Re: (Tears) Fads and Fallacies by Martin Gardner

Charles Packer wrote:

John Savard wrote:

Charles Packer wrote:

James Nicoll wrote:
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Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science by Martin Gardner
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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.
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https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/all-the-madmen

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Was there no chapter on astrology?

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

FWIW, today my _Eifelheim_ audiobook started and soon serendipitously
said:

    So his patterns had predictive value, too. Patterns were
    interesting. They could lead, like astrology, to real science.

Danke,

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