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A vaccine against deception ... As a counterforce to all the predatory deceivers, several skeptical organizations fight the good fight for science. The Committee for Skeptical Inquiry ... and the Skeptics Society are two of the leading lights. They seek out specific claims, evaluate them, and publicize their versions of the process ... Both CSI and the Skeptics Society put out magazines that promote the aggressive form of critical thinking needed to immunize us to fakery.
In 1976, Randi was one of several founding members of the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (CSICOP), an academically minded organization aimed at combating "a rising tide of uncritical belief in astrology, parapsychology and other unfounded subjects," as contemporary news reports put it. CSICOP's magazine, The Skeptical Inquirer, remains a favorite of those of us who can, in fact, handle the truth.
...Skeptical Inquirer magazine, my single favorite magazine in the world — let the record show. Yes, every [inaudible] I wait for it to show up. How are people misthinking things today? And there it is, and they show it.
