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245 00 a| Pseudoscience and deceptionh| [electronic resource] :b| the smoke and mirrors of paranormal claims /c| edited by Bryan Farha.;

260 a| Lanham :b| University Press of America,c| 2014.;

300 a| xix, 173 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 23 cm;

500 a| "An earlier version of this work was published as Paranormal claims: a critical analysis in 2007." -- Verso of title page.;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references.;

505 0 a| Foreword: Science and pseudoscience: the difference in thinking and the difference it makes / Michael Shermer -- Preface / 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.;

506 a| Available only to authorized users.;

520 8 a| 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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Pseudoscience and deception the smoke and mirrors of paranormal claims / edited by Bryan Farha.

Other author	Farha, Bryan.
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	Lanham : University Press of America, 2014.
Description	xix, 173 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects	Parapsychology--Case studies. Parapsychology--Investigation. --Case studies. Deception.

Contents	Foreword: Science and pseudoscience: the difference in thinking and the difference it makes / Michael Shermer -- Preface / 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.
Summary	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.
General note	"An earlier version of this work was published as Paranormal claims: a critical analysis in 2007." -- Verso of title page.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2013954620
ISBN	9780761862925 (pbk.)
ISBN	0761862927 (pbk.)

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