In the Oct. 2, 1995, issue of The Scientist on page 3, there was an article by Peter Gwynne ["Science Humor Magazine, Comic Awards Improbably Change Location"] concerning a conversation Gwynne had with Marc Abrahams. Some of the remarks and assertions made in this article have been repeated in other media, and it has become necessary to set the record straight concerning the relationship between the Journal of Irreproducible Results (JIR) and the Annals of Improbable Research (AIR). The article

In a commentary promoting the concept that public science literacy could stem the tide of anti-science sentiment (The Scientist, July 10, 1995, page 13), Leon Lederman underestimates the impact that fundamentalism does and will have on our and all other societies. Fundamentalists are not interested in promoting scientific understanding. On the contrary, they want to severely diminish the voice of scientists. The pursuit of science is inherently the pursuit of knowledge through reason, experime