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Cover 1 Half Title 2 Title 4 Copyright 5 Dedication 6 Contents 8 Volume One 8 Colorful Pebbles and Darwin’s Dictum: An Introduction 12 1 Important Pseudoscientific Concepts 18 Alien Abductions 20 Alternative Archaeology 26 Ancient Astronauts 34 Animal Mutilations 40 Anomalous Psychological Experiences 42 Anthroposophy and Anthroposophical Medicine 48 Astrology 52 Attachment Therapy 60 Ball Lightning 65 Bermuda Triangle 69 Biorhythms 71 Castaneda, Carlos 74 Clever Hans 77 Cold Reading 80 Crop Circles 84 Cryptozoology 88 Cults 96 Dietary Supplements 102 Dowsing 110 Earthquake Prediction 112 Electromagnetic Fields and Cell Phones 115 Fairies, Elves, Pixies, and Gnomes 118 Faster-Than-Light Travel 121 Feng Shui 125 Geller, Uri 130 Handwriting Analysis and Graphology 133 Hypnosis 138 Idemotor Effect (the "Ouija Board" Effect) 144 Laundry Balls 147 Magnetic Therapy 149 The Mars Face: Extraterrestrial Archaeology 153 Meditation 158 Multiple Personality Disorder 163 Near-Death Experiences 169 Observer Effects and Observer Bias 175 Out-of-Body Experiences 181 Phrenology 187 Piltdown Man (Hoax): Famous Fossil Forgery 190 Placebo Effect 195 Planetary Alignments 198 Polygraph and Lie Detecti

Author

Michael Shermer

Language

EN

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Updated

2026-03-14