Category: From the Deputy Editor
Hyped Hollywood Horrors (and Real Ones as Well)
Skeptical sniffing at the seeming silliness of lowbrow topics such as Bigfoot, UFOs, or conspiracy theories is neither wise nor productive. When the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (CSICOP) was first formed in 1976, its mission was partly to combat popular culture myths such as astrology, psychics, and UFOs. Whether …