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John Horgan

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JOHN HORGAN is a science journalist and Director of the Center for Science Writings at the Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey. A former senior writer at Scientific American (1986-1997), he has also written for The New York Times, Time, Newsweek, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, The New Republic, Slate, Discover, The London Times, The Times Literary Supplement, New Scientist, and other publications around the world. He blogs for the Center for Science Writings and for Bloggingheads.tv (see links at left).

His latest book is Rational Mysticism: Dispatches from the Border Between Science and Spirituality, published in hardcover by Houghton Mifflin in January 2003 and in paperback by Mariner Books in March 2004.

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Thanksgiving and the Myth of Native American 'Savages'

Prominent scientists exaggerate the violence of Native Americans, whom European invaders ravaged

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John Horgan’s books

Average rating: 3.77 · 1,903 ratings · 200 reviews · 45 distinct works • Similar authors

	The End of Science: Facing the Limits of Knowledge in the Twilight of the Scientific Age 3.59 avg rating — 637 ratings — published 1996 — 38 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rational Mysticism: Spirituality Meets Science in the Search for Enlightenment 3.77 avg rating — 515 ratings — published 2003 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The End of War 3.71 avg rating — 163 ratings — published 2011 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	His Angels at Our Side: Understanding Their Power in Our Souls and the World 4.56 avg rating — 106 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mind-Body Problems: Science, Subjectivity & Who We Really Are 4.01 avg rating — 114 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Undiscovered Mind: How the Human Brain Defies Replication, Medication, and Explanation 3.71 avg rating — 113 ratings — published 1999 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Psychology of Terrorism 3.75 avg rating — 105 ratings — published 2002 — 35 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Great Irish Reportage 4.04 avg rating — 28 ratings — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Terrorist Minds: The Psychology of Violent Extremism from Al-Qaeda to the Far Right 3.96 avg rating — 28 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Walking Away from Terrorism 3.83 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2008 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“By the time I finally finished writing The End of Science , I'd concluded that people don't give a shit about science.... They don't give a shit about quantum mechanics or the Big Bang. As a mass society, our interest in those subjects is trivial. People are much more interested in making money, finding love, and attaining status and prestige. So I'm not really sure if a post-science world would be any different than the world of today.”
― John Horgan, But What If We're Wrong? Thinking About the Present As If It Were the Past

tags: 2016, anti-intellectualism, popular-opinion, science

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“According to Zen legend, when a visitor asked the fifteenth-century master Ikkyu to write down a maxim of “the highest wisdom,” Ikkyu wrote one word: “Attention.” The visitor asked, irritably, “Is that all?” This time, Ikkyu wrote two words: “Attention. Attention.”
― John Horgan, Rational Mysticism: Spirituality Meets Science in the Search for Enlightenment

tags: attention, zen

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“Buddha suggested as much when he told his monks, “‘Actions exist, and also their consequences, but the person that acts does not.”
― John Horgan, Rational Mysticism: Spirituality Meets Science in the Search for Enlightenment

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