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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...talk, part of the Skeptical Inquirer Lecture series offered to universities across the country, aimed to promote the skeptic cause...

Author: By Esther S. Yoo, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Skeptics Find Fault With Media Portrayals of Paranormal | 11/3/1998 | See Source »

CSICOP defines a skeptic as someone who questions the validity of a particular claim by calling for evidence to prove or disprove it. A skeptic believes that science can improve society...

Author: By Esther S. Yoo, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Skeptics Find Fault With Media Portrayals of Paranormal | 11/3/1998 | See Source »

...took "The X-Files" as an example. Scully, the physicist and skeptic, is often wrong, while Mulder, the "believer" of paranormal, is often right. This characterization "promotes negative stereotypes of scientists and science," Nisbet said...

Author: By Esther S. Yoo, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Skeptics Find Fault With Media Portrayals of Paranormal | 11/3/1998 | See Source »

...Another skeptic concern with the increasing popularity of outer-world programs is that the next generation of policy-makers will be unable to sort the misinformation from the valid...

Author: By Esther S. Yoo, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Skeptics Find Fault With Media Portrayals of Paranormal | 11/3/1998 | See Source »

Whether or not they were inspired to heed Nisbet's call for a skeptic society on campus, some audience members were enthusiastic about his presentation...

Author: By Esther S. Yoo, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Skeptics Find Fault With Media Portrayals of Paranormal | 11/3/1998 | See Source »

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