The Origins and Evolution of CSICOP Science Is Too Important to Be Left to Scientists

Nisbet discusses the origins and evolution of the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (CSICOP). The founding of a CSICOP-like organization was a highly probable creative reaction of science literate people to an immensely influential means of communication reflecti...

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Published in:The Skeptical inquirer 2001-11, Vol.25 (6), p.50-50
Main Author: Nisbet, Lee
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
Subjects:
Associations
Associations, institutions, etc
Committees
History
Investigations
Occultism
Parapsychology
Science
Social aspects
Societies
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Summary:Nisbet discusses the origins and evolution of the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (CSICOP). The founding of a CSICOP-like organization was a highly probable creative reaction of science literate people to an immensely influential means of communication reflecting public ambivalence toward institutional science.
ISSN:0194-6730