THE SKEPTICS

Barry Williams — Former editor of the Skeptic

Beliefs that survive sceptical scrutiny are more likely to be correct than those that don't.

For this reason Investigator Magazine encourages skeptics and true believers to present their best evidence and answer each other. Readers can then decide who's right or stay undecided.

It's easy to "blow your trumpet" if opposers are excluded and stopped from replying. But it's difficult when informed critics openly disagree.

A lot of people cling to unexamined beliefs that lead to loss or hurt. By the above process Investigator avoids adding to the problem and instead gives readers the information to make better decisions.

Updated: 2024 March

AUSTRALIAN SKEPTICS HISTORY 63	MIRACLE 123
ADELAIDE SKEPTICS 51	MISQUOTATIONS 80
DARWIN SKEPTICS 52	MONSTROPEDIA 137
ALIEN ENCOUNTER & HALLUCINATIONS 87	MOVIE CLICHES 75
ANTI-SEMITISM HITLER'S — WHY?
AMERICA — A RACISTS  NATION? 198	MUMMY FACTS 68
ANNECDOTAL EVIDENCE 13	MYTH BUSTERS 103
ANNIVERSARIES 188
ARRIVAL [the movie] REVIEWED 198	MYTHS, MISBELIEFS and UNTRUTHS 85
ANNOTATED BIBLE 115	NAMES of FILMSTARS 134
ANTIGRAVITY 146	NUMEROLOGY 66
ANTIQUARIANS and SKEPTICS 195	NUMEROLOGY 74
ANTIQUITY of the EARTH  43; 53-57	OBLIQUITY of the ECLIPTIC 33
ASTEROID GRAND SLAM 44	ODDITY CENTRAL 157
Books about ASTEROID IMPACTS 203	PENN & TELLER 125
ASTEROID WORRY SURVEY 63	PERSPECTIVES 93
ATHEIST FOUNDATION 60	PETER THE GREAT as a SKEPTIC 6
Perception of AURAS 83
BELIEFS SURVEY 50 & 53	PROJECT DEBATER 186
BLIND MEN and the ELEPHANT 24	PROJECT GUTENBERG: 40,000 Free Books 146
BLOOPERS 77	PROVIDENTIALLY...108
BLOOPERS 80	PSYCHICS DEFINITION 86
BOMBS 126	PSYCHICS SHOULD BE SUED 36
BOOK REVIEW: ANCIENT ASTRONAUTS 11	PSYCHICS SUED 175
BOOK REVIEW: A DROP OF INK... 159	RACE and INTELLIGENCE 155
BOOKS: GET 80 MILLION FREE BOOKS 195	RADICAL LEFT and the HARM IT DOES 197
CEMETERY FRIDAY 13th  53	RELIGION DELUSION 188
CHESS 17	RELIGION'S LONG, SLOW DEATH 173
CHIEF SEATTLE 30	RELIGIONS, ORIGINS of 154
CHRISTIAN MORALITY SANCTIONS EVIL 68	RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCES 47
CHRISTMAS: ALL ABOUT CHRISTMAS 147	REPELLED 16
Banning CHRISTMAS 215
CLIMATE CHANGE in 1984 and NOW 196-197	Get RICH: A 5-STEP PROGRAM 117
COGNITIVE BEHAVIOURALTHERAPY 118	RIPLEY'S BELIEVE IT OR NOT 185
CONSPIRACY THEORIES 198	RUSSO, Frank Pio 185
CYNIC'S DICTIONARY 121	SANTA SCHOOL and the JOB of SANTA 153
DANGERS IN BELIEF SYSTEMS 144	SCAMS 106
DARWIN'S REVOLUTION 130	SCAMS 158
DAWKINS' THE GOD DELUSION 113	SCIENCE ALWAYS DEFEATS RELIGION 178
DECENCY 34	SCIENCE and its ANTITHESIS 123
DIALOGUE: REASON vs RELIGION 104	SCIENCE FICTION: A BRIEF HISTORY 195
DINOSAUR MOVIES 32	SCIENCE FICTION and INDOCTRINATION 69
DISAGREEMENTS 15	Guide to SCIENTIFIC METHOD 100
