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Book Review: The Demon-Haunted World by Carl Sagan

Posted on September 12, 2018April 9, 2022
Topics: Natural Sciences, Nonfiction

Rating: 4.5/10.

A classic book by astronomer Carl Sagan about how to distinguish science from pseudoscience. The beginning is really interesting and talks about a man who seems well-read, but his knowledge is completely wrong. Stuff like aliens, UFOs, ghosts, Atlantis, crop circles, other supernatural stuff. The book proceeds to debunk all of these in great detail; I got through about 100 pages before I had enough.

Obviously I don’t believe in these supernatural stuff, and I don’t know of anyone who seriously believes it, maybe because of my background, it felt like preaching to the choir. Maybe it would be more interesting to someone without a scientific background.

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