Pseudo Science Books

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Chariots of The Gods Chariots of The Gods (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as pseudo-science)
avg rating 3.53 — 17,631 ratings — published 1968
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Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as pseudo-science)
avg rating 4.01 — 896,813 ratings — published 2005
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Why People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time Why People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as pseudo-science)
avg rating 3.86 — 9,984 ratings — published 1997
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The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as pseudo-science)
avg rating 4.29 — 80,293 ratings — published 1995
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Gods from Outer Space Gods from Outer Space (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as pseudo-science)
avg rating 3.25 — 926 ratings — published 1969
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Supernatural: Meetings with the Ancient Teachers of Mankind Supernatural: Meetings with the Ancient Teachers of Mankind (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as pseudo-science)
avg rating 4.22 — 3,350 ratings — published 2005
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Holy Blood, Holy Grail Holy Blood, Holy Grail (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as pseudo-science)
avg rating 3.51 — 12,679 ratings — published 1982
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Darwin's Black Box: The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution Darwin's Black Box: The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as pseudo-science)
avg rating 3.79 — 4,054 ratings — published 1996
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Bad Science Bad Science (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as pseudo-science)
avg rating 4.06 — 44,814 ratings — published 2008
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Outliers: The Story of Success Outliers: The Story of Success (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as pseudo-science)
avg rating 4.19 — 865,480 ratings — published 2008
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12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as pseudo-science)
avg rating 3.91 — 267,186 ratings — published 2018
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The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as pseudo-science)
avg rating 4.07 — 88,830 ratings — published 2015
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Tower of Babel: The Evidence Against the New Creationism (A Bradford Book) Tower of Babel: The Evidence Against the New Creationism (A Bradford Book)
by (shelved 2 times as pseudo-science)
avg rating 4.13 — 166 ratings — published 1999
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The Gold of the Gods The Gold of the Gods (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as pseudo-science)
avg rating 3.38 — 1,034 ratings — published 1972
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So You've Been Publicly Shamed So You've Been Publicly Shamed (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as pseudo-science)
avg rating 3.93 — 65,802 ratings — published 2015
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Lost Secrets of the Sacred Ark: Amazing Revelations of the Incredible Power of Gold Lost Secrets of the Sacred Ark: Amazing Revelations of the Incredible Power of Gold (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as pseudo-science)
avg rating 3.98 — 243 ratings — published 2003
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Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as pseudo-science)
avg rating 4.08 — 474,662 ratings — published 2012
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Evolution: A Theory in Crisis Evolution: A Theory in Crisis (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as pseudo-science)
avg rating 4.05 — 238 ratings — published 1985
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Trick or Treatment: The Undeniable Facts about Alternative Medicine Trick or Treatment: The Undeniable Facts about Alternative Medicine (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as pseudo-science)
avg rating 4.11 — 4,579 ratings — published 2008
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The Field The Field (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as pseudo-science)
avg rating 4.08 — 6,721 ratings — published 2003
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The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as pseudo-science)
avg rating 4.13 — 561,621 ratings — published 2012
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The 12th Planet (Earth Chronicles, #1) The 12th Planet (Earth Chronicles, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as pseudo-science)
avg rating 3.99 — 5,898 ratings — published 1976
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Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as pseudo-science)
avg rating 4.17 — 8,048 ratings — published 2010
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Darwin on Trial Darwin on Trial (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as pseudo-science)
avg rating 3.93 — 1,793 ratings — published 1991
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Icons of Evolution: Science or Myth? Why Much of What We Teach About Evolution Is Wrong Icons of Evolution: Science or Myth? Why Much of What We Teach About Evolution Is Wrong (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as pseudo-science)
avg rating 4.05 — 748 ratings — published 2000
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The Politically Incorrect Guide to Darwinism and Intelligent Design The Politically Incorrect Guide to Darwinism and Intelligent Design (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as pseudo-science)
avg rating 3.65 — 344 ratings — published 2006
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Nonsense on Stilts: How to Tell Science from Bunk Nonsense on Stilts: How to Tell Science from Bunk (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as pseudo-science)
avg rating 3.90 — 1,212 ratings — published 2008
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The Night Is Large: Collected Essays, 1938-1995 The Night Is Large: Collected Essays, 1938-1995 (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as pseudo-science)
avg rating 4.15 — 213 ratings — published 1996
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The Secret (The Secret, #1) The Secret (The Secret, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as pseudo-science)
avg rating 3.74 — 532,549 ratings — published 2006
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The New Age The New Age (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as pseudo-science)
avg rating 3.80 — 54 ratings — published 1988
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Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science (Popular Science) Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science (Popular Science)
by (shelved 2 times as pseudo-science)
avg rating 4.05 — 1,172 ratings — published 1952
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The God Gene: How Faith Is Hardwired into Our Genes The God Gene: How Faith Is Hardwired into Our Genes (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as pseudo-science)
avg rating 3.50 — 452 ratings — published 2004
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From the Tree to the Labyrinth: Historical Studies on the Sign and Interpretation From the Tree to the Labyrinth: Historical Studies on the Sign and Interpretation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as pseudo-science)
avg rating 4.17 — 109 ratings — published 1990
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LIBRI ANIMATI FRA STUDIO, RICE LIBRI ANIMATI FRA STUDIO, RICE (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as pseudo-science)
avg rating 4.00 — 1 rating — published
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Il lettore creativo Il lettore creativo (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as pseudo-science)
avg rating 4.00 — 2 ratings — published
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Atlantis: From Legend to Discovery Atlantis: From Legend to Discovery (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as pseudo-science)
avg rating 3.49 — 65 ratings — published 1970
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The Creation Science Controversy The Creation Science Controversy (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as pseudo-science)
avg rating 4.00 — 1 rating — published
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Mythmaker's Magic Mythmaker's Magic (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as pseudo-science)
avg rating 3.00 — 3 ratings — published 1993
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Superior: The Return of Race Science Superior: The Return of Race Science (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as pseudo-science)
avg rating 4.23 — 5,211 ratings — published 2019
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The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as pseudo-science)
avg rating 4.27 — 8,712 ratings — published 2024
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Dromenboek Dromenboek (Unknown Binding)
by (shelved 1 time as pseudo-science)
avg rating 3.64 — 14 ratings — published 1909
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General System Theory: Foundations, Development, Applications (Revised Edition) General System Theory: Foundations, Development, Applications (Revised Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as pseudo-science)
avg rating 3.86 — 434 ratings — published 1969
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Wir alle sind Kinder der Götter. Wenn Gräber reden könnten Wir alle sind Kinder der Götter. Wenn Gräber reden könnten (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as pseudo-science)
avg rating 3.24 — 75 ratings — published 1987
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Adam and evolution: A scientific critique of Neo-Darwinism Adam and evolution: A scientific critique of Neo-Darwinism (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as pseudo-science)
avg rating 1.00 — 1 rating — published 1987
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The Evolution Controversy in America The Evolution Controversy in America (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as pseudo-science)
avg rating 4.00 — 1 rating — published 1994
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Physical Control of the Mind: Toward a Psychocivilized Society Physical Control of the Mind: Toward a Psychocivilized Society (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as pseudo-science)
avg rating 3.86 — 50 ratings — published 1969
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Hayek's Bastards: Race, Gold, IQ, and the Capitalism of the Far Right (Near Futures, 9) Hayek's Bastards: Race, Gold, IQ, and the Capitalism of the Far Right (Near Futures, 9)
by (shelved 1 time as pseudo-science)
avg rating 4.07 — 455 ratings — published
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Digital Memory and the Archive (Volume 39) (Electronic Mediations) Digital Memory and the Archive (Volume 39) (Electronic Mediations)
by (shelved 1 time as pseudo-science)
avg rating 3.66 — 61 ratings — published 2012
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A.E. Samaan
“WITH THE EMBERS STILL BURNING:
The scientific community has done a pronounced amount of hand-wringing about its involvement in the atomic bomb’s creation, and a disproportionately absent amount of the soul-searching with respects to its creation of the science of eugenics. The 450,000 deaths due to the bomb are relatively small in the shadow of the many millions dead as a result of National Socialism’s eugenic campaign. The casualties of The Holocaust are the casualties of the science of eugenics, which so many scientists had actively campaigned for leading up to World War II. Yet, the scientific community has confronted its complicity with collective silence and sometimes outright censorship.”
A.E. Samaan, From a "Race of Masters" to a "Master Race": 1948 to 1848

