In Memoriam HWOS 04 027

2024-04-14T00:00:00Z

In Memoriam "In 1998, Mr. Bell received the ignominious Snuffed Candle Award from the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry, a group, co-founded by Carl Sagan and based in Amhert, N.Y., that promotes scientific inquiry and critical thinking. The group cited him 'for encouraging credulity, presenting pseudoscience as genuine, and contributing to the public's lack of understanding of the methods of scientific inquiry.' To which Mr. Bell replied: 'A mind should not be so open that the brain falls out; however, it should not be so closed that whatever gray matter which does reside may not be reached. On behalf of those with the smallest remaining open aperture, I accept with honor.'" Roberts, Sam. "Art Bell, Radio Host Who Tuned In to the Dark Side, Dies at 72." The New York Times. 17 April 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180418032724/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/17/obituaries/art-bell-radio-host-who-tuned-in-to-the-dark-side-dies-at-72.html