Committee for Skeptical Inquiry

[[File:Stanford 1984 CSICOP Conference.jpg|thumb|right|165px|Stanford 1984 CSICOP Conference, l-to-r: Leon Jaroff, Paul Kurtz, Philip Klass, and Mark Plummer]]
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The '''Committee for Skeptical Inquiry''' ('''CSI''', formerly known as the '''Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal''', '''CSICOP'''<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20090815024758/http://www.csicop.org/about/csi.html</ref><ref>https://www.csicop.org/specialarticles/show/its_csi_now_not_csicop</ref>), is a non-profit organization whose stated goal is "to promote scientific inquiry, critical investigation, and the use of reason in examining controversial and [[Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence|extraordinary claims]]."<ref>http://www.csicop.org/about/about_csi</ref> In addition, CSI "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".

CSI was founded in 1976 by [[Paul Kurtz]]<ref>http://www.philosophyforlife.org/the-skeptic-movement/</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/09/magazine/the-unbelievable-skepticism-of-the-amazing-randi.html?_r=0 ''NY Times'': The Unbelievable Skepticism of the Amazing Randi]</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20080305043319/http://csicop.org/si/2001-07/kurtz.html</ref>, and its fellows have included many notable scientists, [[Nobel laureate]]s, philosophers, educators, authors, and celebrities.<ref>Recent examples: [https://www.csicop.org/news/show/sixteen_notable_figures_in_science_and_skepticism_elected_csi_fellows ''CSI'': Sixteen Notable Figures in Science and Skepticism - Elected CSI Fellows]</ref><ref>[https://www.csicop.org/about/the_pantheon_of_skeptics ''CSI'': The Pantheon of Skeptics]</ref><ref>{https://www.csicop.org/about/csi_fellows_and_staff ''CSI'': CSI Fellows and Staff]</ref>

Much of CSI's material is published in its bi-monthly '''''Skeptical Inquirer''''' magazine. SI frequently publishes on [[Intelligent Design]] and [[Creationism]]. Unfortunately like another skeptic magazine, the Skeptical Inquirer also experiments with the anti-woke grift <ref> [https://skepticalinquirer.org/2023/06/the-ideological-subversion-of-biology/] </ref>.  

The CSI is part of the Center for Inquiry and is closely associated with the [[Council for Secular Humanism]].

