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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 Shermer, Michael. New York : St. Martin's Griffin, [2002] Subjects Pseudoscience.   Creative ability in science. ISBN:  9780805070897 (paperback) : 0805070893 (paperback) Description:  xxvi, 349 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm Edition:  Revised and expanded. 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. Requests:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Social Science & Philosophy 133 Sh Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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