Skeptic magazine
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Skeptic magazine is a publication devoted to scientific skepticism, critical thinking, and the investigation of controversial and pseudoscientific claims.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Skeptic magazine canonical | 4 |
| https://www.skeptic.com/ | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1796472 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Skeptic magazine Context triple: [Michael Shermer, notableWork, Skeptic magazine]
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A.
Skeptical Inquirer
Skeptical Inquirer is a magazine devoted to promoting scientific skepticism and critical examination of paranormal and pseudoscientific claims.
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B.
Scientific American
Scientific American is a long-running popular science magazine that presents accessible articles on scientific discoveries, research, and technological advances to a broad audience.
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C.
Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science
Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science is a classic skeptical book by Martin Gardner that critically examines pseudoscience, fringe theories, and popular scientific misconceptions.
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D.
Argosy magazine
Argosy magazine was a long-running American pulp and men's adventure periodical known for sensational stories and features that helped popularize mysteries like the Bermuda Triangle.
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E.
James Randi Educational Foundation
The James Randi Educational Foundation was a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting critical thinking and scientific skepticism, best known for its public challenges to paranormal and pseudoscientific claims.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Skeptic magazine Target entity description: Skeptic magazine is a publication devoted to scientific skepticism, critical thinking, and the investigation of controversial and pseudoscientific claims.
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A.
Skeptical Inquirer
Skeptical Inquirer is a magazine devoted to promoting scientific skepticism and critical examination of paranormal and pseudoscientific claims.
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B.
Scientific American
Scientific American is a long-running popular science magazine that presents accessible articles on scientific discoveries, research, and technological advances to a broad audience.
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C.
Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science
Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science is a classic skeptical book by Martin Gardner that critically examines pseudoscience, fringe theories, and popular scientific misconceptions.
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D.
Argosy magazine
Argosy magazine was a long-running American pulp and men's adventure periodical known for sensational stories and features that helped popularize mysteries like the Bermuda Triangle.
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E.
James Randi Educational Foundation
The James Randi Educational Foundation was a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting critical thinking and scientific skepticism, best known for its public challenges to paranormal and pseudoscientific claims.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
magazine
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science magazine ⓘ skeptical magazine ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
challenge pseudoscientific beliefs
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encourage rational inquiry ⓘ promote scientific skepticism ⓘ |
| associatedOrganization | The Skeptics Society ⓘ |
| basedIn |
California, United States
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surface form:
California
|
| countryOfPublication |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| editorInChief | Michael Shermer ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
evaluation of scientific evidence
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investigation of pseudoscientific claims ⓘ promotion of critical thinking ⓘ public understanding of science ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Michael Shermer ⓘ |
| frequency | quarterly ⓘ |
| genre |
critical thinking
ⓘ
science communication ⓘ scientific skepticism ⓘ |
| hasContributor |
Michael Shermer
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science writers ⓘ skeptical investigators ⓘ various scientists ⓘ |
| hasISSN | 1063-9330 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
conspiracy theories
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extraordinary claims ⓘ fringe science ⓘ paranormal claims ⓘ pseudoscience ⓘ |
| mediaType |
online
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print ⓘ |
| notableFor |
critiques of pseudoscience
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investigations of paranormal claims ⓘ popularizing scientific skepticism ⓘ |
| publishedBy | The Skeptics Society ⓘ |
| publisher | The Skeptics Society ⓘ |
| subjectArea |
education
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philosophy of science ⓘ psychology of belief ⓘ science ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
general public
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science enthusiasts ⓘ skeptics ⓘ |
| website | https://www.skeptic.com ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Skeptic magazine Description of subject: Skeptic magazine is a publication devoted to scientific skepticism, critical thinking, and the investigation of controversial and pseudoscientific claims.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
https://www.skeptic.com/