The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe: How to Know What's Really Real in a World Increasingly Full of Fake

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

How to Know What's Really Real in a World Increasingly Full of Fake

By
Steven Novella
Steven Novella
2018 • 448 pages

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Curiosity

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Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress

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Mind

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Science

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Society

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Thinking

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The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe: How to Know What's Really Real in a World Increasingly Full of Fake