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The Demon-Haunted World

door Carl Sagan • 1995

Why we fall for alien abductions and astrology, and the scientific toolkit that can save us.

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🔍 Scientific Skepticism 🔬 Philosophy Of Science 🚫 Pseudoscience Critique

The Demon-Haunted World

Why we fall for alien abductions and astrology, and the scientific toolkit that can save us.

door Carl Sagan 1995 459 pagina's

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🔍 Scientific Skepticism 🔬 Philosophy Of Science 🚫 Pseudoscience Critique

Why People Believe Weird Things

door Michael Shermer • 1997

The smarter you are, the better you are at defending beliefs reason never built.

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🔍 Skeptical Inquiry 🔬 Pseudoscience 🧠 Cognitive Biases

Why People Believe Weird Things

The smarter you are, the better you are at defending beliefs reason never built.

door Michael Shermer 1997 384 pagina's

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🔍 Skeptical Inquiry 🔬 Pseudoscience 🧠 Cognitive Biases

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

door Steven Novella • 2018

The skeptic's manual: how to beat your brain's biases and spot pseudoscience.

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🧠 Critical Thinking 🧩 Cognitive Biases 💭 Logical Fallacies

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

The skeptic's manual: how to beat your brain's biases and spot pseudoscience.

door Steven Novella 2018 512 pagina's

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🧠 Critical Thinking 🧩 Cognitive Biases 💭 Logical Fallacies

Irreligion

door John Allen Paulos • 2008

A mathematician audits the classic proofs for God and finds them full of logical holes.

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💭 Arguments For God 🧩 Logical Fallacies 🧠 Cognitive Biases

Irreligion

A mathematician audits the classic proofs for God and finds them full of logical holes.

door John Allen Paulos 2008 158 pagina's

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💭 Arguments For God 🧩 Logical Fallacies 🧠 Cognitive Biases

Don't Believe Everything You Think

door Thomas Kida • 2006

Your brain hunts for stories, ignores stats, and rewrites its memories. Skepticism is the repair.

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🧠 Cognitive Biases 🔬 Scientific Skepticism 💡 Critical Thinking

Don't Believe Everything You Think

Your brain hunts for stories, ignores stats, and rewrites its memories. Skepticism is the repair.

door Thomas Kida 2006 286 pagina's

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🧠 Cognitive Biases 🔬 Scientific Skepticism 💡 Critical Thinking

The Believing Brain

door Michael Shermer • 2011

Your beliefs came first. Every rational argument arrived afterward to defend them.

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🧠 Belief Formation 🔍 Scientific Skepticism 🕵️ Conspiracy Theories

The Believing Brain

Your beliefs came first. Every rational argument arrived afterward to defend them.

door Michael Shermer 2011 400 pagina's

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🧠 Belief Formation 🔍 Scientific Skepticism 🕵️ Conspiracy Theories

50 Popular Beliefs That People Think Are True

door Guy P. Harrison • 2011

Fifty beliefs debunked, one thinking habit learned: how to spot pseudoscience before it fools you.

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🔍 Modern Skepticism 🧠 Cognitive Biases 🤔 Critical Thinking

50 Popular Beliefs That People Think Are True

Fifty beliefs debunked, one thinking habit learned: how to spot pseudoscience before it fools you.

door Guy P. Harrison 2011 458 pagina's

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🔍 Modern Skepticism 🧠 Cognitive Biases 🤔 Critical Thinking

Bad Astronomy

door Philip Plait • 2002

From seasons to tides to falling stars: what you've gotten wrong about the night sky.

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Bad Astronomy

From seasons to tides to falling stars: what you've gotten wrong about the night sky.

door Philip Plait 2002 277 pagina's

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The Psychology of Conspiracy Theories

door Jan-Willem Van Prooijen • 2018

Big events need big causes. That single bias makes our minds vulnerable to conspiracy theories.

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🧠 Cognitive Biases 🕵️ Conspiracy Psychology 👥 Social Identity

The Psychology of Conspiracy Theories

Big events need big causes. That single bias makes our minds vulnerable to conspiracy theories.

door Jan-Willem Van Prooijen 2018 108 pagina's

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🧠 Cognitive Biases 🕵️ Conspiracy Psychology 👥 Social Identity

Trick or Treatment

door Simon Singh • 2008

Acupuncture, homeopathy, chiropractic, herbal medicine: held to the evidence, most unravel.

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💊 Alternative Medicine 🔍 Medical Skepticism 🧪 Clinical Trials

Trick or Treatment

Acupuncture, homeopathy, chiropractic, herbal medicine: held to the evidence, most unravel.

door Simon Singh 2008 352 pagina's

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💊 Alternative Medicine 🔍 Medical Skepticism 🧪 Clinical Trials

Nonsense on Stilts

door Massimo Pigliucci • 2008

Science isn't one method but many. Learn how they actually work, and the impostors can't hide.

