Encyclopedia - Committee For The Scientific Investigation Of Claims Of The Paranormal: Encyclopedia - Committee For The Scientific Investigation Of Claims Of The Paranormal
The Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal, or CSICOP, is an organization formed to encourage open minded...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Committee For The Scientific Investigation Of Claims Of The Paranormal: Encyclopedia Ii - Committee For The Scientific Investigation Of Claims Of The Paranormal - Activities
According to CSICOP's charter, the organization exists to pursue six major goals: Maintain a network of people interested in critically ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Secular Humanism: Encyclopedia - Secular Humanism
Secular humanism is that branch of philosophy that advocates the use of reason, compassion, scientific inquiry, ethics, justice and a pre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Scientific Skepticism: Encyclopedia Ii - Scientific Skepticism - Criticism
Naturally, many targets of skeptical criticism are themselves critical of scientific skepticism. These and other critics may claim that s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Secular Humanism: Encyclopedia Ii - Secular Humanism - Modern And Historical References
The term secularism was created in 1846 by George Jacob Holyoake in order to describe "a form of opinion which concerns itself only with ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Parapsychology: Encyclopedia Ii - Parapsychology - How Science Views The Field
In the scientific disciplines there is a belief that all claims should be treated with scientific skepticism. Mainstream science believes...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Council For Secular Humanism: Encyclopedia - Council For Secular Humanism
The Council for Secular Humanism (originally the Council for Democratic and Secular Humanism) is the only exclusively secular humanist or...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Carl Sagan: Encyclopedia - Carl Sagan
Carl Edward Sagan (November 9, 1934 – December 20, 1996) was an American astronomer and highly successful science popularizer. He pione...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Skepticism: Encyclopedia - Skepticism
Skepticism or Scepticism can mean: Philosophical skepticism - a philosophical position according to which much of what we normally take ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Secular Humanism: Encyclopedia Ii - Secular Humanism - Secular Humanism Today
While secular humanist organizations are found in all parts of the earth, the largest humanist organisation in the world (relative to pop...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Scientific Skepticism: Encyclopedia Ii - Scientific Skepticism - Perceived Dangers Of Pseudoscience
Skepticism is an approach to strange or unusual claims where doubt is preferred to belief, given a lack of conclusive evidence. This is a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ufology: Encyclopedia - Ufology
Ufology is the study of unidentified-flying-object (UFO) reports, sightings, and other related phenomena. While many ufologists strive fo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Scientific Skepticism: Encyclopedia Ii - Scientific Skepticism - Characteristics
Like a scientist, a scientific skeptic aims to decide claims based on verifiability and falsifiability rather than accepting claims on fa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hundredth Monkey: Encyclopedia - Hundredth Monkey
The "Hundredth Monkey" is the name for a supposed phenomenon in which a particular learned behaviour spread instantaneously from one grou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Parapsychology: Encyclopedia - Parapsychology
Parapsychology is the study of the evidence of mental awareness or influence of external objects without interaction from known physical ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Atheists: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Atheists - Influential Or Outspoken Atheists
List of atheists - Living. Phillip Adams (1939-) - Australian broadcaster, writer, film-maker, left-wing radical thinker, iconoclast, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ufology: Encyclopedia Ii - Ufology - Hypotheses Involving The Objective Existence Of Ufo's
These hypotheses speculate that the phenomena derives wholly or in part from a phenomena, rather than the mind of the observer. Ufology ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Marcello Truzzi: Encyclopedia Ii - Marcello Truzzi - Biography
Truzzi was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. His family, a group of circus performers, moved to the United States in 1944. His father, Massimi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pathological Skepticism: Encyclopedia Ii - Pathological Skepticism - History And Usage
The terms Pathological skepticism and Pseudoskepticism were coined by Marcello Truzzi (sociology professor at Eastern Michigan University...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Philip J. Klass: Encyclopedia Ii - Philip J. Klass - Criticism Of Klass
