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- initialism Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal, former name of Committee for Skeptical Inquiry
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Have you investigated any of the evidence for these phenomena (no, reading only the CSICOP et.al. literature does not count as investigation)?
A Childish Question About Immigration, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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The fact CSICOP/CSI embraced him as a valued member at the top of their pecking order/heap, a “hero” to the cause, speaks volumes.
Barry Beyerstein 2007
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There is nothing scientific in CSICOP even its name is a lie.
MJ 12 and the Aviary 2009
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Particularly when study data validated claims of ESP, the CSICOP persecution machine would ramp up, and attempt to have scientists removed from University positions, demoted, fired, and denounced as “pseudo-scientists”!
Barry Beyerstein 2007
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The political left also dominates the so-called "skeptics" groups, like CSICOP, founded by Marxists and possibly funded by Big Medicine -- which goes increasingly socialistic while natural healing methods of authentic grassroots healers gets trashed and thrashed, bad-mouthed and such.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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The political left also dominates the so-called "skeptics" groups, like CSICOP, founded by Marxists and possibly funded by Big Medicine -- which goes increasingly socialistic while natural healing methods of authentic grassroots healers gets trashed and thrashed, bad-mouthed and such.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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There are plenty of organizations (Randi, CSICOP, etc.) that claim they can make scientific claims about the supernatural, paranormal, etc.
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Here is an excellent CSICOP article written for the 60th anniversary of the Welles broadcast that includes explanations of the South American incidents.
Archive 2005-07-01 KaneCitizen 2005
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Like the high-priests of CSICOP, their minds are made up before the study begins.
Posthuman Blues Mac 2007
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Taking the sometimes unscientific methods of CSICOP one step further, Penn & Teller P&T use their pay-TV pulpit to smear and denigrate those who dare to dabble in the fields of Ufology, cryptozoology, remote viewing, and other arcane areas.
Posthuman Blues Mac 2007
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