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Why people believe weird things : pseudoscience, superstition, and other confusions of our time / Michael Shermer ; foreword by Stephen Jay Gould.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: New York : St. Martin's Griffin, 2002.Edition: Rev. and expandedDescription: xxvi, 349 s. : ill. ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780805070897
  • 0-8050-7089-3
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 133 23/swe
Contents:
Foreword: The positive power of skepticism / by Stephen Jay Gould -- Introduction to the paperback edition: Magical mystery tour : the whys and wherefores of weird things -- Prologue: Next on Oprah -- Part 1. Science and skepticism. I am therefore I think : a skeptic's manifesto ; The most precious thing we have : the difference between science and pseudoscience ; How thinking goes wrong : twenty-five fallacies that lead us to believe weird things -- Part 2. Pseudoscience and superstition. Deviations : the normal, the paranormal, and Edgar Cayce ; Through the invisible : near-death experiences and the quest for immortality ; Abducted! : encounters with aliens ; Epidemics of accusations : medieval and modern witch crazes ; The unlikeliest cult : Ayn Rand, objectivism, and the cult of personality -- Part 3. Evolution and creationism. In the beginning : an evening with Duane T. Gish ; Confronting creationists : twenty-five creationist arguments, twenty-five evolutionist answers ; Science defended, science defined : evolution and creationism at the Supreme Court -- Part 4. History and pseudohistory. Doing Donahue : history, censorship, and free speech ; Who says the Holocaust never happened, and why do they say it? : an overview of a movement ; How we know the Holocaust happened : debunking the deniers ; Pigeonholes and continuums : an African-Greek-German-American looks at race -- Part 5. Hope springs eternal. Dr. Tipler meets Dr. Pangloss : can science find the best of all possible worlds? ; Why do people believe weird things? ; Why smart people believe weird things.
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"Revised and expanded."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-332) and index.

Foreword: The positive power of skepticism / by Stephen Jay Gould -- Introduction to the paperback edition: Magical mystery tour : the whys and wherefores of weird things -- Prologue: Next on Oprah -- Part 1. Science and skepticism. I am therefore I think : a skeptic's manifesto ; The most precious thing we have : the difference between science and pseudoscience ; How thinking goes wrong : twenty-five fallacies that lead us to believe weird things -- Part 2. Pseudoscience and superstition. Deviations : the normal, the paranormal, and Edgar Cayce ; Through the invisible : near-death experiences and the quest for immortality ; Abducted! : encounters with aliens ; Epidemics of accusations : medieval and modern witch crazes ; The unlikeliest cult : Ayn Rand, objectivism, and the cult of personality -- Part 3. Evolution and creationism. In the beginning : an evening with Duane T. Gish ; Confronting creationists : twenty-five creationist arguments, twenty-five evolutionist answers ; Science defended, science defined : evolution and creationism at the Supreme Court -- Part 4. History and pseudohistory. Doing Donahue : history, censorship, and free speech ; Who says the Holocaust never happened, and why do they say it? : an overview of a movement ; How we know the Holocaust happened : debunking the deniers ; Pigeonholes and continuums : an African-Greek-German-American looks at race -- Part 5. Hope springs eternal. Dr. Tipler meets Dr. Pangloss : can science find the best of all possible worlds? ; Why do people believe weird things? ; Why smart people believe weird things.