==Outstanding Skeptics of the Twentieth Century==
The '''Outstanding Skeptics of the Twentieth Century''' is a list drawn up by CSICOP Fellows and Scientific Consultants of people who had made major contributions to skepticism in the twentieth century.<ref>[https://skepticalinquirer.org/2000/01/the-ten-outstanding-skeptics-of-the-twentieth-century/ Ten Outstanding Skeptics of the Twentieth Century]</ref>
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#[[James Randi]]
#[[Martin Gardner]]
#[[Carl Sagan]]
#[[Paul Kurtz]]
#{{wpl|Ray Hyman}}
#[[Isaac Asimov]]
#[[Philip J. Klass]]
#[[Bertrand Russell]]
#[[Harry Houdini]]
#[[Albert Einstein]]
#[[Richard Feynman]] 
#[[Joe Nickell]] 
#[[Karl Popper]] 
#[[H.L. Mencken]] 
#[[Richard Dawkins]] 
#[[Stephen Jay Gould ]] 
#{{wpl|James Alcock}} 
#[[Stephen Barrett]] 
#{{wpl|Bart Bok}} 
#[[Michael Shermer]] 
#{{wpl|Kendrick Frazier}} 
#[[Mark Twain]] 
#{{wpl|Oskar Pfungst}} 
#{{wpl|Robert A. Baker}}
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==Pantheon of Skeptics==
The '''Pantheon of Skeptics''' is a CSI initiative aimed to preserve the legacy of distinguished late fellows and highlight the history of the modern skeptical movement.<ref>[https://skepticalinquirer.org/pantheon-of-skeptics/ Pantheon of Skeptics]</ref>  The executive council finalized the selection of the intitial 27 in April 2011, and the list has since been intermittently updated. The honorees are permanently recognized at CSI’s headquarters and on its website.
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*{{wpl|George O. Abell}}
*{{wpl|Steve Allen}}
*{{wpl|Jerry Andrus}}
*[[Isaac Asimov]]
*{{wpl|Robert A. Baker}}
*{{wpl|Theodore X. Barber}}
*{{wpl|Willem Betz}}
*{{wpl|Barry Beyerstein}}
*{{wpl|Bart Bok}}
*{{wpl|Mario Bunge}}
*{{wpl|Robert Todd Carroll}}
*{{wpl|Milbourne Christopher}}
*{{wpl|Francis H. Crick}}
*{{wpl|L. Sprague de Camp}}
*[[Daniel C. Dennett]]
*{{wpl|Kendrick Frazier}}
*[[Martin Gardner]]
*[[Stephen Jay Gould]]
*{{wpl|Murray Gell-Mann}}
*[[Harriet Hall]]
*{{wpl|Donald O. Hebb}}
*{{wpl|Sidney Hook}}
*{{wpl|Cornelis de Jager}}
*{{wpl|Leon Jaroff}}
*[[Philip J. Klass]]
*{{wpl|Harry Kroto}}
*[[Paul Kurtz]]
*{{wpl|Leon M. Lederman}}
*{{wpl|Scott Lilienfeld}}
*Lin Zixin
*{{wpl|Paul MacCready}}
*{{wpl|John Maddox}}
*{{wpl|William V. Mayer}}
*{{wpl|Walter McCrone}}
*{{wpl|Ernest Nagel}}
*{{wpl|H. Narasimhaiah}}
*[[Joe Nickell]]
*{{wpl|Irmgard Oepen}}
*[[Robert L. Park]]
*{{wpl|Jean-Claude Pecker}}
*[[W.V.O. Quine]]
*[[James Randi]]
*[[Carl Sagan]]
*{{wpl|Wallace Sampson}}
*{{wpl|Glenn T. Seaborg}}
*[[B.F. Skinner]]
*[[Victor Stenger]]
*{{wpl|Stephen Toulmin}}
*{{wpl|Steven Weinberg}}
*[[E.O. Wilson]]
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==Fellows of CSI==
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*{{wpl|James Alcock}}
*{{wpl|Marcia Angell}}
*{{wpl|Kimball Atwood}}
*{{wpl|Banachek}}
*[[Stephen Barrett]]
*{{wpl|Robert Bartholomew}}
*Jann Johnson Bellamy
*{{wpl|Kenny Biddle}}
*{{wpl|Sandra Blakeslee}}
*Alejandro Borgo
*[[Susan Blackmore]]
*{{wpl|Mark Boslough}}
*{{wpl|Glenn Branch}}
*Henri Broch
*{{wpl|Jan Harold Brunvand}}
*{{wpl|Sean B. Carroll}}
*{{wpl|Thomas Casten}}
*{{wpl|Timothy Caulfield}}
*{{wpl|Clark R. Chapman}}
*{{wpl|K.C. Cole}}
*{{wpl|John Cook (Australian author)|John Cook}}
*[[Jerry Coyne]]
*{{wpl|Manfred Cuntz}}
*[[Richard Dawkins]]
*Geoffrey Dean
*{{wpl|Ann Druyan}}
*[[Sanal Edamaruku]]
*{{wpl|Taner Edis}}
*[[Edzard Ernst]]
*{{wpl|Kenneth Feder}}
*Krista Federspiel
*[[Kevin Folta]]
*{{wpl|Barbara Forrest}}
*Craig A. Foster
*{{wpl|Andrew Fraknoi}}
*[[Chris French]]
*[[Julia Galef]]
*Luigi Garlaschelli
*{{wpl|Maryanne Garry}}
*[[Susan Gerbic]]
*{{wpl|Thomas Gilovich}}
*[[David Gorski]]
*{{wpl|Natalie Grams|Natalie Grams-Nobmann}}
*{{wpl|David Robert Grimes}}
*{{wpl|Wendy M. Grossman}}
*{{wpl|Susan Haack}}
*{{wpl|Raymond E. Hall}}
*{{wpl|Alan W. Harris}}
*Michael Heap
*{{wpl|David J. Helfand}}
*{{wpl|Terence Hines}}
*{{wpl|Douglas R. Hofstadter}}
*{{wpl|Gerald Holton}}
*{{wpl|Stephen Hupp}}
*{{wpl|Deborah Hyde}}
*{{wpl|Ray Hyman}}
*Stuart D. Jordan
*{{wpl|Barry Karr}}
*{{wpl|Edwin C. Krupp}}
*{{wpl|Stephen Law}}
*{{wpl|Nathan H. Lents}}
*{{wpl|Stephan Lewandowsky}}
*{{wpl|Jere Lipps}}
*[[Elizabeth Loftus]]
*{{wpl|William M. London}}
*{{wpl|Leighann Lord}}
*{{wpl|Daniel Loxton}}
*{{wpl|Michael E. Mann}}
*{{wpl|David Marks (psychologist)|David Marks}}
*{{wpl|Michael Marshall (skeptic)|Michael Marshall}}
*{{wpl|Lee McIntyre}}
*Mario Mendez-Acosta
*{{wpl|Kenneth R. Miller}}
*Tim Mendham
*{{wpl|David Morrison (astrophysicist)|David Morrison}}
*Nikil Mukerji
*{{wpl|Richard A. Muller}}
*{{wpl|Meera Nanda}}
*{{wpl|Jan Willem Nienhuys}}
*Lee Nisbet
*{{wpl|Matthew Nisbet}}
*[[Steven Novella]]
*[[Bill Nye]]
*{{wpl|James E. Oberg}}
*{{wpl|Paul Offit}}
*{{wpl|Naomi Oreskes}}
*{{wpl|Loren Pankratz}}
*{{wpl|Natalia Pasternak}}
*{{wpl|John Paulos}}
*{{wpl|Clifford A. Pickover}}
*[[Massimo Pigliucci]]
*[[Steven Pinker]]
*{{wpl|Massimo Polidoro}}
*{{wpl|Anthony Pratkanis}}
*{{wpl|Donald R. Prothero}}
*{{wpl|Benjamin Radford}}
*{{wpl|Amardeo Sarma}}
*{{wpl|Richard Saunders (skeptic)|Richard Saunders}}
*{{wpl|Joe Schwarcz}}
*[[Eugenie C. Scott]]
*{{wpl|Seth Shostak}}
*{{wpl|Gale Sinatra}}
*[[Simon Singh]]
*Dick Smith
*{{wpl|Keith E. Stanovich}}
*{{wpl|Karen Stollznow}}
*{{wpl|Jill Cornell Tarter}}
*{{wpl|Carol Tavris}}
*Melanie Trecek-King
*{{wpl|Dave Thomas (skeptic)|David E. Thomas}}
*Nicholas B. Tiller
*[[Neil deGrasse Tyson]]
*Leonard Tramiel
*{{wpl|James Underdown}}
*{{wpl|Joseph Uscinski}}
*{{wpl|Bertha Vazquez}}
*{{wpl|Indre Viskontas}}
*{{wpl|Marilyn vos Savant}}
*{{wpl|Stuart Vyse}}
*[[Mick West]]
*{{wpl|Richard Wiseman}}
*{{wpl|Benjamin Wolozin}}
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==External links==
*[http://www.csicop.org/ CSICOP.org]

==References==
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