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🧠 Philosophy Of Science 🚧 Demarcation Problem 🔮 Pseudoscience

Nonsense on Stilts

Science isn't one method but many. Learn how they actually work, and the impostors can't hide.

door Massimo Pigliucci 2008 336 pagina's

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🧠 Philosophy Of Science 🚧 Demarcation Problem 🔮 Pseudoscience

Lectures of Col. Robert Green Ingersoll

door Robert G. Ingersoll • 1942

Bible's God commands atrocities; its devil shows more mercy. Ingersoll's case for reason over faith.

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🕊️ Freethought 📜 Biblical Criticism 🔍 Anti-Clericalism

Lectures of Col. Robert Green Ingersoll

Bible's God commands atrocities; its devil shows more mercy. Ingersoll's case for reason over faith.

door Robert G. Ingersoll 1942 334 pagina's

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🕊️ Freethought 📜 Biblical Criticism 🔍 Anti-Clericalism

Answers for Aristotle

door Massimo Pigliucci • 2012

Science gives facts, philosophy gives values. Bridge them, and the good life stops being guesswork.

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🧠 Moral Psychology 🌿 Naturalistic Ethics 🪤 Cognitive Biases

Answers for Aristotle

Science gives facts, philosophy gives values. Bridge them, and the good life stops being guesswork.

door Massimo Pigliucci 2012 320 pagina's

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🧠 Moral Psychology 🌿 Naturalistic Ethics 🪤 Cognitive Biases

How to Become a Really Good Pain in the Ass

door Christopher W. DiCarlo • 2007

Why the most annoying person in the room is often right, and how to become them.

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🧠 Cognitive Biases 🔍 Fallacy Spotting 📊 Evidence Evaluation

How to Become a Really Good Pain in the Ass

Why the most annoying person in the room is often right, and how to become them.

door Christopher W. DiCarlo 2007 398 pagina's

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🧠 Cognitive Biases 🔍 Fallacy Spotting 📊 Evidence Evaluation

Do You Believe in Magic?

door Paul A. Offit • 2013

A billion-dollar industry runs on loopholes, hope, and the placebo effect, not science.

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🧪 Alternative Medicine Critique 🩺 Evidence-Based Medicine 🦆 Medical Quackery

Do You Believe in Magic?

A billion-dollar industry runs on loopholes, hope, and the placebo effect, not science.

door Paul A. Offit 2013 304 pagina's

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🧪 Alternative Medicine Critique 🩺 Evidence-Based Medicine 🦆 Medical Quackery

Think

door Guy P. Harrison • 2013

Your brain fools itself. The scientist's rules for seeing past the self-deceptions that cost you.

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🔬 Scientific Skepticism 🧐 Critical Thinking ⚠️ Cognitive Biases

Think

Your brain fools itself. The scientist's rules for seeing past the self-deceptions that cost you.

door Guy P. Harrison 2013 240 pagina's

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🔬 Scientific Skepticism 🧐 Critical Thinking ⚠️ Cognitive Biases

Voodoo Histories

door David Aaronovitch • 2009

From Stalin's show trials to 9/11 truthers: why conspiracy theories work, and why debunking fails.

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🕵️ Conspiracy Theories 🏛️ Political Paranoia 🧐 Skeptical Inquiry

Voodoo Histories

From Stalin's show trials to 9/11 truthers: why conspiracy theories work, and why debunking fails.

door David Aaronovitch 2009 358 pagina's

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🕵️ Conspiracy Theories 🏛️ Political Paranoia 🧐 Skeptical Inquiry

Snake Oil Science

door R. Barker Bausell • 2007

The pain relief is real; the needle is a prop. How placebo explains alternative medicine.

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🧐 Alternative Medicine Skepticism 💊 Placebo Effect 🔬 Clinical Trial Design

Snake Oil Science

The pain relief is real; the needle is a prop. How placebo explains alternative medicine.

door R. Barker Bausell 2007 324 pagina's

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🧐 Alternative Medicine Skepticism 💊 Placebo Effect 🔬 Clinical Trial Design

How to Think About Weird Things

door Theodore Schick Jr. • 1994

A method for evaluating any extraordinary claim, from alien abductions to miracle cures.

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🔬 Scientific Skepticism 👻 Paranormal Claims 🪤 Logical Fallacies

How to Think About Weird Things

A method for evaluating any extraordinary claim, from alien abductions to miracle cures.

door Theodore Schick Jr. 1994 368 pagina's

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🔬 Scientific Skepticism 👻 Paranormal Claims 🪤 Logical Fallacies

How We Know What Isn't So

door Thomas Gilovich • 1991

The mind finds pattern in noise, then argues for it with absolute conviction.

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🧠 Cognitive Biases ❤️ Motivated Reasoning 🎲 Randomness Perception

How We Know What Isn't So

The mind finds pattern in noise, then argues for it with absolute conviction.

door Thomas Gilovich 1991 216 pagina's

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🧠 Cognitive Biases ❤️ Motivated Reasoning 🎲 Randomness Perception

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