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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Damian Thompson |
| ISBN: | 9780393067699 0393067696 |
| OCLC Number: | 227016172 |
| Description: | 162 p. ; 21 cm. |
| Contents: | Knowledge and counterknowledge -- Creationism and counterknowledge -- The return of pseudohistory -- Desperate remedies -- The counterknowledge industry -- Living with counterknowledge. |
| Responsibility: | Damian Thompson. |
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Abstract:
From conspiracy theories to alternative medicine, people are experiencing an epidemic of untrue descriptions of the world. Following in the footsteps of Richard Dawkins's "The God Delusion" and Sam Harris's "The End of Faith," this work is a defense of scientific proof in an age of fabrication.
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