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Believing bullshit : how not to get sucked into an intellectual black hole / Stephen Law.

This title offers a witty look inside the world of ridiculous and sometimes downright dangerous belief systems, and how they suck us in.

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Field name	Details
ISBN	9781616144111 (pbk.)
ISBN	1616144114 (pbk.)
Dewey	165
Author	Law, Stephen
Title	Believing bullshit : how not to get sucked into an intellectual black hole / Stephen Law.
Published	Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2011.
Physical description	271 p. ; 23 cm.
Note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents note	Playing the mystery card -- "But it fits!" and the blunderbuss -- Going nuclear -- Moving the semantic goalposts -- "But I just know!" -- Pseudo-profundity -- Piling up the anecdotes -- Pressing your buttons -- Conclusion -- The Tapescrew letters.
Summary	This title offers a witty look inside the world of ridiculous and sometimes downright dangerous belief systems, and how they suck us in.
Subject	Fallacies (Logic)