Guy P. Harrison
Guy P. Harrison (born October 8, 1963) is an American author of multiple bestselling books. He resides in the United States and is known for his written works on science, critical thinking, history, race, and nature. Early life and education. Harrison has degrees in history and anthropology at the University of South Florida. He was influenced towards skepticism in childhood by thinking about Erich von Däniken's book "Chariots of the Gods?", which theorized that Earth had been visited by aliens during antiquity. Career. From 1992 to 2010 Harrison wrote for Cayman Free Press in the Cayman  Islands as a journalist, editor and photographer. As a journalist he has interviewed people such as Jane Goodall, Chuck Yeager, Edward Teller, Paul Tibbets and Armin Lehmann. From 2014–2015 he did medical writing for Kaiser Permanente. He has a blog at Psychology Today named "About Thinking". Harrison has written multiple books on science, skeptical and philosophical issues, beginning with "50 Reasons People Give for Believing in a God" in 2008. He has been widely interviewed regarding these works on many podcasts and websites, and the books have been endorsed by prominent scientists such as Neil deGrasse Tyson, Seth Shostak, and  Donald Johanson. Honors. Harrison was a recipient of the World Health Organization Award for Health Reporting in 1997 and the Commonwealth Media Award for Excellence in Journalism in 1994. Bibliography. Section::::"Think Before You Like". In a review in "Skeptical Inquirer" magazine, researcher Ben Radford writes that Harrison examines social media offering "practical advice on media literacy and cyber self-defense". Radford states that Chapter 2 might be the most relevant to skeptics trying to "understand the psychological and social consequences of social media". "Think Before You Like" was published in 2017 before information about how the power of social media  was used in the US Presidential elections. Yet, according to Radford, "Harrison's book will only become more timely in the coming years". Section::::"At Least Know This". Reviewed in the Spring 2019 issue of "Skeptical Inquirer" by Russ Dobler, who writes that "At Least Know This" is a primer for the layperson who wants to understand what we know, not necessarily how we know it. Dobler calls this “a Herculean organizational effort” that “excels”. Harrison brings his skills as a journalist as well as his degrees in history and anthropology to discuss weighty topics “spanning all of time and space ”. It almost “feels a bit like an attempt at a twenty-first century version of "Cosmos"” yet, some “science purists who prioritize methodology over trivia” may not agree. Dobler writes: “one step at a time. Bring the wonder, and maybe the rigor will follow”.