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    Some of the writers here at SIN have contributed to an anthology called 13 Reasons to Doubt, with chapters ranging over many aspects of skepticism. Here s the description:

    Extraordinary claims and extraordinary evidence.

    The mainstream and social media feed our minds a diet of fringe science and outright pseudoscience. They relentlessly stream paranormal, supernatural, and otherwise extraordinary claims. Where do all these come from? They’re spread by shysters and charlatans, by corporate propagandists with cynical eyes on the bottom line, by priests and preachers of all kinds, by axe-grinding cranks and ideologues, and frequently by well-meaning dupes.

    This may be a scientific age, but all too often, science, well-grounded scholarship, evidence, and logic are ignored—or even denied.

    Scientific skepticism offers a corrective: skeptics defend science and reason, while demanding the evidence for extraordinary claims.

    In this volume, we offer you thirteen ways to scientific skepticism: thirteen reasons to doubt extraordinary claims. The authors discuss groupthink and cognitive biases, science denialism, weird archeology, claims about religion and free will, and many other topics. Within these pages, there is something for anyone who wants to avoid biases and fallacies, cut through the masses of misinformation, and push back against fakers and propagandists.

    The chapters are as follows:

    INTRODUCTION

    A BRIEF HISTORY OF DOUBT: GREAT SKEPTICS FROM ANTIQUITY TO THE RENAISSANCE
    PETER FERGUSON

    SKEPTICISM IN AN AGE OF IDEOLOGY
    RUSSELL BLACKFORD

    ARE YOU A SKEPTIC?
    MARIA MALTSEVA

    WHY YOU CAN’T TRUST YOUR BRAIN
    CALEB W. LACK

    BEING SUSPICIOUS OF OURSELVES: GROUPTHINK’S THREAT TO SKEPTICISM
    JACQUES ROUSSEAU

    SCIENCE: A MECHANISM FOR DOUBTING; A SOURCE OF RELIABILITY
    KEVIN MCCARTHY

    SCIENCE IS PREDICATED ON THE NON-MAGICAL NATURAL WORLD ORDER
    JOHN W. LOFTUS

    THE POWER OF HUME’S ON MIRACLES
    ZACHARY SLOSS

    ON DOUBTING THE EXISTENCE OF FREE WILL, AND HOW IT CAN MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE
    JONATHAN M.S. PEARCE

    PSEUDOARCHAEOLOGY: SEVEN TIPS
    REBECCA BRADLEY

    THE NEW WORLD ORDER IS COMING FOR YOU!
    STAKS ROSCH

    WHY BELIEFS MATTER
    DAVID OSORIO

    SCIENCE DENIALISM AT A SKEPTIC CONFERENCE: A CAUTIONARY TALE
    EDWARD K CLINT

    APPENDIX: SCIENCE DENIALISM AT A SKEPTIC CONFERENCE

    AUTHOR BIOGRAPHIES

    13 Reasons To Doubt: Essays from the writers of Skeptic Ink

    They are all fantastic contributions of varying length and subject matters.

    It is available on paperback, Amazon Kindle, Kobo and Nook now, with iTunes to follow. We would love it if you could get hold of it and post a positive review tohelp boost the book!

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    Article by: Jonathan MS Pearce