Editing Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (section)

=== Following pseudoscientific and paranormal belief trends ===

CSI was quoted to consider [[pseudoscience]] topics to include [[yogic flying]], [[therapeutic touch]], [[astrology]], [[fire walking]], [[Haitian Vodou|voodoo]], [[magical thinking]], [[Uri Geller]], [[alternative medicine]], [[Mediumship|channeling]],  psychic hotlines and detectives, [[near-death experiences]], [[unidentified flying objects]] (UFOs), the [[Bermuda Triangle]], [[homeopathy]], [[faith healing]], and [[reincarnation]].<ref name=CSI_NSF>National Science Foundation [https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/seind02/c7/c7s5.htm Science and Technology: Public Attitudes and Public Understanding. Science Fiction and Pseudoscience. Relationships Between Science and Pseudoscience. What Is Pseudoscience?] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160616181809/http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/seind02/c7/c7s5.htm |date=2016-06-16 }}</ref>
CSI changes its focus with the changing popularity and prominence of what it considers to be pseudoscientific and paranormal beliefs. For example, as promoters of [[intelligent design]] increased their efforts to include it in school curricula in recent years, CSI stepped up its attention to the subject, creating an "Intelligent Design Watch" website<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.csicop.org/intelligentdesignwatch/|title=CSI|work=csicop.org|access-date=2006-07-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060706172737/http://www.csicop.org/intelligentdesignwatch/|archive-date=2006-07-06|url-status=dead}}</ref> publishing numerous articles on evolution and intelligent design in ''Skeptical Inquirer'' and on the Internet.{{citation needed|date=August 2016}}