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"I have made a ceaseless effort not to ridicule, not to bewail,
not to scorn human actions, but to understand them."
--Baruch Spinoza
Welcome to SKEPTIC MAG HOTLINE, the weekly voice of Skeptic magazine
and the Skeptics Society. Skeptic magazine, the 112-page quarterly,
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SKEPTICS IN PERSON
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* Caltech Lecture Series
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Publisher, Skeptic magazine
Director, Skeptics Society
Author, WHY PEOPLE BELIEVE WEIRD THINGS
Adjunct Professor, History of Science, Occidental College
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