No Sacred Cows: Investigating Myths, Cults, and the Supernatural

McAfee’s No Sacred Cows gives you the tools to: effectively discuss sacred cows with people, solve your own ghost hauntings, use the real power of fake psychics to fight for truth, think like a scientist, tame the biases and cognitive dissonance in your own treacherous brain, deal with commonly encountered everyday bullshit like ‘alternative’ medicine, climate denial, and homeopathy, and tackle even more toxic bullshit like anti-vaxers and Scientology, and more. Faster than you can say 'Dunning–Kruger effect, David G. A must–read in an age that seriously needs a reality check." —David Fitzgerald, author, Nailed and The Complete Heretic’s Guide to Western Religion series. "Feel like you’re taking crazy pills? Are you surrounded by a world of dangerous nonsense? Don’t worry! You&r

Only once individuals honestly assess their own sacred cows will they be able to ensure that their beliefs conform to the known facts—and that our decisions as a society are based on the best available evidence.. Whether going undercover as a medium, getting tested at Scientology headquarters in Los Angeles, or interviewing celebrity paranormalists and famous skeptics, he leaves no stone unturned in his investigation. McAfee turns his attention to nonreligious faith-based claims. While belief in religious supernatural cl