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Pseudoscience: An Amusing History of Crackpot Ideas and Why We Love Them
Pseudoscience: An Amusing History of Crackpot Ideas and Why We Love Them | Lydia Kang, Nate Pedersen
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From the authors of Quackery, a visual and narrative history of popular ideas, phenomena, and widely held beliefs disproven by science. From the easily disproved to the wildly speculative, to straight-up hucksterism, Pseudoscience is (…more)
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I love the stuff that Lydia Kang writes. This is a collection of conspiracy theories and other ideas that fall in the realm of pseudoscience, why they‘re believed and why they‘re wrong. Contains topics including the flat earth theory, the “faking” of the moon landing, crop circles, spontaneous human combustion and gasoline pills to name a few. Really enjoyed my time with this.