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 November

AEROLITES & MIRACULOUS SHOWERS 217
The MEDIA (Australia) 217
AUSTRALIAN SKEPTICS HISTORY 63
MIND POWERS LECTURE 9
ADELAIDE SKEPTICS 51 MEDIA WATCH 11
DARWIN SKEPTICS 52 MEDIA WATCH 13

MIRACLE 123
ALIEN ENCOUNTER & HALLUCINATIONS 87 MISQUOTATIONS 80
ANTI-SEMITISM HITLER'S — WHY?
MONSTROPEDIA 137
AMERICA A RACISTS  NATION? 198 MOVIE CLICHES 75
ANNECDOTAL EVIDENCE 13
MUMMY FACTS 68
ANNIVERSARIES 188 MYTH BUSTERS 103
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 PERPETUAL LAMPS 219
ATHEIST FOUNDATION 60 PERSPECTIVES 93
Perception of AURAS 83
PETER THE GREAT as a SKEPTIC 6
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
CLIMATE CHANGE EMBRACE the FACTS 216

CLIMATE CHANGE: IS WARMING REAL? 216

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

SLENDER MAN 219
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
HAMBURG, BATTLE of 218

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
INQUISITION and JUSTICE 218

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
BRIEF REPORTS 126-129
KEITH WARD BOOK 131 BRIEF REPORTS 130-134
JOKES ABOUT SKEPTICS 2017
BRIEF REPORTS 135
LIFE IN 1954 112
BRIEF REPORTS 136-139
LINGUISTICS and RELIGION 184
BRIEF REPORTS 142-148
LOVE:  THE POWER OF LOVE 204
BRIEF REPORTS 153-156
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BRIEF REPORTS 168
MAGICAL INTEREST 174
BRIEF REPORTS 177
MICHAEL JACKSON 157 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

ORGASMS of 23 Minutes 218
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

RADIONICS / ORGONE THERAPY / etc.  219
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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