Immediately as I saw this book on the list I knew it was going to pull me in, this book is all about why people believe in things that to ...

            The Demon Haunted World  by Carl Sagan is a very interesting book on skepticism and the idea that people are more willing to be...

The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark was published in 1995 by Carl Sagan.  The main theme of the book is critical thinki...

The first lecture deals with ways of thinking. Immediately reading that title I thought to my self "Ways of thinking"? how can one...

The book I read for class was “why people believe weird things” by Michael Sherman,  a book covering the strange new fades and beliefs that ...

I grew up in Cape May, which is known as one of the most haunted towns in America. There are many different ghost tours offered by carriag...

The book I chose was “ Flim-Flam! Psychics, ESP, Unicorns and Other Delusions ” by James Randi. James Randi is a professional magician ...

When you have a fever or a sore throat your first instinct will usually be to schedule an appointment with your family doctor. You will ty...

Growing up in South Jersey,  we all knew the tales of the Jersey Devil. We learned about the Jersey Devil at the same time that we learned...

       Stuart Vyse’s novel, Believing in Magic: The Psychology of Superstition, is an in-depth analysis of the basis of superstition as w...

                The novel by Michael Shermer explores the fanciful and dark side of the human mind and our thought processes. Self-pr...