Why People Believe Weird Things

, by Shermer, Michael

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ISBN: 9781567313598 | 1567313590
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 8/1/2000

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Supplemental Materials

Foreword The Positive Power of Skepticism

Stephen Jay Gould

Introduction to the Paperback Edition

xiii

Magical Mystery Tour

The Whys and Wherefores of Weird Things

Prologue Next on Oprah

(10)

PART 1: SCIENCE AND SKEPTICISM

(52)

I Am Therefore I Think

(11)

A Skeptic's Manifesto

The Most Precious Thing We Have

(20)

The Difference Between Science and Pseudoscience

How Thinking Goes Wrong

(19)

Twenty-five Fallacies That Lead Us to Believe Weird Things

PART 2: PSEUDOSCIENCE AND SUPERSTITION

(62)

Deviations

(8)

The Normal, the Paranormal, and Edgar Cayce

Through the Invisible

(15)

Near-Death Experiences and the Quest for Immortality

Abducted!

(11)

Encounters with Aliens

Epidemics of Accusations

(15)

Medieval and Modern Witch Crazes

The Unlikeliest Cult

114

(11)

Ayn Rand, Objectivism, and the Cult of Personality

PART 3: EVOLUTION AND CREATIONISM

125

(48)

In the Beginning

127

(10)

An Evening with

Duane T. Gish

Confronting Creationists

137

(17)

Twenty-five Creationist Arguments, Twenty-five Evolutionist Answers

Science Defended, Science Defined

154

(19)

Evolution and Creationism at the Supreme Court

PART 4: HISTORY AND PSEUDOHISTORY

173

(80)

Doing Donahue

175

(13)

History, Censorship, and Free Speech

Who Says the Holocaust Never Happened, and Why Do They Say It?

188

(23)

An Overview of a Movement

How We Know the Holocaust Happened

211

(31)

Debunking the Deniers

Pigeonholes and Continuums

242

(11)

An African-Greek-German-American Looks at Race

PART 5: HOPE SPRINGS ETERNAL

253

(26)

Dr. Tipler Meets Dr. Pangloss

255

(18)

Can Science Find the Best of All Possible Worlds?

Why Do People Believe Weird Things?

273

(6)

Bibliography

279

(16)

Index

295

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