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From: patty@hms3.gatech.edu
Newsgroups: comp.edu
Subject: Re: Are Americans Intellectually Inferior?
Summary: critical thinking, CSICOP
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Date: 10 Feb 89 00:43:10 GMT
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There's a group called CSICOP (Committee for the Scientific
Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal) that publishes
a great mag called "The Skeptical Inquirer".  They don't just
deal with paranormal claims, but all kinds of pseudo-science.
They have also published some articles on the dismaying lack of
critical thinking demonstrated by college students.

To quote from a letter they sent, their goals are "to help
raise the level of public understanding of science and to
develop the skills of rational thinking in the young people
of the United States and other parts of the world."

Their address is:

CSICOP
P. O. Box 229
Buffalo, NY 14215-0229
(716) 834-3222



Patty Jones

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