Klass's plasma conclusion met with considerable incredulity, even from some pronounced UFO skeptics; Klass was essentially invoking one m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chemtrail Theory: Encyclopedia Ii - Chemtrail Theory - Overview
The chemtrail theory apparently first achieved prominence in mid-to-late 1990s ([1], [2]). Chemtrails have been discussed on radio progra...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bart Bok: Encyclopedia Ii - Bart Bok - Honors
Awards Bruce Medal (1977) Henry Norris Russell Lectureship (1982) Klumpke-Roberts Award (1982) Named after him Bok crater on the Moon ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bill Nye: Encyclopedia Ii - Bill Nye - Biography
Bill Nye was born in Washington, D.C. in 1955. He attended the Sidwell Friends School, graduating in 1973. Later he attended Cornell Univ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - H. Narasimhaiah: Encyclopedia Ii - H. Narasimhaiah - Contributions
As a Freedom Fighter HN is among the people who have had an opportunity to interact with the Mahatma. For a staunch Gandhian, the crownin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Famous People From Buffalo Ny: Encyclopedia Ii - Famous People From Buffalo Ny - Authors
Several well known authors emerged from here, including Paul Horgan, Joyce Carol Oates, Taylor Caldwell, and playwrights Ruben Santiago-H...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Project Alpha: Encyclopedia Ii - Project Alpha - Steve Shaw And Michael Edwards
Throughout the early phases of the project, many people claiming to have psychic powers presented themselves to the lab. The vast majorit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Travis Walton Abduction: Encyclopedia Ii - Travis Walton Abduction - Travis In The Ufo
In his survey of UFO abduction literature, Terry Matheson writes that "Walton’s experience stands out by virtue of its not being partic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Skepticism: Encyclopedia Ii - Skepticism - Religious And Scientific Skepticism
Religious skepticism and scientific skepticism are not actually related to philosophical Skepticism. Most people who are skeptical of cla...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Smurl Haunting: Encyclopedia Ii - Smurl Haunting - History
Jack's parents, John and Mary, lived in the other half of the semi-detached house. According to the Smurls, the first signs of something ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Carl Sagan: Encyclopedia Ii - Carl Sagan - Education And Scientific Career
Carl Sagan was born in Brooklyn, New York[1]. His parents were Jewish; his father, Sam Sagan, was a garment worker and his mother, Rachel...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Parapsychology: Encyclopedia Ii - Parapsychology - How Science Views The Field
In the scientific disciplines there is a belief that all claims should be treated with scientific skepticism. Mainstream science believes...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Project Alpha: Encyclopedia Ii - Project Alpha - Peter Phillips' Experiments
In 1979 James S. McDonnell, board chairman of McDonnell Douglas and believer in the paranormal, awarded a USD $500,000 grant to Washingto...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Parapsychology: Encyclopedia Ii - Parapsychology - Famous Parapsychologists
The following are famous primarily for fields other than parapsychology but still had important working interests in the field: Hans Ey...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Parapsychology: Encyclopedia Ii - Parapsychology - Other Objections To Parapsychology
There are a variety of other objections to parapsychology as well. Psi Phenomena as a Violation of the Laws of Physics or Nature Some ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Smurl Haunting: Encyclopedia Ii - Smurl Haunting - Skepticism
The Smurls then told their story to the Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent. Skeptics started to doubt the story, claiming it was concocted i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Famous People From Buffalo Ny: Encyclopedia Ii - Famous People From Buffalo Ny - Other Events And Trivia
Trivia: People who live here can easily visit Canada or stay at home and recieve traditional Canadian broadcasts. (CBC, radio) entertain...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Travis Walton Abduction: Encyclopedia Ii - Travis Walton Abduction - Controversy
In the meantime, Spaulding had announced to the press that he and "Dr." Steward had questioned Walton for two hours, and had uncovered in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Travis Walton Abduction: Encyclopedia Ii - Travis Walton Abduction - Later Years
1978 saw the publication of two books related to the Walton case: Bill Barry’s The Ultimate Encounter, which argues that the various d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Travis Walton Abduction: Encyclopedia Ii - Travis Walton Abduction - An Independent Witness?
