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- 1From:Skeptic (Altadena, CA) (Vol. 27, Issue 1)Among the most contentious topics in America today is that of kids who identify as transgender: how to understand them, treat them, and make policy based on them. The number of kids with gender dysphoria (GD)--marked...
- 2From:Skeptic (Altadena, CA) (Vol. 27, Issue 1)American culture is prone to psychological and medical contagions. An idea catches fire, seeming to be a plausible and important explanation of a familiar problem--depression, anxiety, eating disorders, sexual...
- 3From:Skeptic (Altadena, CA) (Vol. 27, Issue 1)Do me a favor and picture yourself sitting in the stands at a swim meet. The winner touches the wall after swimming 1650 yards. Now, count to 38 seconds to note the time before the second-place competitor hits the plate...
- 4From:Skeptic (Altadena, CA) (Vol. 27, Issue 1)Introduction Fifth generation (5G) wireless technology, inaugurated in 2019, interconnects not only computers and cell phones, as the four previous generations of wireless networking did, but also the "Internet of...
- 5From:Skeptic (Altadena, CA) (Vol. 27, Issue 1)Since the publication of On the Origin of Species in 1859, acceptance of evolution has met steadfast resistance from some corners of the Christian community. For myriad and complex reasons, the Christian rejection of...
- 6From:Skeptic (Altadena, CA) (Vol. 27, Issue 1)The recent death of Edward 0. Wilson (June 10, 1929 - December 26, 2021), a preeminent evolutionary biologist who taught for 40 years at Harvard University, represents an enormous loss for science as well as for the...
- 7From:Skeptic (Altadena, CA) (Vol. 27, Issue 1)American Christian fundamentalists reject Darwinian evolution for at least two reasons. The first is their belief that the Bible has revealed a clear teaching about the divine creation of the world that denies Darwinian...
- 8From:Skeptic (Altadena, CA) (Vol. 27, Issue 1)A long time ago, on a continent far, far away... This narrative, which in rough outline approximates the state of the history of civilization as we enter the third decade of the 21st century, is the focus of David...
- 9From:Skeptic (Altadena, CA) (Vol. 27, Issue 1)Sigmund Freud once described "wild psycho-analysis" as the practice of psychotherapy by physicians who had not been well-trained in psychoanalytic technique, noting that "doctors form a large contingent of quacks in...
- 10From:Skeptic (Altadena, CA) (Vol. 27, Issue 1)The loss of the celebrated biologist Edward O. Wilson (June 10, 1929 - December 26, 2021) will be mourned by legions of readers for whom his work was a beacon, shaping the public understanding of evolution, clarifying...
- 11From:Skeptic (Altadena, CA) (Vol. 27, Issue 1)The world of gender and sex has become more complicated. In earlier times, the person delivering the baby could announce "It's a boy" or "It's a girl," and that was that. Everyone could easily tell a boy from a girl. No...
- 12From:Skeptic (Altadena, CA) (Vol. 27, Issue 1)Skeptics are well aware that there are issues with eyewitness testimony as evidence. These issues are popular topics of discussion at skeptical conferences and are the impetus for numerous skeptical articles. Human...