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Believing bullshit: how not to get sucked into an intellectual black hole
Amherst, N.Y.: Prometheus Books (2011)
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Playing the mystery card -- "But it fits!" -- Going nuclear -- Moving the semantic goalposts -- "But I just know!" -- Pseudo-profundity -- Piling up the anecdotes -- Pressing your buttons -- Conclusion -- The Tapescrew letters.Author's Profile
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