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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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The better educated you think you are, the more surprised yi
I expected a book debunking astrology, phrenology etc. Instead I got a book effectivly debunking my most cherished beliefs and heroes. Over population,danger of pesticides, Edison, Galileo, your immortal soul and on and on. Prepare to re-think everything.
Published on July 6, 1999
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2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Poorly researched smug nonsense
If you set out to dispel or debunk strongly held beliefs it helps to do your homework. There is already a considerable literature on fallacies and several thoroughly researched works in print. This particularly feeble effort is strewn with poor scholarship, repetition of old canards (the British inventing the concentration camp?-not so), and beliefs few educated people...
Published on January 14, 2000 by Chris Potter
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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The better educated you think you are, the more surprised yi,
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This review is from: Things You Know That Are Not So: A Digest of Erroneous Popular Wisdom on History, Science (Paperback)
I expected a book debunking astrology, phrenology etc. Instead I got a book effectivly debunking my most cherished beliefs and heroes. Over population,danger of pesticides, Edison, Galileo, your immortal soul and on and on. Prepare to re-think everything.
2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Poorly researched smug nonsense,
This review is from: Things You Know That Are Not So: A Digest of Erroneous Popular Wisdom on History, Science (Paperback)
If you set out to dispel or debunk strongly held beliefs it helps to do your homework. There is already a considerable literature on fallacies and several thoroughly researched works in print. This particularly feeble effort is strewn with poor scholarship, repetition of old canards (the British inventing the concentration camp?-not so), and beliefs few educated people actually hold. Don't waste your money, get The Dictionary of Misinformation series.
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Things You Know That Are Not So: A Digest of Erroneous Popular Wisdom on History, Science by David Moshinsky (Paperback - July 1996)
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