont, IL Harry Kroto, professor of chemistry and and Society John R. Cole, an thro pol o gist; ed i tor, Na tion al biochemistry, Florida State Univ.; Nobel laureate Eu ge nie C. Scott*, phys i cal an thro pol o gist; ex ec u tive Cen ter for Sci ence Ed u ca tion Ed win C. Krupp, as tron o mer; di rect or, di rect or, Na tion al Cen ter for Sci ence Ed u ca tion K.C. Cole, science writer; author; professor, Grif fith Ob ser va to ry, Los Angeles, CA Rob ert Sheaf fer, sci ence writer Univ. of Southern California’s Annenberg Law rence Kusche, sci ence writer El ie A. Shne our, bi o chem ist; au thor; president and School of Journalism Le on Le der man, emer i tus di rect or, Fer mi lab; research director, Bi os ys tems Re search In sti tute, Fred er ick Crews, lit er ary and cul tur al crit ic; pro fes sor No bel lau re ate in phys ics La Jol la, CA emer i tus of Eng lish, Univ. of CA, Berke ley Scott O. Lil i en feld*, psy chol o gist, Emory Univ., Richard Dawkins, zo ol o gist, Ox ford Univ. Seth Shostak, senior astronomer, SETI Institute, Atlanta, GA Mountain View, CA Ge of frey Dean, tech ni cal ed i tor, Perth, Aus tral ia Lin Zix in, former ed i tor, Sci ence and Simon Singh, science writer; broadcaster; UK Cor nel is de Ja ger, pro fes sor of as tro phys ics, Tech nol o gy Dai ly (Chi na) Univ. of Utrecht, the Neth er lands Dick Smith, film pro duc er; pub lish er; Ter rey Hills, Je re Lipps, Mu se um of Pa le on tol o gy, Univ. of CA, N.S.W., Aus tral ia Dan i el C. Den nett, Aus tin B. Fletch er Pro fes sor Berke ley Keith E. Stanovich, cognitive psychologist; of Phi los o phy and di rect or of Cen ter for Cog ni tive Eliz a beth Loft us*, pro fes sor of psy chol o gy, Stud ies, Tufts Uni v. Univ. of CA, Ir vine professor of human development and applied psychology, Uni v. of Toronto Ann Druyan, writer and producer; CEO, Da vid Marks, psy chol o gist, City Univ., Lon don Cosmos Studios, Ithaca, NY Vic tor J. Sten ger, emer i tus pro fes sor of phys ics Mar io Men dez-Acos ta, jour nal ist and sci ence writer, Sanal Edamaruku, president, Indian Rationalist Mex i co City and as tron o my, Univ. of Ha waii; ad junct pro fes- Association and Rationalist International sor of phi los o phy, Univ. of CO Kenneth R. Miller, professor of biology, Edzard Ernst, professor, Complementary Medicine, Brown Univ. Karen Stollznow*, linguist; skeptical investigator; Peninsula Medical School, Universities of Exeter Marv in Min sky, pro fes sor of me dia arts and sci en- writer; podcaster and Plymouth, Exeter, UK ces, M.I.T. Jill Cor nell Tar ter, as tron o mer, SE TI In sti tute, Ken neth Fed er, pro fes sor of an thro pol o gy, Da vid Mor ri son, space sci en tist, NA SA Ames Re- Moun tain View, CA Cen tral Con nec ti cut State Univ. search Cen ter Car ol Tav ris, psy chol o gist and au thor, Los Ange les, CA Barbara Forrest, professor of philosophy, Rich ard A. Mul ler, pro fes sor of phys ics, Univ. of CA, Da vid E. Thom as*, phys i cist and math e ma ti cian, SE Louisiana Univ. Berke ley Socorro, NM An drew Fra knoi, as tron o mer, Foot hill Col lege, Joe Nick ell, sen ior re search fel low, CSI Los Al tos Hills, CA Neil de Gras se Ty son, as tro phys i cist and di rect or, Jan Willem Nienhuys, mathematician, Waalre, Kend rick Fra zi er*, sci ence writer; ed i tor, Hay den Plan e tar i um, New York City The Netherlands S I Indre Viskontas, cognitive neuroscientist, tv and pod- Lee Nis bet, phi los o pher, Med aille Col lege Christopher C. French, professor, Department cast host, and opera singer, San Francisco, CA of Psychology, and head of the Anomalistic Steven Novella*, MD, assistant professor Ma ri lyn vos Sa vant, Pa rade mag a zine Psychology Research Unit, Goldsmiths of neurology, Yale Univ. School of Medicine con trib ut ing ed i tor College, Univ. of London Bill Nye, sci ence ed u ca tor and tel e vi sion host, Nye Labs Stev en Wein berg, pro fes sor of phys ics and as tron- Luigi Garlaschelli, chemist, Università di Pavia o my, Univ. of Tex as at Aus tin; No bel lau re ate (Italy); research fellow of CICAP, James E. Oberg, sci ence writer the Italian skeptics group Irm gard Oe pen, pro fes sor of med i cine (re tired), E.O. Wil son, Univ.