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	CSICOP "Science Cops"
		CSICOP's purpose is succinctly stated on Skeptical Inquirer's cover: "The Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal encourages the critical investigation of paranormal and fringe-science claims from a responsible, scientific point of view and disseminates factual information about the results of such inquiries to the scientific community, the media, and the public.
		CSICOP editor Frazier is apparently so enthralled by his Nobel Laureate Fellows that he had no problem with this Seaborg statement— on its face a bald-faced admission of "rejecting claims on a priori grounds, antecedent to inquiry," contravening the supposed principles of CSICOP.
		CSICOP members could not possibly be unaware that many scientists continue to perform cold fusion research, participate in international meetings, and even engage in commercial activities involving cold fusion energy and low-energy transmutation.
	www.infinite-energy.com /iemagazine/issue23/scicops.html (3491 words)

	CSICOP and the Skeptics: An Overview - UFO Evidence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		CSICOP is now the most well-recognized institution commenting on the paranormal; it claims to receive scores of inquiries daily.
		CSICOP can be regarded as the first case of ongoing, organized de- bunking of the paranormal, (4) but there are some precursors.
		Paul Kurtz, Chairman of CSICOP and a philosopher at the State Uni- versity of New York at Buffalo, (12) is active in promulgating atheism.
	www.ufoevidence.org /documents/doc1348.htm (7985 words)

	CSICOP Takes Stock of the Media (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		CSICOP was founded in the 1970s by Paul Kurtz, humanist philosopher and president of Prometheus Books, who remains CSICOP's chairman today.
		CSICOP's primary objective is to serve as an independent evaluator of claims of paranormal phenomena.
		CSICOP hopes its protests will become more effective once the group is an investor in the businesses of its foes.
	www.parascope.com /articles/0897/csicop.htm (642 words)

	Illegitimacy of CSICOP (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Thus, CSICOP by its very nature, is a Cult that attempts to prevent people from studying areas not approved by CSICOPs view of what constitutes a formal scientific group.
		CSICOP, as a fanatical cult with a hidden agenda to prevent acquisition of new knowledge by investigation, is provable.
		CSICOP consistently uses this approach to attempt to degrade or character assassinate anyone that disagrees with the cults position or engages in research defaulted upon by mainstream science.
	www.virtuallystrange.net /ufo/updates/2002/jun/m03-007.shtml (1236 words)

	sciforums.com - Csicop or Psy-op or Psi-cop
		CSICOP, of course, has a publication (which you can find at your local Barnes and Noble magazine rack) called Skeptical Inquirer, not to be confused with the other great journal of the Skeptic Society (a separate organization) called Skeptic, published and edited by Michael Shermer.
		Agitprop is very correct when she accuses CSICOP of being biased and 'one-sided' in its attempts to pressure media to monitor its sloppy presentations of "facts" and "data" in shows and news stories that portray pseudoscience and the paranormal as reality or established fact.
		The principles that CSICOP holds are worthy and meaningful and they serve the purpose of questioning the extraordinary claims of those that would attempt to pull the wool over the eyes of the unsuspecting public.
	www.sciforums.com /showthread.php?t=45824 (2915 words)

	CSICOP: The Paradigm Police - UFO Evidence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In reality, CSICOP is the home of the Paradigm Police, a kind of Pseudoscience-Central that deals in fundamentalist prejudice, opinion and bias, informed by a single, central hidden agenda -- to debunk at any cost any phenomenon, evidence or theory that touches on the list of taboo subjects that CSICOP has drawn up as forbidden.
		Within a short time however, CSICOP officer Dennis Rawlins, who was acting as the study's statistician and was the only astronomer on CSICOP's council, announced he was quitting and accused CSICOP of blatantly fiddling the figures to prove Gauquelin wrong.
		The reason is that CSICOP has not merely contented itself with engaging in debate against what it sees as crackpot science, its members have taken active steps designed to silence their opponents and deny them access to media outlets.
	www.ufoevidence.org /documents/doc1235.htm (1278 words)

	Skeptical Inquirer: CSICOP at twenty - Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal
		Heading CSICOP as chairman these twenty years has been exhilarating for me. CSICOP has been embroiled in controversy from the start, attacked on all sides by the disciples of the paranormal - from parapsychologists and astrologers to UFOlogists and alternative health-care therapists.
		Today, I am happy to report, CSICOP is alive and well and stronger than ever; and it is now a well-established part of the contemporary intellectual and scientific landscape.
		CSICOP has helped to organize cognate committees in many parts of the world - the United Kingdom, France, Canada, Mexico, and Australia at first, and later, in an additional twenty or more countries.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m2843/is_n4_v20/ai_18535409 (1182 words)

