Skeptical os skepticismNovember 29, 2008 Why People Believe weird Things--Michael Shermer
Strong bias is provided in the book which itself has much pseudoscience in the guise of science
Skeptics who don't know anything about the paranormal shouldn't be writing books on them!October 15, 2008 0 out of 8 found this review helpful
It annoys me when skeptics who don't know anything about the paranormal write books on them and pretend to be experts.
In Demon Haunted World for example, Sagan never even met any alien abductees, yet he devotes a whole chapter to them?
If you ask a real researcher like Bud Hopkins, who has interviewed hundreds of abductees, you'll learn a lot more than this pseudo-skeptic and scientist Sagan who is trying to bat out of his league.
These debunkers never present the best arguments from the paranormal believers/experiencers side. They just build up straw mens and knock them down.
Plus they insult our intelligence, with notions like astrology is all general hits that fit everyone. If that was the case, no one would believe in it. Duh! Truth is, they are not general hits, but highly specific.
The vedic version of astrology as well as the Chinese purple heart astrology, are even far more accurate and specific than the western astrology.
And FYI, science is not "a candle in the dark". Science is a tool, a useful one at that, but it does not have a position on whether the paranormal is true or false. That's something that pseudo-skeptics try to do, is make science appear to have a say in all this when it doesn't. Scientists may have their opinions, but not science itself.
See my essay which exposes the fallacies and misinformation that skeptics spread about the paranormal, to get a dose of truth.
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Also see my youtube channel where I expose some of the lies and misinformation James Randi spread about Uri Geller.
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Thanks, Winston
Well thought out book showing how even smart people can believe weird things.August 4, 2008 2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Well written easy to understand book about the psychology of how people (even smart people) can fall into common logical fallacies and come to wrong conclusions if they aren't careful.
Must read.
debunkers are losers!July 31, 2008 2 out of 32 found this review helpful
debunkers are losers
whats the difference between debunkers and Christian fundamentalist..there isn't one there!
there both cults!
there is an esoteric side to life that the scientist don't know much about..I have had experience with ESP,OBE and helped make 2 documentary's on UFO phenomena.The reason people believe in strange things is because TRUTH IS STRANGER THAN FICTION!
I have no time for sceptic debunkers
OBTW it's possible to get 3 pairs dice correct in a row! Because I have done it (without conscious effort) "small inner voice"..it comes to when NOT thinking about it.
all I can say to debunkers..is get real..it's DIRECT EXPERIENCE!..positive people know the truth!
I feel sorry for debunkers..
Why People BelieveJuly 30, 2008 1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Great book by Michael Shermer and a foreward by Stephen Jay Could. I love the section on History and Pseudohistory-Holocaust- Debunking the deniers Great book to retool our "Skepticism Radar". Question....everything!
