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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

This book may have a single byline, but there is a team of people that have either supported this project in particular or my work in general through the Skeptics Society, Skeptic magazine, and Scientific American. At this venerable institution of American publishing, now over a century and a half old, I wish to thank my immediate editor, Mariette DiChristina, for her unparalleled ability to make my column readable each month, and John Rennie, for granting me the freedom to explore various regions of skepticism, as well as for his relentless defense of science in general and evolutionary theory in particular in the pages of Scientific American.

At the Skeptics Society and Skeptic magazine a giant debt of gratitude goes to Pat Linse for her continued efforts on behalf of science and skepticism, for her tireless good cheer during countless hours of working to get the magazine out and keep the ball moving down the field, and especially for her friendship and support. In various supporting roles in the society and magazine are office manager Tanja Sterrmann, office associate Sarah Lether, Jr. Skeptic editor and illustrator Daniel Loxton, web designer and director Emrys Miller and his associate William Bull at Rocketday Arts, Jr. Skeptic magician and science educator Bob Friedhoffer, videographer Brad Davies, photographer Dave Patton, senior editor Frank Miele, senior scientists David Naiditch, Bernard Leikind, Liam McDaid, and Thomas McDonough, artists Stephen Asma, Jason Bowes, Jean Paul Buquet, John Coulter, Janet Dreyer, and Adam Caldwell, editorial associates Gene Friedman, and Sara Meric, and Caltech lecture staff Diane Knudtson, Haime Botero, Michael Gilmore, Cliff Caplan, Tim Callahan, and Bonnie Callahan.

I would also like to recognize Skeptic magazine’s board members: Richard Abanes, David Alexander, the late Steve Allen, Arthur Benjamin, Roger Bingham, Napoleon Chagnon, K. C. Cole, Jared Diamond, Clayton J. Drees, Mark Edward, George Fischbeck, Greg Forbes, the late Stephen Jay Gould, John Gribbin, Steve Harris, William Jarvis, Lawrence Krauss, Gerald Larue, William McComas, John Mosley, Richard Olson, Donald Prothero, James Randi, Vincent Sarich, Eugenie Scott, Nancy Segal, Elie Shneour, Jay Stuart Snelson, Frank Sulloway, Julia Sweeney, Carol Tavris, and Stuart Vyse.

As always, I wish to thank my agents, Katinka Matson and John Brockman, for the always professional manner in which they treat the literary business, as well as to acknowledge Paul Golob at Henry Holt / Times books, who oversaw the project, and most notably Robin Dennis, my editor, whose opinions on literary matters I trust more than my own. Jessica Firger in the Holt publicity department has unfailingly supported our long-range mission of promoting science and critical thinking by reaching larger audiences, and for this I am deeply grateful. I also thank Emily DeHuff for sharp-eyed copy editing of the manuscript, Lisa Fyfe for the creative cover design, Victoria Hartman for the elegant interior design, and Rita Quintas for the editorial production process.

Thanks as well go to David Baltimore, Kip Thorne, Christof Koch, Susan Davis, Chris Harcourt, and Ramanuj Basu at Caltech for their continued support of the Skeptics Science Lecture Series at the institute. Larry Mantle, Ilsa Setziol, Jackie Oclaray, Julia Posie, and Linda Othenin-Girard at KPCC 89.3 FM radio in Pasadena have been good friends and valuable supporters for