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The 41 pages that link to Scientific skepticism, each with the reason it gives.

• Conspiracy theoryCompared with: It withholds judgment pending evidence, unlike accounts insulated from disconfirmation.

• AstrologyRelated: It provides standards for assessing astrology's claims about prediction and personality.

• ReplicationRelated: Replication operationalizes this skepticism by subjecting findings to independent empirical checks.

• ParapsychologyCompared with: Skeptical analyses scrutinize controls, statistics, and ordinary explanations for reported effects.

• CryptozoologyRelated: Skeptical analysis tests extraordinary animal reports without assuming they are true or false.

• Climate change denialCompared with: Scientific skepticism tests climate findings; denial rejects evidence selectively or resists revision.

• AnthroposophyCompared with: Anthroposophy’s spiritual knowledge claims are not generally established by publicly reproducible scientific evidence.

• Ceremonial magicCompared with: It offers an evidential framework distinct from practitioners' ritual and spiritual explanations.

• James RandiNarrower topic: Randi’s investigations put this approach into public demonstrations and challenges.

• Martin GardnerRelated: Gardner’s essays and books helped shape modern organized skepticism.

• Society for Psychical ResearchCompared with: Skeptical critics challenged the society’s interpretations and the reliability of its reported evidence.

• NumerologyRelated: It offers tools for assessing numerological predictions without assuming symbolic claims are factual.

• Scientific AmericanRelated: Its articles have examined extraordinary claims and the standards used to assess them.

• Perpetual motion machineRelated: Perpetual-motion claims make energy accounting and independent replication decisive.

• TelepathyRelated: Its standards help distinguish repeatable evidence from anecdotes and uncontrolled tests.

• Biodynamic agricultureRelated: Skeptical assessments question whether preparations and celestial influences have effects beyond established agronomy.

• Neil deGrasse TysonRelated: Tyson often advocates evidence-based reasoning in public discussions of science.

• SéanceCompared with: Skeptical investigators test séance claims against ordinary explanations and controlled conditions.

• Animal magnetismRelated: The commission’s investigation illustrates how animal magnetism was tested against its proposed mechanism.

• Bernard HeuvelmansCompared with: Skeptical evaluation challenges conclusions drawn from sightings and testimony without verifiable specimens.

• Chaos magicCompared with: It supplies standards for assessing magical claims that practitioners’ reports alone cannot establish.

• NostradamusCompared with: It asks whether a prediction was specific and published before the event it supposedly foretold.

• Water memoryRelated: The dispute illustrates why extraordinary claims require rigorous testing and independent replication.

• YowieRelated: It tests yowie claims against alternative explanations and standards of reliable evidence.

• Edgar CayceNarrower topic: It supplies a method for assessing Cayce’s reported psychic abilities and healing claims.

• Erich von DänikenRelated: Skeptical analysis tests whether his interpretations outperform ordinary historical explanations.

• Ian StevensonRelated: Debates over his conclusions turned on standards for verifying testimony and excluding ordinary explanations.

• Ivan T. SandersonCompared with: Skeptical standards challenge Sanderson’s reliance on reports without independently verified specimens.

• John GrinderRelated: It frames scrutiny of NLP’s claims about communication, learning, and therapeutic effectiveness.

• Baba VangaCompared with: It asks whether predictions attributed to Vanga were documented and specific before events occurred.

• Bosnian pyramid claimsRelated: The case shows why extraordinary claims require independent, testable evidence.

• Ed and Lorraine WarrenNarrower topic: It provides a framework for assessing the Warrens' evidence and supernatural explanations.

• Fan deathNarrower topic: It distinguishes proposed fan-death mechanisms from explanations supported by evidence.

• Grey alienRelated: It provides a method for assessing Grey-alien claims without treating them as established fact.

• Hundredth monkey effectCompared with: Skeptical scrutiny distinguishes documented macaque learning from unsupported claims of telepathic spread.

• Jeane DixonRelated: It offers methods for assessing psychic predictions without relying on retrospective anecdotes.

• Malcolm GladwellRelated: It offers a method for assessing the evidence behind Gladwell’s narratives.

• Michael ShermerNarrower topic: This is the intellectual movement Shermer publicly advocates.

• Robert EttingerCompared with: Ettinger’s promised future revival lacks direct experimental confirmation.

• Russell's teapotRelated: The thought experiment models skepticism toward claims unsupported by observable evidence.

• Stanton T. FriedmanCompared with: Critics applied skeptical standards to the testimony and documents Friedman considered persuasive.