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Reference

Interested in reading more about denialism, skepticism, or critical thinking? These are a few of the books I would recommend sampling:

The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark – Carl Sagan

Denialism: How Irrational Thinking Hinders Scientific Progress, Harms the Planet, and Threatens Our Lives – Michael Specter

Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science – Martin Gardner

Flim-Flam! Psychics, ESP, Unicorns, and Other Delusions – James Randi

The Paranoid Style in American Politics – Richard Hofstadter

The Panic Virus: A True Story of Medicine, Science, and Fear – Seth Mnookin

Voodoo Histories: The Role of the Conspiracy Theory in Shaping Modern History – David Aaronovitch

Why People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time – Michael Shermer

And here are a few websites to explore:

Skeptoid: Critical Analysis of Pop Phenomena

Skeptics Guide: Top 20 Logical Fallacies

The Skeptics Guide to the Universe Podcast

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