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50 Popular Beliefs That People Think Are True (2011)

by Guy P. Harrison(Favorite Author)

3.54 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1616144955 (ISBN13: 9781616144951)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Prometheus Books

review 1: This was a fun book to read. Each chapter is dedicated to a different belief, ranging from fun beliefs, such as ghosts, UFOs, and Bigfoot, to more dangerous beliefs, such as faith healing and alternative medicine. I grew up watching a lot of those shows on the Discovery channel, Animal Planet and the History channel about the Bermuda Triangle, Area 51, various monsters, and Roswell. Harrison shows how the "evidence" used on those shows is either completely made-up or distorted. He also talks about how, thanks to politicians, science has turned into a political issue, especially in cases such as climate change and evolution. Harrison especially emphasizes that being a skeptic isn't the same as being cynical and is actually a positive thing in a world of ignorance and misund... moreerstanding. Also, at the end of each chapter, Harrison includes a list of books for further reading about each topic. I now have a long list of new books to check out. I only had one problem with the book. There were a lot of grammatical errors that shouldn't be in a finished book (and in this case, the errors weren't from a lack of knowing better but just from a lack of proper editing). A couple of the chapters also got a little repetitive. Otherwise, I recommend this to anyone interested in science and the truth behind a lot of the world's mysteries.
review 2: A pretty good primer on the difference of acceptance and skepticism. It dos not, however, teach you HOW to be skeptical. Regardless, it gives many examples of people being duped or dupers out there. It's a pretty good read. If you are a solid Christian, be prepared to be angered. I recommend reading only the chapters that are of interest to you. His recommendation to "be skeptical" gets old after a few chapters. less

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