presley@mhuxj.UUCP (Joe Presley) (06/06/84)
The Skeptical Inquirer, Vol VIII, No. 4, Summer 1984 ====================== 290 NEWS AND COMMENT Science Education in Texas / The 'Psychic' and the Plane Crash / Columbus 'Poltergeist' / NOVA's ESP Program / Psychics' Failed 1983 Predictions / CSICOP Parapsychology Subcommittee / Mystic Book Club / 'Witch'-Burning in Africa / Batir Responds / Australian Enquirer / In Brief 302 NOTES OF A PSI-WATCHER Freud and Fliess: The Sad Saga of Emma Eckstein's Nose, by Martin Gardner 306 PSYCHIC VIBRATIONS Rama's Reincarnations, Waning Interest in UFOs, etc., by Robert Sheaffer 309 THE LIGHTER SIDE Psychic Arms Race? Give Me a Break! by Don Addis ARTICLES 312 Parapsychology's Past Eight Years: A Lack-of-Progress Report, by James E. Alcock 322 The Evidence for ESP: A Critique, by C. E. M. Hansel 329 The Great $110,000 Dowsing Challenge, by James Randi 334 Sir Oliver Lodge and the Spiritualists, by Steven Hoffmaster 344 Misperception, Folk Belief, and the Occul: A Cognitive Guide to Understanding, by John W. Connor 355 Psychology and UFOs, by Armando Simon REVIEWS 371 Superstition and the Press by Curtis D. MacDougall 373 "The Case of ESP," NOVA Telecast on PBS 376 ARTICLES OF NOTE 379 FROM OUR READERS ==================== The Skeptical Inquirer 1 yr $16.50 P.O. Box 229 2 yr $29.00 Central Park Station 3 yr $38.00 Buffalo, NY 14215-9980 -- /s/ Joe Presley (ihnp4!j.presley)