Check It! Barry Beyerstein Tribute

Once again, I present a series of links dealing not directly with the sorts of questionable claims, paranormal phenomena or pseudoscientific issues engaged by those of us in the skeptical community, but instead an attempt to show my respect for a major player in the scientific investigation of those claims of an alternative medical nature, the late Barry L. Beyerstein, (1947-2007) psychopharmacologist, scholar, activist, and devoted family man. Here goes…

[1]…a page posted by his daughter, Lindsay Beyerstein, on majikthise.typepad.com…

[2]…a fairly decent entry on Mr. Beyerstein on wikipedia.org…not thorough enough in my view…

[3]…here’s a bio-page for him posted before his passing, on cicap.org, that describes his accomplishments in better detail…

[4]…here’s a page on science.ca/askascientist, with a list of questions asked of him by readers…be sure to click on the links to his answers as well…

[5]…here are a few of the articles he wrote for Skeptical Inquirer magazine: Why Bogus Therapies Seem to Work… The Disappearing Writing Guru, Sweetwater, and Chicken McNugget…and…Traditional Medicine and Pseudoscience in China…

[6]…finally, a link to the podcast archives of the Skeptic’s Guide to the Universe site, for episode #94, including an interview by the Rogues with Mr. Beyerstein…