	CSICOP and the Skeptics
		Magicians The proportion of magicians in CSICOP is much higher than in the general population, and the magic fraternity has provided another constituency for the Committee.
		Official Structure of CSICOP The "By Laws of CSICOP, Inc." (undated) state that "the Executive Council of the Committee shall have voting power with respect to formulating the policies of the Committee" (p.
		Local Groups The relationship of CSICOP and the local groups has varied over the years, but the first officially "approved local chapter" was the Bay Area Skeptics, which began in 1982 (Frazier, 1982).
	www.webpan.com /dsinclair/csicop-and-skeptic.html (7215 words)

	CSICOP (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In both cases, CSICOP fellows were called upon for dozens of radio, print and television interviews with highlights including coverage on NBC Dateline, National Public Radio Science Friday, MSNBC, CNBC, Fox Television News and Associated Press articles that ran in dozens of newspapers across the country.
		CSICOP also took to the editorial pages in 1997 with opinion-editorials on the topics of Heaven's Gate, astrology, and superstition published in leading U.S. newspapers like the Los Angeles Times, Miami Herald, Sacremento Bee, Buffalo News, and Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
		CSICOP is an international, non-profit organization dedicated to the critical examination and investigation of claims of the paranormal and fringe science.
	www.ecso.org /csicop.htm (1506 words)

	SDARI - Newsletter Vol 6 Number 3 - Visit to CSICOP
		For example, while it hasn’t happened to CSICOP or to any of its local, unaffiliated organizations, similar types of organizations have groups that have been taken over by folks antithetical to their aims.
		CSICOP is trying to coordinate tours and help us where we need it.
		Still when all’s said and done, the help of CSICOP is welcome and needed, but our effectiveness depends on us members out here in the hinterland.
	www.sdari.org /documents/v6n3main.html (968 words)

	CSICOP On-line: Scientifically Investigating Paranormal and Fringe Science Claims
		CSICOP encourages the critical investigation of paranormal and fringe-science claims from a responsible, scientific point of view and disseminates factual information about the results of such inquiries to the scientific community and the public.
		Become a CSICOP associate to receive the quarterly newsletter.
		Content copyright by CSICOP or the respective copyright holders.
	www.csicop.org (278 words)

	CSICOP and the Skeptics: An Overview by George P. Hansen
		CSICOP publicizes its “Responsibility in Journalism” awards, which are given at their conventions, and Committee members have presented material at a science workshop for journalists (Frazier, 1989a, p.
		In November 1987, CSICOP issued a short statement saying that academic institutions should “ensure that there is a proper procedure for the approval of the content of such courses and that the persons teaching such courses should have the appropriate training and qualifications” (“CSICOP statement,” 1987).
		The effect of CSICOP’s activities is to create a climate of hostility toward the investigation of paranormal claims; indeed, at one CSICOP conference, the announcement of the closing of several parapsychology laboratories was greeted with cheers.
	www.tricksterbook.com /ArticlesOnline/CSICOPoverview3.htm (15118 words)

	NHNE News Update: Mars Probe, TV Specials & CSICOP Media Blitz
		I have included a recent CSICOP news release which comments on this program as well as a recent media-blitz by their organization.
		CSICOP first brought the world's attention to the claims of TT back in the Winter 1993 issue of SKEPTICAL INQUIRER.
		CSICOP continues to be a major resource for top international news publications.
	www.nhne.com /newsflashes/nfmarsprobe.html (1468 words)

	Commentaries: CSICOP Scare!
		I understand that on January 12th of this year, you wrote a letter to CSICOP asking for additional information about the UFO phenomenon and expressing the belief that you may be an alien, put here as part of a big government experiment to see if aliens can live like humans.
		Something is still fishy here, in other words, which could conceivably have little or nothing to do with paranormal belief systems and/or propagandists of same, and perhaps everything to do with a dysfunctional family unit, to a teenager seeking attention, to a practical "in-family" joke gone awry, to a teasing older sister.
		CSICOP has always had a sure grasp of what is appropriate and what is not.
	www.anomalist.com /commentaries/csicop.html (4469 words)

	The Newsletter of The North Texas Skeptics
		CSICOP 's financial resources would be sufficient to carry out the goals of the Committee and serve society through education and research.
		CSICOP Fellow and founding member James "The Amazing" Randi resigned from the Committee because of his ongoing battle against lawsuits brought by former stage magician Uri Geller.
		In an open letter to skeptics' group written just a week after the CSICOP convention in Berkeley, Randi says Geller has stated that he intends to sue Randi "in every state and in every country", and that Geller is planning to file suit against him in Japan as well as one already filed in California.
	www.ntskeptics.org /1991/1991july/july1991.htm (4875 words)

