The New Nonsense: The End of the Rational ConsensusAnalyzes the embracing of non-rational ideas or beliefs in the face of contradictory evidence as a harbinger of social collapse. |
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... chocolate . You will have an insatiable desire to eat the chocolate . . . but at the same time you will feel it is wrong for you to have the chocolate , that it doesn't belong to you , that you must not eat it . " The subject was then ...
... chocolate . You will have an insatiable desire to eat the chocolate . . . but at the same time you will feel it is wrong for you to have the chocolate , that it doesn't belong to you , that you must not eat it . " The subject was then ...
Contents
Introduction | 9 |
On Being a Believer | 33 |
Touch Hate Feel Etc | 42 |
Copyright | |
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