A curious episode occurred in the early stages of publicity for the film. Walton was contacted by a man who claimed to have been hunting ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Parapsychology: Encyclopedia Ii - Parapsychology - Responses From Parapsychologists To Criticisms
The opinion of parapsychologists regarding the overall evaluation of the body of evidence to date is divided. As noted above, some paraps...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Famous People From Buffalo Ny: Encyclopedia Ii - Famous People From Buffalo Ny - Sports
Buffalo's best-known athlete is probably Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Warren Spahn, who won the 1957 National League Cy Young Award whil...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Parapsychology: Encyclopedia Ii - Parapsychology - Status Of The Field
The standing of the field of parapsychology has always been controversial within the scientific community. As its name indicates, parapsy...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Famous People From Buffalo Ny: Encyclopedia Ii - Famous People From Buffalo Ny - Entertainers
Buffalo has a thriving theater and music scene that has spawned several national acts worth noting. Historical musicians of note include ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Parapsychology: Encyclopedia Ii - Parapsychology - Types Of Parapsychology
The phenomena in question fall into two broad groups. Extra-sensory perception (ESP) is also known as anomalous cognition, and includes t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Famous People From Buffalo Ny: Encyclopedia Ii - Famous People From Buffalo Ny - Other Residents
Noted twentieth-century architect Gordon Bunshaft was born here, attending the same high school (Lafayette) as famed science-fiction cove...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Famous People From Buffalo Ny: Encyclopedia Ii - Famous People From Buffalo Ny - Buffalo Companies
Present: Righteous Babe Records (Ani DiFranco's label) Moog, Inc M&T Bank Past: Pierce-Arrow Bell Aircraft Corporation Curtiss Aer...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Parapsychology: Encyclopedia Ii - Parapsychology - Interpretation Of The Evidence
Many scientists hold that the entire body of evidence to date is of poor quality and not properly controlled; in their view, the entire f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Project Alpha: Encyclopedia Ii - Project Alpha - Revelation And Aftermath
In mid-1981 the two were fairly famous in the PSI world, and even outside it, and Phillips was planning on releasing a full report of the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Famous People From Buffalo Ny: Encyclopedia Ii - Famous People From Buffalo Ny - Politics And Law
The Free Soil Party held its first convention here. The Workers World Party started here. The service organization Optimist International...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ufology: Encyclopedia Ii - Ufology - Ufo's As Perception Or Illusion
Ufology - The natural explanation hypothesis. This is a theory that most UFO sightings are misunderstood phenomena such as ball lightni...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Skepticism: Encyclopedia Ii - Skepticism - Famous Skeptics
Philosophical Skeptics Sextus Empiricus David Hume Scientific Skeptics Isaac Asimov Martin Gardner James Randi Carl Sagan Michael Sher...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Skepticism: Encyclopedia Ii - Skepticism - Quotations
Skepticism - Religious and Scientific Skepticism. (The first two quotes are often erroneously attributed to Carl Sagan.) "Extraordinar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Carl Sagan: Encyclopedia Ii - Carl Sagan - Scientific Achievements
Sagan was among the first to hypothesize that Saturn's moon Titan[2] and Jupiter's moon Europa may possess oceans (a subsurface ocean, in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Carl Sagan: Encyclopedia Ii - Carl Sagan - Scientific Advocacy
Sagan was a proponent of the search for extraterrestrial life. He urged the scientific community to listen with large radio telescopes fo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Carl Sagan: Encyclopedia Ii - Carl Sagan - Popularization Of Science
Sagan's capability to convey his ideas allowed many people to better understand the cosmos. He delivered the 1977/1978 Christmas Lectures...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Carl Sagan: Encyclopedia Ii - Carl Sagan - Social Concerns
Sagan believed that the Drake equation suggested that a large number of extraterrestrial civilizations would form, but that the lack of e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Skepticism: Encyclopedia Ii - Skepticism - Philosophical Skepticism
Philosophical skepticism originated in ancient Greek philosophy. One of its first proponents was Pyrrho of Elis (c. 360-275 B.C.), who tr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Parapsychology: Encyclopedia Ii - Parapsychology - Famous Parapsychologists
The following are famous primarily for fields other than parapsychology but still had important working interests in the field: Hans Ey...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Parapsychology: Encyclopedia Ii - Parapsychology - Status Of The Field