	Star Wars: An Open Letter to CSICOP
		Well yes, but that is kind of like taking CSICOP to task for debunking claims of the paranormal---it's what they do.
		CSICOP was founded by scientists, philosophers and other thinking people, many of whom have raised concerns about our ability to manage complex systems.
		The irony, that Sagan was himself a well read man with many connections to the arts, religion and sciences---invoking in his writings some of the very same icons as George Lucas---was probably lost on the hoaxer.
	www.rpi.edu /~sofkam/isuny/star-wars.html (2375 words)

	CSICOP News Release August 23, 2003: Skeptical Inquirer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (CSICOP)
		Amherst, NY (August 23, 2004)— In the September/October 2004 issue of Skeptical Inquirer magazine, Paul Kurtz, chairman of the Center for Inquiry and professor emeritus of philosophy at the State University of New York at Buffalo, asks whether science itself can be a source of ethical standards.
		Kurtz acknowledges the existence of "morally handicapped" and sociopathic individuals, but insists that it is time to recognize that there are evolved, genetic sources of morality, and that deciding ethical questions involves a rational, scientific search for the facts.
	www.centerforinquiry.net /newsrooms/csicop/release.08.23.04b.html (524 words)

	Re: Illegitimacy of CSICOP - Young (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		>CSICOP, as a fanatical cult with a hidden agenda to prevent >acquisition of new knowledge by investigation, is provable.
		>This is Part One of the proof of CSICOPs bogus claims to be a >legitimate and scientific organization.
		Shaeffer (if these are indeed his words) said no such thing as you imply.
	www.virtuallystrange.net /ufo/updates/2002/jun/m04-016.shtml (354 words)

	Critical Info on CSICOP and the So-Called "Skeptics"
		Here and here is found additional information exposing the unethical irrationality of the "skeptics" in their attacks against Gauquelin.
		Upon retiring his post, Maddox subsequently was a guest speaker at CSICOP's First World Skeptics Congress.
		Here is another internet web site, at the bottom of which is presented critical information on the malicous and dirty-trick activities of the "organized skeptics".
	www.orgonelab.org /csicop.htm (416 words)

	Parapsychology, Anomalies, Science, Skepticism, and CSICOP
		Truzzi says that some of the CSICOP researchers set the bar of proof outrageously high when it comes to the study of the paranormal.
		"Complicating matters, Truzzi wanted to make the [CSICOP] publication an academic journal, giving all sides an equal chance to speak their mind on any given issue, but others in the [CSICOP] group were afraid that this could lead to the journal being taken over by the other side.
		Those who have had the experiences but encounter the debunking attitudes of apparent “scientific authorities” are likely to conclude that science is a dogma and inapplicable to important aspects of their lives.
	blavatskyarchives.com /zeteticism.htm (2290 words)

	Parenting & kids- US Atty Genl to 'quackbust' CSICOP 'skeptics'? (For PJ Lisa via Tim Bolen)
		CSICOP ("We at CSICOP...are indebted") in the Introduction to:
		CSICOP Chairman Kurtz, this last statement of yours is dynamite.
		CSICOP is the acronym for a now-independent spin-off from the American
	www.parentingbanter.com /showthread.php?t=3119 (5594 words)

	CSICOP and the Skeptics: An Overview by George P. Hansen
		Two decades later, in 1975, the annual convention of the RPA was devoted to parapsychology (“Contents,” 1975; “Science and the Paranormal,” 1975), and their program listed C. Hansel, Antony Flew, Eric Dingwall, and Christopher Evans--all of whom soon became members of CSICOP.
		In keeping with CSICOP’s one-sided approach, SI has given scant attention to papers in well-known, orthodox scientific journals that present evidence for psi (e.g..
		Shortly thereafter, Piel gave the keynote address at CSICOP’s 1990 convention and received the Committee’s “In Praise of Reason Award” (Shore, 1990).
	www.tricksterbook.com /ArticlesOnline/CSICOPoverview.htm (15104 words)

	CSICOP On-line Store
		CSICOP Giftshop: Darwin Fish, tee shirts, mugs, videos, and books
		After subscribing to SI be sure to click HOME,
		return here, and purchase a Darwin Fish, tee-shirt, or CSICOP mug!
	csicop.safeshopper.com (30 words)

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