Submitted By: Saturnina Graciano:
While most publications take a rather uncritical approach, the Skeptical Inquirer Magazine provides a skeptical view. It is in general a good magazine. Some of the articles are investigative, in which individual topics or e.g. UFO or ghost cases are evaluated from a critical scientific background - usually with negative result. Other articles look at the underlying belief systems from a sociological and psychological perspective: They discuss e.g. under which conditions almost everybody can have subjectively convincing paranormal experiences - but also that subjectively convincing experiences are not sufficient to prove the existence of the paranormal, but can be highly misleading, so that a more critical evaluation is needed. As such, the Skeptical Inquirer is a good counterweight against the generally more uncritical media coverage of the paranormal. At the same time, you will learn a lot about human perception and cognitive biases, and it can help to get a more balanced view of paranormal experiences - and perhaps also a more balanced view of other topics. I would recommend this to any reader who would like a more scientific view on paranormal activities.
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