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What is The Skeptic's Dictionary?
The Skeptic's Dictionary is a website and a
book. Each features definitions, arguments, and essays on occult topics ranging from acupuncture to zombies,
and provides a lively, commonsense trove of detailed information on
things supernatural, paranormal, or pseudoscientific.
Dozens of topics in logic, perception, science, and philosophy
are also covered to help explain the appeal and popularity of occult beliefs
and to provide a guide for critical thinking. » More about the SD
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The Web site was created in 1994 - thanks to
the Davis Community Network - and is still evolving. The book was published in 2003 by John Wiley & Sons,
thanks in large part to literary agent
Ted Weinstein and former Wiley editor Jeff Golick.
Sample the Skeptic's Dictionary
clipped from: skepdic.com