Thinking clearly

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The Demon-Haunted World

Carl Sagan, 1995

Long read, about 457 pages

A toolkit for spotting nonsense, with a warm defence of reason.

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  1. Which tool for spotting nonsense would you teach first, and to whom?
  2. How does Sagan stay kind to people who believe strange things?
  3. Where do you see the problems this book warns about today?

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