From the Book - Rev. and expanded.
Foreword: The positive power of skepticism / Stephen Jay Gould
pt. 1. Science and skepticism. 1. I am therefore I think: a skeptic's manifesto. 2. The most precious thing we have: the difference between science and pseudoscience. 3. How thinking goes wrong: twenty-five fallacies that lead us to believe weird things
pt. 2. Pseudoscience and superstition. 4. Deviations: the normal, the paranormal, and Edgar Cayce. 5. Through the invisible: near-death experiences and the quest for immortality. 6. Abducted!: encounters with aliens. 7. Epidemics of accusations: medieval and modern witch crazes. 8. The unlikeliest cult: Ayn Rand, objectivism, and the cult of personality
pt. 2. Evolution and creationism. 9. In the eginning: an evening with Duane T. Gish. 10. Confronting creationists: twenty-five creationist arguments, twenty-five evolutionist answers. 11. Science defended, science defined: evolution and creationism at the Supreme Court
pt. 4. History and pseudohistory. 12. Doing Donahue: history, censorship, and free speech. 13. Who says the Holocaust never happened, and why do they say it?: An overview of a movement. 14. How we know the Holocaust happened: debunking the deniers. 15. Pigeonholes and continuums: An African-Greek-German-American looks at race
pt. 5. Hope springs eternal. 16. Dr. Tipler meets Dr. Pangloss: can science find the best of all possible worlds? 17. Why do people believe weird things? 18. Why smart people believe weird things.
