Think: Why You Should Question Everything - Guy P. Harrison 2013
Introduction
Standing Tall on A Fantasy-Prone Planet
Think Like A Scientist
Halfway Home
Wait, What Is Skepticism?
No Off Days
Who Cares? So What? and Why Bother?
The Greatest Show in the Universe
Hate the Belief, Love the Believer
The Young Thinker
Take Responsibility for Your Own Brain
The Daily Grind
Fantasy and Fiction Are Okay
Science versus Superstition
It’s Not about Intelligence
Skepticism Takes on All Comers
Never Give Up! Never Surrender!
The Green Troll in a Red Dress
It’s Always a Good Time for Skepticism
Believers Say the Darndest Things
Evidence? We Don’t Need No Stinking Evidence!
“I Come in Peace”
Wrap It Up
Good Thinking!
Pay a Visit to The Strange Thing that Lives Inside Your Head
Remember Not to Trust Your Memory
I’ll Never Forget That Day! (Yes, You Will)
The Deceptive Brain
Forget Eyes—It’s the Brain That Sees
The Ape That Wasn’t There
Confirmation Bias
The Tale of Little Gretchen Greengums
Your Bizarre and Biased Brain
Arm Yourself in the War against Reality
Good Thinking!
A Thinker’S Guide to Unusual Claims and Weird Beliefs
Magical, Supernatural, Paranormal
UFOs
Alternative Medicine
Ghosts
Alien Abductions
Bigfoot and Cryptozoology
Psychics
The Roswell UFO Crash
Conspiracy Theories
Astrology
Miracles
Ancient Alien Astronauts
The End of the World
Moon-Landing Hoax
Nostradamus
Near-Death Experiences
Bermuda Triangle
Atlantis
Area 51
Extraordinary Religious Claims
Good Thinking!
The Proper Care and Feeding of A Thinking Machine
Brains Deserve Better Than This
Embracing the Brain
Eat Well, Think Well
Stand Up for Thinking
Sleep
Use It or Lose It
Good Thinking!
So Little to Lose and A Universe to Gain
Too Big to Fail?
Constructive Optimism
Thrill Seekers
Wonders Large and Small
Ready for the Big Time
The Meaning of Life
Present for the Show
Good Thinking!
Resources to Keep Learning
Notes
Bibliography