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Table of Contents
PART 1
PART 2
PART 3
PART 4
PART 5
FOREWORD | The Positive Power of Skepticism
INTRODUCTION TO THE PAPERBACK EDITION
PROLOGUE | Next on Oprah
PART 1: SCIENCE AND SKEPTICISM
1. I Am Therefore I Think | A Skeptic's Manifesto
2. The Most Precious Thing We Have | The Difference Between Science and Pseudoscience
3. How Thinking Goes Wrong | Twenty-five Fallacies That Lead Us to Believe Weird Things
PART 2: PSEUDOSCIENCE AND SUPERSTITION
4. Deviations | The Normal, the Paranormal, and Edgar Cayce
5. Through the Invisible | Near-Death Experiences and the Quest for Immortality
6. Abducted! | Encounters with Aliens
7. Epidemics of Accusations | Medieval and Modern Witch Crazes
8. The Unlikeliest Cult | Ayn Rand, Objectivism, and the Cult of Person
ality
PART 3: EVOLUTION AND CREATIONISM
9. In the Beginning | An Evening with Duane T. Gish
10. Confronting Creationists | Twenty-five Creationist Arguments, Twenty-five Evolutionist Answers
11. Science Defended, Science Defined | Evolution and Creationism at the Supreme Court
PART 4: HISTORY AND PSEUDOHISTORY
12. Doing Donahue | History, Censorship, and Free Speech
13. Who Says the Holocaust Never Happened, and Why Do They Say It? | An Overview of a Movement
14. How We Know the Holocaust Happened | Debunking the Deniers
15. Pigeonholes and Continuums | An African-Greek-German-American Looks at Race
PART 5: HOPE SPRINGS ETERNAL
16. Dr. Tipler Meets Dr. Pangloss | Can Science Find the Best of All Possible Worlds?
17. Why Do People Believe Weird Things?
18. Why Smart People Believe Weird Things
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