Comments on: Book review – Nonsense on Stilts: How to Tell Science from Bunk (Second Edition)/2019/07/15/book-review-nonsense-on-stilts-how-to-tell-science-from-bunk-second-edition/Reviewing fascinating science books since 2017Mon, 04 Dec 2023 15:56:24 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/By: Book review – Irrationality: A History of the Dark Side of Reason | The Inquisitive Biologist/2019/07/15/book-review-nonsense-on-stilts-how-to-tell-science-from-bunk-second-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-13845Mon, 26 Oct 2020 11:34:27 +0000http://inquisitivebiologist.wordpress.com/?p=3608#comment-13845[…] the demarcation problem (in layman’s terms, the surprisingly difficult challenge of telling science from bunk), but it was his other observations that really struck a chord with me. Why do these groups go down […]

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]]>By: Book review – In Defence of Democracy | The Inquisitive Biologist/2019/07/15/book-review-nonsense-on-stilts-how-to-tell-science-from-bunk-second-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-8935Sat, 11 Apr 2020 18:46:10 +0000http://inquisitivebiologist.wordpress.com/?p=3608#comment-8935[…] this in the context of science (see my reviews of Pseudoscience: The Conspiracy Against Science, Nonsense on Stilts: How to Tell Science from Bunk, and The Skeptics’ Guide to the Universe: How To Know What’s Really Real in a World […]

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]]>By: Book review – The Skeptics’ Guide to the Universe: How To Know What’s Really Real in a World Increasingly Full of Fake | The Inquisitive Biologist/2019/07/15/book-review-nonsense-on-stilts-how-to-tell-science-from-bunk-second-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-8825Fri, 03 Apr 2020 19:37:18 +0000http://inquisitivebiologist.wordpress.com/?p=3608#comment-8825[…] and contributions from a wide range of sceptics, such as philosopher Massimo Pigliucci (author of Nonsense on Stilts: How to Tell Science from Bunk), noted sceptic Michael Shermer (author of Why People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, […]

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]]>By: Book review – The Skeptics’ Guide to the Universe: How To Know What’s Really Real in a World Increasingly Full of Fake | The Inquisitive Biologist/2019/07/15/book-review-nonsense-on-stilts-how-to-tell-science-from-bunk-second-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-4885Mon, 15 Jul 2019 10:03:11 +0000http://inquisitivebiologist.wordpress.com/?p=3608#comment-4885[…] a wide range of noted skeptics and scientists, such as philosopher Massimo Pigliucci (author of Nonsense on Stilts: How to Tell Science from Bunk), noted skeptic Michael Shermer (author of Why People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, […]

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]]>By: Book review – Pseudoscience: The Conspiracy Against Science | The Inquisitive Biologist/2019/07/15/book-review-nonsense-on-stilts-how-to-tell-science-from-bunk-second-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-4884Mon, 15 Jul 2019 10:01:18 +0000http://inquisitivebiologist.wordpress.com/?p=3608#comment-4884[…] A Survival Guide to the Misinformation Age: Scientific Habits of Mind or the second edition of Nonsense on Stilts: How to Tell Science from Bunk). All these books have a very clear focus. My concern is that Pseudoscience ends up being a bit of […]

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