"the Skeptic" Journal

Volume 18 - 1998

The full content of the 1998 volume of the Skeptic is available on The Great Skeptic CD.

Volume 18 No 1

• Editorial Barry Williams
• Around the traps Bunyip
• The evolving challenge Roland Seidel
• Challenging times John Stear
• A little out where? Scott Campbell
• The rise and demise of psychoanalysis Sydney Bockner
• Make believe II Roland Seidel
• Synchronicity, telepathy, coincidence? Scott Campbell, Trevor Case, Harry Edwards
• The Australian UFO mania of 1909 Robert Bartholomew
• Review: Roswell saucery examined Barry Williams
• Review: Fair(l)y true Allan Lang
• Review: Dark deeds in Ufology Shaun Cronin
• Prophecy for fun and profit Roland Seidel
• Review: Feminist amnesia James Gerrand
• On fools and money Clive Robbins
• Conning the con-men II Harry Edwards
• Testing a strange claim Bob Nixon
• Travels of a Skeptic Harry Edwards
• Debate: Dental mercury Don Wilson
• Debate: Dental mercury Roman Lohyn
• Forum: Immunisation
• Forum: God and Mammon (church taxation)
• The definitive Skeptics library Allan Lang
• Forum: The dog that didn’t bark (creationism)
• Branch News: Victorian attitudes
• Branch News: Southerly aspect
• Branch News: Tasmanian topics
• Branch news: Hunter gatherings
• Branch News: Darwinian selection
• Letters
• Authors

Volume 18 No 2

• Editorial Richard Gordon
• Around the traps Bunyip
• Spook spooked by Skeptics Simon Potter
• Cherchez la fan Barry Willams
• Alternative consultations Harry Edwards, Karen Stollznow
• A pox on your house John Foley
• Make believe II Roland Seidel
• Alternative medicine -alternative thinking Richard Gordon
• The New Skepticism Paul Kurtz
• Challenging odds Roland Seidel
• Mars loses face Barry Williams
• Flying in the face of reason Shaun Cronin
• The great 1997 Mexican UFO video Steve Roberts
• The rogue bore Michael Creech
• The hoax is on us Glenn Cardwell
• The physics of smashing bricks Dave Wheeler
• The Lead balloon Richard Lead
• Review: The flight from reason Martin Bridgstock
• Review: The bulldog breed James Gerrand
• Review: Costly upsets Colin Keay
• Review: To the brink of destruction Colin Keay
• Forum: God and Mammon (church taxation)
• Forum: In defence of humanism
• Forum: Psycho-analysis
• A study of Imagination Deficiency David Quinne
• Notice:1999 Eureka Prizes
• The Great Pyramid of Tiwkuf James Marchant
• Branch News: Festival of the wallet Trevor Case
• You will be like a god Alex Ritchie
• Branch News: Victorian attitudes
• Branch News: Southerly aspect
• Branch News: Banana bendings
• Branch News: Tasmanian trivia
• Branch News: Surfin ’Skeptics
• Notice: Skeptics Science Symposium
• Notice: Annual Convention
• Letters
• Authors

Volume 18 No 3

• World Skeptics convention for Sydney
• Around the traps Bunyip
• Creationist deception exposed Barry Williams
• Fundamentalism & fanaticism Lindsay Moore
• Sense & nonsense in manual therapy Philip Latey
• Is natural best? J.T. Wearne
• Alternative health insurance Richard Cadena
• Qakatak - making a difference John Foley
• Investigating natural therapists Bob Nixon
• Investigating natural therapists 2 Karen Stollznow
• Editorial: Challenging alternatives Barry Williams
• UFOs - the first 50 years Steve Roberts
• Alien encounters- a neurological explanation Sydney Bockner
• A postcard from Berkeley Amanda Barnier
• Review: Make believe III Roland Seidel
• Review: Darwinian debates John O’Neill
• Review: Lost Feynman found Andrew Stewart
• Review: Multi-bang evolutionary cosmology Colin Keay
• Testable predictions at last John O’Neill
• Spilled secrets shock! Sir Jim R Wallaby
• The Challenge process Bob Nixon
• The Lead balloon Richard Lead
• Death of an eccentric Brynn Hibbert
• Ericka Cheetham 1939-98 Allan Lang
• Forum: Stolen children Mark Lawson
• I’m a postmodernist and I vote Linden Salter-Duke
• The lure of the knee-jerk Bob Nixon
• The “three doors paradox” Roland Seidel
• Forum: Skeptical of humanism John Snowden
• Forum: Repeatability Bill Moriarty
• Forum: Oasis of privilege Peter Evans / Richard Lead
• Your new fitness programme
• Notice: The definitive Skeptic’s library Allan Lang
• Tribute: The Don at 90 Barry Williams
• Forum: Dental amalgam - a reply Roman Lohyn
• Forum: Economics - a response Mark Peatey
• Branch News: Southerly aspect Allan Lang
• Branch News: Victorian attitudes Roland Seidel
• Branch News: Tasmanian trivia Fred Thornett
• Branch News: Banana bendings Michael Vnuk
• Branch Report: RIP Darwin ghost Simon Potter
• Notice: Annual Convention Julie McCarron-Benson
• Letters
• Authors

Volume 18 No 4

Warning - 15 megabyte file!!

• Subscription renewals
• Around the traps Bunyip
• Convention a success
• Awards and music at annual dinner
• Convention paper: The “science’ of racism Colin Groves
• Conv. paper: Oates’ reverse speech Mark Newbrook & Jane Curtain
• Conv. paper: Scams, bad, good & better Richard Lead
• The ‘Information Challenge’ Richard Dawkins
• Report: Divining test 1998 Bob Nixon
• Report: Testing a healer Alynda Brown & Jennifer Roche
• The Lead balloon Richard Lead
• Three doors of Monty Hall Roland Seidel
• Postponing death: Trevor Case
• How should we deal with charlatans? Guy Curtis
• Review: Cold water on a hot topic Barry Williams
• Forum: Postmodernism: a critique Scott Campbell
• Forum: Postmodernism: another critique Mark Newbrook
• News: AiG terminates Snelling
• Armageddon & the prophets of Doomsday Richard Gordon
• Travels of a Skeptic Harry Edwards
• Competition: Skeptics Cryptic Crossword
• Chocolate Glenn Cardwell
• Review: Two histories of the species James Gerrand
• Review: Fantasy for Skeptics Barry Williams
• Notice: A new web site John Stear
• Forum: Creationist deception: a response Barry Williams
• Review: Weirdness politely debunked Martin Bridgstock
• Report: Santa: harmless, or a threat? Jane Curtain
• Branch Report: Southerly aspect
• Branch Report: Hunter gatherings
• Branch Report: Banana bendings
• Branch Report: Tasmanian topics
• Letters
• Authors

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