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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... planets under some at- mospheric conditions to look like bright lights nearby ; and on mi- ragelike phenomena occurring during air inversions . I have often tried to mistake planets for lights flying around in the sky , but with no ...
... planets under some at- mospheric conditions to look like bright lights nearby ; and on mi- ragelike phenomena occurring during air inversions . I have often tried to mistake planets for lights flying around in the sky , but with no ...
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... planets requires conditions similar to those on earth , then the number of stars in the so - called main sequence likely to have " habitable zones " for planets becomes rather small . The large , bright stars may endure too short a time ...
... planets requires conditions similar to those on earth , then the number of stars in the so - called main sequence likely to have " habitable zones " for planets becomes rather small . The large , bright stars may endure too short a time ...
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... planet , we may have a comet belt , which serves as a reservoir from which " new " comets appear as their ... planets , but the as- teroids , comets , and some satellites . * So again , one is left with a view of matters quite ...
... planet , we may have a comet belt , which serves as a reservoir from which " new " comets appear as their ... planets , but the as- teroids , comets , and some satellites . * So again , one is left with a view of matters quite ...
Contents
Introduction | 9 |
On Being a Believer | 33 |
Touch Hate Feel Etc | 42 |
Copyright | |
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