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| Preface | |
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| Introduction: The Skeptic's Stance | |
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| The Burden of Skepticism | |
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| Urban Legends | |
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| Lights Out!-A Faxlore Phenomenon | |
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| French FoUies: A 9/11 Conspiracy Theory Turns Out to Be An Appalling Deception | |
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| A Patently False Patent Myth-Still | |
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| Big Lies on Campus: Exam Scams | |
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| Urban Legends: Research and Writing Possibilities | |
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| The Media and Public GuUibility | |
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| Science Indicators 2000: Belief in the Paranormal or Pseudoscience | |
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| Mind Over Media: How the News Legitimizes the Paranormal and Why It Matters | |
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| That's Entertainment! TV's UFO Coverup | |
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| Stupid "Pet Psychic" Tricks: Crossing Over with Fifi and Fido on the Animal Planet Network | |
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| Bone (Box) of Contention: The James Ossuary | |
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| The Media and Public CuUlbility: Research and Writing Possibilities | |
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| Alternative Medicine | |
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| What's That I Smell? The Claims of Aromatherapy | |
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| Magnetic Therapy: Plausible Attraction? | |
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| Oxygen Is Good-Even When It's Not There | |
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| Wired to the Kitchen Sink: Studying Weird Claims for Fun and Profit | |
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| Homeopathy Finally Gets Some Respect | |
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| Alternative Medicine: Research and Writing Possibilities | |
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| Psychics and the Paranormal | |
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| Heaven's Gate: The UFO Cult of Bo and Peep | |
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| Hidden Messages and the Bible Code | |
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| The First Crop Circles-Mystery Solved | |
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| A Not-So-Psychic Detective? A Case Study of Noreen Renier's Latest and Greatest "Success" Story | |
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| The Turtle Jean Lafitte: Adventures of a Pet Psychic | |
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| Psychics and the Paranormal: Research and Writing Possibilities | |
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| Science and Pseudosdence | |
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| Only Mushrooms Grow in the Dark | |
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| The Disaster That Wasn't: The Great Planetary Alignment of 2000 | |
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| My Favorite Pseudoscience | |
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| Dr Down's Syndrome | |
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| Remembering Dangerously | |
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| Science and Pseudoscience: Research and Writing Possibilities | |
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| Credits | |