DIVINE AGENCY and the UNIVERSE 192	SENSE & NONSENSE 33
DREAMS: HIDDEN MEANINGS 167	SETI 29
EL DORADO 59	SEX WITH GOD 150
ESP-GAMBLING EXPERIMENT 85	SEXUAL EQUALITY 188
EUGENICS — AMERICA & GERMANY 192	SHARPEN YOUR THINKING 28
EUTHANASIA 56	SHERLOCK HOLMES 54
EVOLUTION & DESIGN ARGUMENT 118	SILLINESS CYCLE 13
EVOLUTION IMPOSSIBLE 201	SKEPTICAL MAGAZINES 214
The EXPERTS SPEAK 2	SKEPTICAL OF SKEPTICS 70
EYEWITNESS TESTIMONY 161	SKEPTICAL TEDDY BEAR 34
FABLES of HISTORY 209	SKEPTICAL TOP DOG 64
FACTS or FAIRY TALES 5	SKEPTICAL TOPICS LIST 69
FACTS and BELIEFS 197	SKEPTICISM 30
FACTS: GETTING THE FACTS 203	SKEPTICS $100,000 CHALLENGE 67
FALSE MEMORIES 36	SKEPTICS CONFERENCE in 1999 70
FIGI MERMAID 166	SNAKES 115
FISCHER, BOBBY 27	The SPIRIT MOVES FRAUDULENTLY 1
FLIMFLAM 3	SUPERCENTENARIANS 143
A FOILED MYTH 11	TARZAN MOVIES and MOVIE TARZANS 188
FOLEY vs FOUR PSYCHICS 55	TELEVISION: 1000 WAYS TO DIE 155
FOXHOLE ATHEISTS 121	TEST YOUR DISCERNMENT 97
FREEDOM of SPEECH at UNIVERSITIES 176	TESTICLES: A Brief History 35
FRUITFUL RESEARCH 171	The TURK 104
	TYRE EXTINGUISHERS 214
GEOLOGY and MYTH 55	ULTIMATE  QUESTION, THE 181
GIANT BOOK of USELESS INFORMATION 143	UNBELIEVABLE 118
APOSTROPHES: GIRLS, GIRL'S or GIRLS' ???	UNIVERSITIES VIRAL INFECTION 109
GLOBAL ATHEIST CONFERENCE 145	URBAN MYTHS (Coca-Cola) 52
GOD EXISTS? BIBLE TRUE? 98	VERBAL DELICACY 212
GOOGLE SEARCH RESULTS 185	VITALISM & MYSTICAL ENERGIES (Part 1) 174
GREENLAND DISCHARGE 137	VITALISM & MYSTICAL ENERGIES (Part 2) 175
"GREATS" of HISTORY 116	FRANK P RUSSO WEBSITE 172
GUIDE TO ARGUMENT 86	WINNING IS NOT NORMAL 17
HEROIC FAILURES 215	WORLD OF WONDERS 197
HINDMARSH ISLAND BRIDGE 43	ZIONISM  and the HOLOCAUST 118
HISTORY of the SKEPTICS 40	BRIEF REPORTS 20-29
HITLER'S ESCAPE from BERLIN 145	BRIEF REPORTS 33-39
HITS and MYTHS 211
HOMO SAPIENS - QUO VADIS?	BRIEF REPORTS 40-49
HUMANIST ASSOCIATION 97	BRIEF REPORTS 50-59
HUME'S ARGUMENT ON MIRACLES 133	BRIEF REPORTS 60-69
HYPNOSIS / MESMERISM 107	BRIEF REPORTS 70-79
HYPNOSIS 206 What Hypnosis is Not	BRIEF REPORTS 80-89
HYPNOSIS 207 Misuse of Hypnosis	BRIEF REPORTS 90-99
HYPNOSIS TERMINOLOGY GLOSSARY 208
IGNORANCE 135	BRIEF REPORTS 101-102
IAN MILLER LETTER 30	BRIEF REPORTS 103-109
It's in the IMAGINATION 69	BRIEF REPORTS  111-117
ISRAEL: The Land and its People 170	BRIEF REPORTS 121
JEWISH PRODUCTS BOYCOTT 165	BRIEF REPORTS 122-125
The JEWS 211
KEITH WARD BOOK 131	BRIEF REPORTS 126-129
LIFE IN 1954 112	BRIEF REPORTS 130-134
LINGUISTICS and RELIGION 184	BRIEF REPORTS 135
LOVE:  THE POWER OF LOVE 204	BRIEF REPORTS 136-139
MAGICAL INTEREST 174	BRIEF REPORTS 142-148
MICHAEL JACKSON 157	BRIEF REPORTS 153-156
MEDIA WATCH 11	BRIEF REPORTS 168
MEDIA WATCH 13	BRIEF REPORTS 177
MIND POWERS LECTURE 9	BRIEF REPORTS 180

