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Gary P. Posner, M.D.
Tampa, Florida
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Autobiographical
Chapter in
Skeptical Odysseys

Cover Story in
Nov/Dec 2000
Skeptical Inquirer

Contributed Chapter
on the Cash-Landrum
UFO-Radiation Case

Founder, Editor,
and
Executive Director
(1988-2013)

"Police Psychics" Chapter
in SKEPTIC Encyclopedia
of Pseudoscience

Contributed Chapter
on Noreen Renier
in Psychic Sleuths

Medical Consultant
for James Randi's
The Faith Healers

Introduction
This website, as well as that of the Tampa Bay Skeptics, was started largely to help satisfy the media's demand for skeptical sources of information on paranormal and fringe-science topics. I certainly mean no offense to anyone or their beliefs.
I actually grew up believing in all sorts of paranormal phenomena, especially UFOs. It wasn't until I was in my 20s that I was introduced to the concept of "critical thinking" and began to realize that perhaps I had been misled in my youth. The story of this process of discovery is the subject of my chapter in Skeptical Odysseys.
My mind remains open to the unlikely possibility that paranormal phenomena are real after all. All I seek are the actual facts, which, as I have learned, can often be disillusioning. But I have found that the thrill of discovering the genuine wonders of the universe, as revealed by science, more than compensates.
I realize that most people hold supernatural beliefs of their own and may not be interested in opening their minds, as I did, to the possibility that they also may have been misled. And that's fine. But please consider reading Daniel Loxton's elegant essay about what he terms the "beauty . . . to be seen in skepticism's noble tradition of necessary service."


"Psychic detective" Noreen Renier	My interview with leading UFO skeptic Philip J. Klass	My metamorphosis from "believer" to "skeptic"	Why I resigned from Skeptical Inquirer magazine	Prayer, Medicine and Alternative Med	Skeptical commentary on Climate Alarmism	"Face on Mars" promoter Richard Hoagland

Abortion • Acupuncture • Alternative Medicine • George Anderson • Astrology • Art Bell

Randolph Byrd • Cancel Culture • Cash-Landrum UFO • Jerome Clark • Climate Alarmism • Larry Dossey

Peter Duffie • Face on Mars • Faith Healing • Gulf Breeze UFOs • Richard Hall • George Hansen

"Healing Words" • Richard Hoagland • J. Allen Hynek • Philip J. Klass • Kreskin • Virginia Levy

Medicine • John Monti • Monty Hall Three-Door Paradox • Open-Mindedness • Past Lives • Peter Popoff

Prayer Studies • Psychic Detectives • Noreen Renier • Isadore Rosenfeld • The Sex Differences

Talking to the Dead • Marcello Truzzi • UFO Abductions • James Van Praagh • Weeping Icon

BACKGROUND

AFFILIATIONS

PUBLICATIONS

APPEARANCES

CRITICS

PHOTOS

And my non-appearance on Law & Order
by less than six degrees of separation
(as a murderer!)

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