Re: (Tears) Fads and Fallacies by Martin Gardner

On Wed, 01 May 2024 01:08:36 -0600, John Savard wrote:

On Mon, 29 Apr 2024 07:57:40 -0000 (UTC), Charles Packer
<mailbox@cpacker.org> wrote:
 

On Sun, 28 Apr 2024 13:06:32 +0000, James Nicoll wrote:
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Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science by Martin Gardner
 
A survey of an era overrun by cranks, charlatans, and legions of
wilfully gullible fools. A bit off topic, but significant SF figures
appear in the text.
 
https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/all-the-madmen

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Was there no chapter on astrology?

 
No, there wasn't, because this was about foolishness that masqueraded as
science.
 

I guess you haven't browsed newspaper archives of the early
20th-century and come across full-page articles with "science
of astrology" in the headlines. The astrology I had in mind
is very much a product of 20th-century journalism.