Title: Counterknowledge : how we surrendered to conspiracy theories, quack medicine, bogus science and fake history /
Authors: Thompson, Damian, 1962-
Publisher: W.W. Norton,
Year: 2008
Subjects: Belief and doubt.; Credulity.; Common fallacies.; Religion and science.
Abstract: From conspiracy theories to alternative medicine, people are experiencing an epidemic of untrue descriptions of the world. Following in the footsteps of Richard Dawkins's "The God Delusion" and Sam Harris's "The End of Faith," this work is a defense of scientific proof in an age of fabrication.
Contents: Knowledge and counterknowledge -- Creationism and counterknowledge -- The return of pseudohistory -- Desperate remedies -- The counterknowledge industry -- Living with counterknowledge.