HEALTH TOPICS

ACUPRESSURE 146	HYPNOTHERAPY 174
ACUPUNCTURE 66	IMMUNIZATION / VACCINATION 175
ACUPUNCTURE 134	IRIDOLOGY 79
ACUPUNCTURE 147	IRIDOLOGY 176
ACUPUNCTURE 189	ITCH 111
Albert ABRAMS 210
ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE 148	JIN SHIN DO 175
ALTERNATIVE CONSULTATIONS 209	LIFE EXTENSION THERAPY 176
ALTERNATIVE HEALING 145	LIVE CELL ANALYSIS 177
ALTERNATIVE THERAPY 13	LIVE CELL THERAPY 177
ALTERNATIVE THERAPIES GLOSSARY191	MACROBIOTICS 178
ANGELIC TECHNIQUE 148	MAGNETIC HEALTH 20
ANTHROPOSOPHICAL 149	MAGNETIC THERAPY 146
APHRODISIACS 60	MAGNETIC THERAPY 178
APPLIED KINESIOLOGY 68	MAGNETISM 80
APPLIED KINESIOLOGY 149	MASSAGE THERAPY 179
APPLIED KINESIOLOGY 155	MEDITATION 179
AROMATHERAPY 48	MENTALISM 83
AROMATHERAPY 150	MISCELLANEOUS THERAPIES 205
ART THERAPY 151	MOXABUSTION 180
ARTHRITIS CURES 151	NATUROPATHY 133
ASTROLOGICAL HEALING 152	NATUROPATHY 163
AURA CLEANSING 153	NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE 180
AURICULOTHERAPY 154	NEGATIVE ION THERAPY 181
AYURVEDIC MEDICINE 83	NEUROLINGUISTIC PROGRAMMING 88
AYURVEDIC MEDICINE 135	OZONE THERAPY 183
AYURVEDIC MEDICINE 154	PAST LIVES THERAPY 184
BACH FLOWER REMEDIES 127	Linus PAULING 184
BACH FLOWER REMEDIES 155	PLACEBO 144
	PLACEBO 206
BATES' VISION TRAINING 156	POLARITY HEALING 185
BEE POLLEN / BEE VENOM THERAPY 157	POSTURE THEORY 63
BIOFEEDBACK 129	PRANIC HEALING 186
BIORHYTHMS 131	PSYCHIC DENTISTRY 93
CANCER CURES 159	PSYCHOANALYSIS 90
CAYCE THERAPIES 160	PSYCHIC SURGERY 187
	QAKATAK 70
CHAKRA BALANCING 160	QI GONG 98
CHAKRAS 137	QI GONG 188
	QUACKERY 208
CHELATION THERAPY 161	RADIANCE TECHNIQUE 189
CHIROPRACTIC 132	RADIONICS 190
CHIROPRACTIC 162	REBIRTHING 71
COLON THERAPY 162	REBIRTHING 191
COLONIC IRRIGATION 126	REFLEXOLOGY 81
COLOUR THERAPY 162	REFLEXOLOGY 192
CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY 163	REIKI 193
CRYSTAL THERAPY 163	REVERSE SPEECH 131
DEATH WHEN? 30	ROLFING 96
DENTAL MERCURY FILLINGS 164	ROLFING 193
DIANETICS 164	SELF ESTEEM 115
DREAM THERAPY 165	SEX CHANGE 88
EAR CANDLING 165	SHIATSU 194
ERGOGENIC AIDS 166	SKIN CARE CLAIMS 5
ERHARD SEMINARS TRAINING 166	SOCIOPATHIC PERSONALITY 160
EYESIGHT EXERCISES 22	SPERM & SCHIZOPHRENIA 78
FACILITATED COMMUNICATION 99	SUBLIMINAL TAPES 195
FAITH HEALING 167	SUPER FRUIT JUICES 142
FASTING 168	THAI MASSAGE 195
FELDENKRAIS METHOD 168	THERAPEUTIC TOUCH 92
GERSON THERAPY 169	THERAPEUTIC TOUCH 152
GINSENG 169	THERAPEUTIC TOUCH 196
GIZMOS, GADGETS, PILLS & POTIONS 207
GRAPHOLOGY 91	TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE 197
HAIR ANALYSIS 170	TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION 198
HEALING ALL and EVERYTHING 170	URINE THERAPY 199
HERBAL MEDICINE 171	VINEGAR REMEDIES 200
HOMEOPATHY TESTED 90	VITAMINS 97
HOMOEOPATHY 140	VITAMINS 201
HOMOEOPATHY 172	WEIGHTLOSS DIETS 202
HOMEOPATHY 187	WHEATGRASS THERAPY 203
HOXSEY TREATMENT 172	WILLARD'S WATER 204
HYDROGEN PEROXIDE THERAPY 172
HYPERBARIC OXYGENATION THERAPY 173
HYDROTHERAPY 173
HYPNOSIS 87
HYPNOSIS 119

Skeptical writers in Investigator include Harry Edwards, Dean Dowling, Laurie Eddie,
Mark Newbrook, Bob Potter, Kirk Straughen, John H. Williams.

LETTER PUBLISHED in #150 (2013 May)

CONGRATULATIONS

Congratulations on reaching the milestone of 150 editions of Investigator Magazine.

I enjoy reading Investigator and have been a subscriber for about 20 years. The magazine has given a fair go to many new and controversial ideas including some of mine.

Much of what is published demonstrates sound research combined with thoughtfulness; often we also get both sides of opposing viewpoints.

Investigator endorses rational thinking and that's commendable.

Frank P. Russo
Adelaide, SA

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