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Ενδιαφέρον, αν και όχι ακριβώς αυτό που περίμενα. Ο Shermer, εκδότης του περιοδικού Sceptic και ιδρυτής του The Skeptics Society, αναλύει τις αρχές του σκεπτικισμού, δηλαδή της συστηματικής κατάρριψης αμφιλεγόμενων δοξασιών και θεωριών, εξηγεί γιατί ο ανθρώπινος νους τείνει να πιστεύει σε παράξενες ψευδοεπιστημονικές ιδέες και με ποιό τρόπο αυτές διαφέρουν από την πραγματική επιστήμη.
Ο συγγραφέας πραγματεύεται θέματα όπως τα μέντιουμ, τις περιθανάτιες εμπειρίες, τις απαγωγές από εξωγήινους, τις ...more
Okay – I have a confession to make. I have no idea what I’m doing in life. Not just in my career choices, but in pretty much anything. I’m hungry… what should I eat? I don’t know. Whatever it is will probably either be so expensive that I can’t afford it, or it will slowly poison me until I die, alone, fat and malnourished, and also broke.
I need to tighten that faucet. What? I was supposed to know about plumbers tape? Never heard of it, but it was a thing I was supposed to know about, and now I ...more
I need to tighten that faucet. What? I was supposed to know about plumbers tape? Never heard of it, but it was a thing I was supposed to know about, and now I ...more
As always, Shermer is an enjoyable read for the skeptic. Learned stuff. Found things I want to look further into, and enjoyed the book overall.
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