Hoax and Myths Why We Need Critical Thinking

Benjamin Radford is deputy editor of Skeptical Inquirer science magazine and a Research Fellow with the non-profit educational organization the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry. He has written over a thousand articles on a wide variety of topics, including urban legends ,the paranormal, critical thinking, science literacy, and media literacy. 

Radford has spent fifteen years doing first-hand research into dozens of mysterious phenomena including psychics, ghosts and haunted houses; exorcisms, miracles, Bigfoot, stigmata, lake monsters, UFO sightings, reincarnation,near-death experience, dowsing, crop circles, and many other topics. He holds a degree in psychology (magna cum laude) from the University of New Mexico.

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