Skeptic
I began to think of myself as a skeptic of paranormal and pseudoscience claims about 1969 when I became a magician and began to follow in Houdini's footsteps. By 1988 I was elected a Fellow of the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (CSICOP), publisher of Skeptical Inquirer science magazine. In 1995 I became a full-time skeptic (as CSICOP'S Senior Research Fellow) and I began to write a regular column for SI. CSICOP awarded me its Distinguished Skeptic Award on November 11, 2000, at the 3rd World Skeptics Congress at Sydney, Australia. (See also Paranormal Investigator.)
