The Unreasonable Monkey

The ability to think critically, not to give in to panic, to separate facts from fiction, and scientific data from the fantasies of charlatans – all of this can literally save lives. Well, at least, it will help to not be in this life as an unreasonable monkey, but as a thinking person, Homo sapiens. Moreover, both in the depths of history and in the modern world, we encounter countless examples of how the most insane, primitive, and ignorant theories are dressed in the form of serious scientific research and are perceived as irrefutable truth. One of the main tasks of this book is the fight against pseudoscience in all its manifestations. Analyzing the most vivid examples of pseudoscientific myths and pseudoscientific hypotheses, Grimes thoroughly examines how they are created, why they have such an influence on people, what to do to avoid falling under their influence, and how to defeat them.