Believing Bullshit
How Not to Get Sucked into an Intellectual Black Hole
by Stephen Law · first published 2011
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Wacky and ridiculous belief systems abound. Members of the Heaven's Gate suicide cult believed they were taking a ride to heaven on board a UFO. Muslim suicide bombers expect to be greeted after death by 72 heavenly virgins. And many fundamentalist Christians insist the entire universe is just 6,000 years old. Of course it's not only cults and religions that promote bizarre beliefs. Significant numbers of people believe that aliens built the pyramids, that the Holocaust never happened, and that the World Trade Center was brought down by the US government. How do such ridiculous views succeed i
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…modern issues. Really good. I want to go to Athens. = July = The Mind Body Problem - Rebecca Newberger Goldstein 4 Novel about a female philosophy student shagging around and philosophising about it. Believing Bullshit - Stephen Law 4 Book detailing the various tricks / schemes played by charlatans and how to avoid being taken in by them. = August = 36 Arguments for the Existence of God: a work of fiction - Rebecca…
on “Ask HN: Books you read in 2015?” ↗…simplified each view that contradicts his own down..." Do you know what a "field guide" is? They're not generally full course textbooks on zoology. If you want a more full treatment, I hear there's this "Believing Bullshit" book by, I don't know, some guy or other, I heard about it somewhere. (Haven't read it, so I can't guarantee it has any given thing, but I bet it's a good deal longer than that article.) I think one…
on “A field guide to bullshit” ↗Sure, if I wanted the full treatment, I also hear there's this "Believing Bullshit" book. Unfortunately, I recall reading a synopsis, and I get the feeling that I would be wasting my money were I to buy it. The tone and content of the article in no way suggested that the book would…
on “A field guide to bullshit” ↗