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Shermer details and refutes popular pseudoscience and superstition including [[creationism]], [[Holocaust denial]], the [[Hundredth Monkey]], [[alien abduction]]s, [[near death experiences]], modern [[witch hunt]]s, and cults. |
Shermer details and refutes popular pseudoscience and superstition including [[creationism]], [[Holocaust denial]], the [[Hundredth Monkey]], [[alien abduction]]s, [[near death experiences]], modern [[witch hunt]]s, and cults. |
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==Chapters== |
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*Foreword by Stephen Jay Gould |
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* Introduction to Paperback Edition |
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* Prologue: "Next on [[Oprah]]" |
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'''Part 1: Science and Skepticism''' |
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# I am Therefore I Think: A Skeptic's Manifesto |
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# The Most Precious Thing We Have: The Difference Between Science and Pseudoscience |
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# How Thinking Goes Wrong: 25 Fallacies That Lead Us to Believe Weird Things |
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'''Part 2: Pseudoscience and Superstition''' |
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# Deviations: The Normal, the Paranormal, and [[Edgar Cayce]] |
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# Through the Invisble: Near death experiences and the quest for Immortality |
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# Abducted: Encounters with Aliens |
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# Epidemics of Accucations: Medieval and Modern Witch Crazes |
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# The Unlikeliest Cult: [[Ayn Rand]], Objectivisim, and the [[Cult of Personality]] |
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'''Part 3: Evolution and Creationism''' |
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#In the Begining: An Evening with [[Duane Gish]] |
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# Confronting Creationists: 25 Creationist Arguments, 25 Evolutionist Answers |
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# Science Defended, Science Defined: Evolution and Creationism at the Supreme Court |
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'''Part 4: History and Pseudohistory''' |
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# Doing [[Phil Donahue|Donahue]]: History, Censorship, and Free Speech |
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# Who Says the Holocaust Never Happened, and Why Do They Say It? (An Overview of the Movement) |
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# How We Know the Holocaust Happened: Debunking the Deniers |
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# Pigeonholes and Continuums: An African-Greek-German-American Looks at Race |
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'''Part 5: Hopes Springs Eternal''' |
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# Dr. [[Frank J. Tipler|Tipler]] Meets Dr. [[Pangloss]] |
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# Why Do People Believe Weird Things? |
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# Why Do ''Smart'' People Believe Weird Things? |
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==External links== |
==External links== |
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Revision as of 23:41, 19 January 2007
| Author | Michael Shermer |
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| Publisher | Henry Holt and Company |
Publication date | 1997 |
| Media type | Hardcover/Paperback |
| ISBN | ISBN 0805070893 Parameter error in {{ISBNT}}: invalid character |
Why People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time is a book by Michael Shermer published in 1997 by Henry Holt and Company ISBN 0805070893. The foreword of the revised edition is by Stephen Jay Gould.
Shermer details and refutes popular pseudoscience and superstition including creationism, Holocaust denial, the Hundredth Monkey, alien abductions, near death experiences, modern witch hunts, and cults.
External links
- Why People Believe Weird Things review from Skepdic
- Why People Believe Weird Things review from Reason magazine