The standing of the field of parapsychology has always been controversial within the scientific community. As its name indicates, parapsy...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Parapsychology: Encyclopedia Ii - Parapsychology - Types Of Parapsychology
The phenomena in question fall into two broad groups. Extra-sensory perception (ESP) is also known as anomalous cognition, and includes t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Parapsychology: Encyclopedia Ii - Parapsychology - Interpretation Of The Evidence
Many scientists hold that the entire body of evidence to date is of poor quality and not properly controlled; in their view, the entire f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Parapsychology: Encyclopedia Ii - Parapsychology - Responses From Parapsychologists To Criticisms
The opinion of parapsychologists regarding the overall evaluation of the body of evidence to date is divided. As noted above, some paraps...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Parapsychology: Encyclopedia Ii - Parapsychology - Other Objections To Parapsychology
There are a variety of other objections to parapsychology as well. Psi Phenomena as a Violation of the Laws of Physics or Nature Some ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Carl Sagan: Encyclopedia Ii - Carl Sagan - Personality
In 1966, Sagan was asked to contribute an interview about the possibility of extraterrestrials to a proposed introduction to the film 200...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Carl Sagan: Encyclopedia Ii - Carl Sagan - Legacy
After a long and difficult fight with myelodysplasia, Sagan died at the age of 62, on December 20, 1996, at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Re...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Travis Walton Abduction: Encyclopedia Ii - Travis Walton Abduction - Publicity
Additionally by Saturday, word of Walton's disappearance had spread internationally. News reporters, ufologists and the curious began tra...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Travis Walton Abduction: Encyclopedia Ii - Travis Walton Abduction - The Search
At about 7.30pm, Peterson called police from Heber, Arizona, near Snowflake. Deputy Sheriff Chuck Ellison answered the telephone call; Pe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Travis Walton Abduction: Encyclopedia Ii - Travis Walton Abduction - Polygraph
On Monday, November 10, all of Rogers’s crew (except Walton, of course) took polygraph examinations administered by Cy Gilson, an Arizo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Travis Walton Abduction: Encyclopedia Ii - Travis Walton Abduction - Walton’s Return
Just before midnight on Monday, November 10, Grant Neff reported that he answered his home telephone in Taylor, Arizona, a few miles from...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Travis Walton Abduction: Encyclopedia Ii - Travis Walton Abduction - The Medical Exam
Duane remembered Spaulding's promise of a confidential medical examination. Without having notified authorities of Travis's return, Duane...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Travis Walton Abduction: Encyclopedia Ii - Travis Walton Abduction - The Encounter
A little after 6.00pm on the evening of November 5, Rogers and his crew finished their work for the day and piled into Rogers’s truck f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Travis Walton Abduction: Encyclopedia Ii - Travis Walton Abduction - Background
The case began on a Wednesday, November 5, 1975. Walton was employed by Mike Rogers, who had for some nine years contracted with the Unit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Atheists: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Atheists - Other Atheists
List of atheists - Living. Tariq Ali (1943-) - British author, filmmaker, historian, one of the founders of the New Left, and spokesma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - H. Narasimhaiah: Encyclopedia Ii - H. Narasimhaiah - Career
Narasimhaiah was born on June 6, 1921 in Hosur, a village near, Gouribidanooru in karnataka, India. His parents were poor, illiterate and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Philip J. Klass: Encyclopedia Ii - Philip J. Klass - Biography
Klass graduated from Iowa State University in 1941, with a BS in electrical engineering. He worked for General Electric for ten years as ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Philip J. Klass: Encyclopedia Ii - Philip J. Klass - Ufo Researcher And Skeptic
Klass was a founding fellow of the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (CSICOP). He is best known for ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Philip J. Klass: Encyclopedia Ii - Philip J. Klass - Books And Articles
Books: UFOs — Identified, 1968, Random House, ISBN 0-394-45003-5 Secret Sentries in Space, 1971, Random House, ISBN 0-394-46972-0 LCCN...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Travis Walton Abduction: Encyclopedia Ii - Travis Walton Abduction - Travis’s Return Makes The News
By afternoon Monday, word of Travis’s return had leaked out to the public. Duane took a telephone call from Spaulding, and told Spauldi...   » Read the article