Name change, new directions.(LETTERS TO THE EDITOR)(Letter to the editor)

From: The Skeptical Inquirer | Date: May 1, 2007| Author: | Copyright information

Regarding the name change and new directions ("It's CSI Now, Not CSICOP," by Kendrick Frazier and the Executive Council, SI, January/February 2007): congratulations. This reexamination was long overdue and, indeed, good scientific practice.

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In discussion with people taken in by poorly examined "New Age" notions about nutrition, medical and mental-health quackeries, etc.--the list is long--I often hear the opinion that skeptics and promoters of science are ...

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