“Treating Abuse Today (Tat), 3(4), pp. 26-33
Freyd: I see what you're saying but people in psychology don't have a uniform agreement on this issue of the depth of -- I guess the term that was used at the conference was -- "robust repression."

TAT: Well, Pamela, there's a whole lot of evidence that people dissociate traumatic things. What's interesting to me is how the concept of "dissociation" is side-stepped in favor of "repression." I don't think it's as much about repression as it is about traumatic amnesia and dissociation. That has been documented in a variety of trauma survivors. Army psychiatrists in the Second World War, for instance, documented that following battles, many soldiers had amnesia for the battles. Often, the memories wouldn't break through until much later when they were in psychotherapy.

Freyd: But I think I mentioned Dr. Loren Pankratz. He is a psychologist who was studying veterans for post-traumatic stress in a Veterans Administration Hospital in Portland. They found some people who were admitted to Veteran's hospitals for postrraumatic stress in Vietnam who didn't serve in Vietnam. They found at least one patient who was being treated who wasn't even a veteran. Without external validation, we just can't know --

TAT: -- Well, we have external validation in some of our cases.

Freyd: In this field you're going to find people who have all levels of belief, understanding, experience with the area of repression. As I said before it's not an area in which there's any kind of uniform agreement in the field. The full notion of repression has a meaning within a psychoanalytic framework and it's got a meaning to people in everyday use and everyday language. What there is evidence for is that any kind of memory is reconstructed and reinterpreted. It has not been shown to be anything else. Memories are reconstructed and reinterpreted from fragments. Some memories are true and some memories are confabulated and some are downright false.

TAT: It is certainly possible for in offender to dissociate a memory. It's possible that some of the people who call you could have done or witnessed some of the things they've been accused of -- maybe in an alcoholic black-out or in a dissociative state -- and truly not remember. I think that's very possible.

Freyd: I would say that virtually anything is possible. But when the stories include murdering babies and breeding babies and some of the rather bizarre things that come up, it's mighty puzzling.

TAT: I've treated adults with dissociative disorders who were both victimized and victimizers. I've seen previously repressed memories of my clients' earlier sexual offenses coming back to them in therapy. You guys seem to be saying, be skeptical if the person claims to have forgotten previously, especially if it is about something horrible. Should we be equally skeptical if someone says "I'm remembering that I perpetrated and I didn't remember before. It's been repressed for years and now it's surfacing because of therapy." I ask you, should we have the same degree of skepticism for this type of delayed-memory that you have for the other kind?

Freyd: Does that happen?

TAT: Oh, yes. A lot.”
David L. Calof

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