Pseudoscience and deception : the smoke and mirrors of paranormal claims / foreword by Michael Shermer; ed. by Bryan Farha

Englisch

Lanham, Md. [u.a.] : University Press of America, 2014

XIX, 173 S.

Archivierung/Langzeitarchivierung gewährleistet 20211213 ; IGPP (Rechtsgrundlage SLG). UB Freiburg

978-0-7618-6292-5 pbk.

0-7618-6292-7 pbk.

Weitere Ausgaben: 978-0-7618-6293-2 (Fernzugriff)

Foreword: Science and pseudoscience: the difference in thinking and the difference it makes / Michael ShermerPreface / Bryan Farha -- Why smart people believe weird things / Michael Shermer -- How to argue / Steven Novella -- Cold reading: how to convince strangers that you know all about them / Ray Hyman -- Long Island chicanery / Bryan Farha -- Why bogus therapies often seem to work / Barry L. Beyerstein -- Power balance products: a skeptical look / Harriet Hall -- Consensus on climate change / Steven Novella -- Why traditional Chinese medicine diagnosis is worthless / Stephen Barrett -- The case for and against astrology / Geoffrey Dean -- Looking up to logic / Bryan Farha -- The lunar effect and confirmation bias / Steven Novella -- Prayer and healing: the verdict is in and the results are null / Michael Shermer -- Confessions of a skeptic / Martin Gardner -- Pseudoscience in contemporary clinical psychology: what it is and what we can do about it / Scott Lilienfeld -- Number manipulation: the not "so spooky" Tim McVeigh / Bryan Farha -- Deconstructing the dead / Michael Shermer -- Bigfoot at 50: evaluating a half-century of bigfoot evidence / Benjamin Radford.

*Pseudowissenschaft / Täuschung

*Parapsychology -- Case studies ; Parapsychology -- Case studies -- Investigation ; Deception ; Parapsychology -- Case studies ; Parapsychology -- Investigation -- Case studies ; Deception

Klassifikation der Library of Congress: BF1031

Dewey Dezimal-Klassifikation: 130

A compilation of some of the most eye-opening skeptical articles pertaining to extraordinary claims and pseudoscience. Articles explore paranormal, extraordinary, or fringe-science claims and reveal logical explanations or outline the deceptive tactics involved in convincing the vulnerable

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