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Why People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time: Michael Shermer,Stephen Jay Goul
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"Michael Shermer's "Why People Believe Weird Things" is hilarious, educational, critical and gives an excellent summary of how superstition and pseudoscience affects us and what we can do to identify it."
How We Believe, 2nd Edition: Science, Skepticism, and the Search for God: Michael Shermer
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"Rather than taking the Dawkins, Dennet, Hitchens approach on "religion as irrationality" argument, Shermer, the founder of the Skeptics Society, takes a look at why we believe, how we believe and the benefits and dangers of faith. He maintains that science and faith are compatible and can be mutually supportive for the individual, but often in conflict when it involves fundamentalism or literal..."
Helping Me Help Myself: One Skeptic, Ten Self-Help Gurus, and a Year on the Brink of the Comfort Zone: Beth LisickBe
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"Beth Lisick is so damn funny...but in such a sincere way-never hammy or cartoony even when she is wearing the banana suit (google beth lisick for more info). This is an amusing, insightful, and delightfully honest bit of navel gazing. I wish all books of an autobiographical nature were this cool and funny."
Darwin '08 - Darwin for President | New York City Skeptics
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"There have been a precious few people who have attracted my attention this election cycle. However, this is a guy I can totally get behind. He's bright, well traveled, redefined science as we know it and he'd probably pick a superb running mate. However, there are a few problems. 1: He's British 2: He wont win Kansas or Florida 3: The pundit comedy almost writes itself 4: He's no longer l..."
Skeptic T-Shirt
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"Often received as a bad thing. However, I'd assert that skepticism is a great quality. And I say, if you're going to be something be proud of it (and make it into a t-shirt and wear it all the time)."
Flock of Dodos: Behind Modern Creationism, Intelligent Design and the Easter Bunny: Barrett Brown, Jon P Alton
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"A brilliant look at the controversy surrounding science and intelligent design (which is basically creationism re-branded), a flock of dodos explore not the evidence for or against the ideas, but looks at the people, the situations and the controversy. A must read for anyone who enjoys science debate and history."
Penn & Teller - Bullsh*t! - The First Season
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"Irreverent and brutal, honest and brilliant. Penn and Teller dissect modern myths, superstitions and general humbuggery, woo and pseudoscience in their distinct and hilarious way. 1: Talking to the Dead 2: Alternative Medicine 3: Alien Abductions 4: End of the World 5: Second Hand Smoke/Baby BS 6: Sex, Sex, Sex 7: Feng Shui/Bottled Water 8: Creationism 9: Self-Helpless 10: ESP 11: Eat ..."
Penn & Teller - Bullsh*t! The Complete Second Season
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"Season 2 of Penn and Teller's award winning show brings more hilarious pseudoscience and plain old weirdness to the chopping block. 1: P.E.T.A. 2: Safety Hysteria 3: The Business of Love 4: War on Drugs 5: Recycling 6: The Bible: Fact or Fiction? 7: Yoga/Tantric Sex 8: Fountain of Youth 9: Death, Inc. 10: Profanity 11: 12-Stepping 12: Exercise vs. Genetics 13: Hypnosis"
Penn & Teller - Bullsh*t - The Complete Third Season
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"These guys just dont quit offending pretty much everyone. There are no sacred cows, there is nothing safe from their critical eyes. 1: Circumcision 2: Family Values 3: Conspiracy Theories 4: Life Coaching 6: College 7: Big Brother 8: Hair 9: Gun Control 10: Ghost Busters"
UFO Pyramid Tee from Teach the Controversy T-Shirts
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"Aliens built the pyramids, absence of evidence just means that there's a global conspiracy to hide the truth!! comes with free tin-foil hat."
The X-Files: The Complete Collector's Edition
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"THis was a great show. I watched this like clockwork."
