Stories That Should Be Handled with Care: The Subjects of Pseudoscience by Kendrick Frazier

This article includes two excerpts from chapter 5 (titled “The Subjects of Pseudoscience”) of Kendrick Frazier’s fantastic new book Shadows of Science (2024). The first excerpt is the beginning of the chapter, and the second excerpt is the last three paragraphs of the chapter. We are grateful to Ruth Frazier and Prometheus Books for granting reprint permission and to Ken for sharing this key part of his origin story (and the origin story of Skeptical Inquirer). Read this article and find accompanying references at: https://skepticalinquirer.org/2024/02/stories-that-should-be-handled-with-care-the-subjects-of-pseudoscience/ About the Author: Kendrick Frazier was editor of the Skeptical Inquirer and a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He is editor of several anthologies, including Science Under Siege: Defending Science, Exposing Pseudoscience. Subscribe to Skeptical Inquirer: https://skepticalinquirer.org/subscribe/ Skeptical Inquirer Audio Edition is a production of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry and the Center for Inquiry.