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| SUPERSTITION - Belief in the Age of Science Paperback |
| by PARK, ROBERT L. |
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ISBN: 0691145970
- ISBN 13: 9780691145976 |
| AAB Internal Code: 5167843 |
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Pubblication year: 2010
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| Arrival date: 31/8/2010 |
| Published by: Princeton University Press |
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From uttering a prayer before boarding a plane, to exploring past lives through hypnosis, has superstition become pervasive in contemporary culture? Robert Park, the best-selling author of "Voodoo Science", argues that it has. In "Superstition", Park asks why people persist in superstitious convictions long after science has shown them to be ill-founded. He takes on supernatural beliefs from religion and the afterlife to New Age spiritualism and faith-based medical claims. He examines recent controversies and concludes that science is the only way we have of understanding the world. Park sides with the forces of reason in a world of continuing and, he fears, increasing superstition. Chapter by chapter, he explains how people too easily mistake pseudoscience for science. He discusses parapsychology, homeopathy, and acupuncture; he questions the existence of souls, the foundations of intelligent design, and the power of prayer; he asks for evidence of reincarnation and astral projections; and, he challenges the idea of heaven. Throughout, he demonstrates how people's blind faith, and their confidence in suspect phenomena and remedies, are manipulated for political ends.; Park shows that science prevails when people stop fooling themselves. Compelling and precise, "Superstition" takes no hostages in its quest to provoke. In shedding light on some very sensitive - and Park would say scientifically dubious - issues, the book is sure to spark discussion and controversy. |
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