Ian Rowland

{{Short description|British sceptic (born 1961)}}

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Ian Rowland (born 11 May 1961) is a corporate speaker, trainer and consultant based near London, England.

He has been a contributor to The Straight Dope Message Board and guest contributor of Staff Reports{{cite web|url=http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2895/whats-to-stop-me-from-making-counterfeit-casino-chips|title=The Straight Dope: What's to stop me from making counterfeit casino chips?|date=22 September 2009|work=The Straight Dope|access-date=9 April 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2878/how-do-you-load-a-pair-of-dice|title=The Straight Dope: How do you make loaded dice?|date=14 July 2009|work=The Straight Dope|access-date=9 April 2016}} under the user name ianzin.

Citing Rowland's explanation of how cold reading is used in the psychic industry, journalist Malcolm Gladwell has criticised the practice of offender profiling by the FBI.{{cite magazine

| title = Dept. of Criminology: "Dangerous Minds: Criminal profiling made easy."

| url = http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/11/12/071112fa_fact_gladwell

| magazine = The New Yorker

| location = New York

| date = 12 November 2007

| access-date = 4 January 2008

| author = Malcolm Gladwell

| author-link = Malcolm Gladwell

}}