7/5/2023 0 Comments Carl sagan the demon![]() ![]() ![]() An arguer attacks the opposing arguer and not the actual argument.Ģ. Here’s the Wikipedia summary, in the book each item is discussed in greater detail.ġ. I only wish he hadn’t talked about so many types of doubtful doctrines.įor me, the highlight of the book is Chapter 12 where he describes 20 ways in which false narratives proliferate. I still find I can open the book almost anywhere and be intrigued by what he has to say. ![]() I think that if he’d lived a little longer**, Carl and Ann might have edited the length to make the book a little less repetitive. I settled on re-reading Chapter 12, “The Baloney Detector” and perusing the quotations in. Maybe I’m just a little too attached to wanting new ideas. ![]() I thought I would re-read the book, but its length intimidates me a little. He felt too many people were rejecting the hard and clear-eyed view of science for what made them feel good. This is a book I first read in 2017 and I was reminded of it when I found a sign I made years ago about being bamboozled.* I was amazed how topical the book was in 2017 (22 years after publication) and how topical it remains today.Ĭarl Sagan and Ann Druyan wrote this book in 1995 as a response to the burgeoning popular beliefs in such things as astrology, the power of crystals, alien abduction, clairvoyance, the lost kingdom of Atlantis, and many other doubtful beliefs. ![]()
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