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Why You Should Question Everything

I am a scientist and skeptic. I did expect the book to be written at a slightly higher level than it is, so I was a bit underwhelmed. The author tries to hard to be uncontroversial and soft-peddling in his presentation. As a result, the whole book is repetitive and generally boring. Intellectual arg......more

I was disappointed with this book. I was expecting a more advanced book. The information in the book is very basic. I learned this in a general science course in high school. Harrison claims that too many people accept information without examining it critically. He discusses alien abduction, miracl......more

The first page made me chuckle. I liked the attitude with which he approached skepticism, the bluntness of his dismissal of fantastical ideas. A little humor goes a long way, when it comes to holding attention. But. I like my philosophy a little more seasoned, with stronger roots. This book would be......more

I read a lot of books about critical thinking so I like to think I am able to rank this among books on critical thinking. It ranks as an entry into critical thinking or sceptical thinking. It doesn't go deep or detailed. It lists the main reasons for sceptical thinking and lists some ways your brain......more

This book might not be the best of its kind (skepticism), but it provides a fairly useful tool to question everything around us. There are parts that some may find boring because the author disproved hypotheses that most of us find false already like Bermuda triangle and other superstitions. However......more