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Why people believe weird things pseudoscience, superstition, and other confusions of our time

The co-founder of "Skeptic" magazine explains why people are so willing to believe in mind reading, alien abductions, ghosts, and other manifestations of pseudoscience, and discusses how such wrong thinking can lead to very real danger.

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Main Author:	Shermer, Michael
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : A.W.H. Freeman/Owl Book, 2002.
Edition:	Rev. and expanded.
Subjects:	Pseudoscience. Creative ability in science.
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Summary:	The co-founder of "Skeptic" magazine explains why people are so willing to believe in mind reading, alien abductions, ghosts, and other manifestations of pseudoscience, and discusses how such wrong thinking can lead to very real danger.
Item Description:	"First Owl Books edition"--T.p. verso.
Physical Description:	xxvi, 349 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-332) and index.
ISBN:	0805070893 (pbk.) 9780805070897 (pbk.) 9780613916622 (Topeka) 061391662X (Topeka)
Author Notes:	Michael Shermer is the director of the Skeptics Society and the host of the Skeptics Lecture Series at the California Institute of Technology. He teaches science, technology, and evolutionary thought in the Cultural Studies Program at Occidental College.