This is a list of notable people that promote or practice scientific skepticism. In general, they favor science and are opposed to pseudoscience and quackery. They are generally skeptical of parapsychology, the paranormal, and alternative medicine. James Alcock, psychologist. Author of several skeptical books and articles. Isaac Asimov, biochemist, author. Wrote or edited over 500 popular science, other nonfiction, and science fiction books, including the Foundation series. Founding member of CSICOP (now CSI). Robert A. Baker, psychologist, author. Wrote books on ghosts, alien abductions and false memory syndrome. Banachek, mentalist. participant in Project Alpha. Real name Steve Shaw. Stephen Barrett, psychiatrist. Cofounder of the National Council Against Health Fraud, critic of alternative medicine. Founder of the Quackwatch website. Barry Beyerstein, psychologist. Founding member of CSICOP (now CSI). Susan Blackmore, parapsychologist. Author, lecturer, and broadcaster. Maarten Boudry, philosopher and author. Derren Brown, mentalist, critic of alleged psychics and spiritual mediums. Robert Todd Carroll, philosopher. Author of The Skeptic's Dictionary book and website. Milbourne Christopher, magician. Founding member of CSICOP (now CSI). David Colquhoun, pharmacologist and author of the website Improbable Science. Brian Cox, physicist Narendra Dabholkar, author and the founder-president of Maharashtra Andhashraddha Nirmoolan Samiti. Richard Dawkins, evolutionary biologist and author known for promoting the gene-centric view of evolution (in his book The Selfish Gene), coining of the term meme, and atheist activism. Perry DeAngelis, co-founder and former executive director of the New England Skeptical Society, co-founder and former co-host of the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe podcast. Daniel Dennett, philosopher. Author of Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life and Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon. Jared Diamond, scientist, author and member of the editorial board of Skeptic. Ann Druyan, popular science author and current head of the Planetary Society. Widow of the astronomer Carl Sagan. Brian Dunning, writer and producer with focus on science and skepticism, host of Skeptoid podcast, as well as a Skeptoid spin-off video series, inFact, and producer of educational films on the subject of critical thinking. Mark Edward, formerly worked as an undercover psychic, currently exposes psychics and is the author of a tell-all book on that subject, member of editorial board of The Skeptics Society, invented the term Guerrilla Skepticism. Richard Feynman, theoretical physicist known for his work in quantum mechanics. Kendrick Frazier, Editor of the Skeptical Inquirer. Martin Gardner, author, recreational mathematician. Writer of the long-running 'Mathematical Games' column in Scientific American, and a longstanding columnist for the Skeptical Inquirer. Founding member of CSICOP (now CSI). Pamela L. Gay, astronomer, co-host of Astronomy Cast, assistant research professor in the STEM center at SIUE and project director for CosmoQuest. Susan Gerbic, the founder of Guerrilla Skepticism on Wikipedia which has the mission of improving the skeptical content of Wikipedia. Ben Goldacre, physician, journalist. Author of the "Bad Science" column in The Guardian (UK newspaper). David Gorski, surgical oncologist. A.k.a. Orac of Respectful Insolence. Critic of complementary and alternative medicine. Stephen Jay Gould, paleontologist, evolutionary biologist, historian of science, Harvard University. Natalie Grams, German physician, writer, scientific skeptic, former homeopath, author of Homeopathy Reconsidered — What Really Helps Patients (in German). Harriet A. Hall, physician, former US Air Force flight surgeon. Critic of alternative medicine and quackery. Sven Ove Hansson, philosopher. Founding Chairperson of the Swedish Skeptics (Vetenskap och Folkbildning) and Editor of the organisation's journal Folkvett. Sam Harris, neuroscientist and author. Sharon A. Hill, founder of Doubtful News, a news site that links synopses and commentary to original news sources, and provides information to critically assess claims made in the media. She is also producer and host of the 15 Credibility Street podcast. Christopher Hitchens, journalist and author. Douglas Hofstadter, physicist, artificial intelligence researcher. Author of Pulitzer Prize-winning book Gödel, Escher, Bach: The Eternal Golden Braid and Scientific American column "Metamagical Themas". Harry Houdini, magician. Critic of Modern Spiritualism who exposed fraudulent psychics and mediums and publicized their methods.