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cjvillahermosa 's review for:
The Demon-Haunted World
by Carl Sagan
Up to the halfway mark, I thought that I would not like this book. I admire and respect Carl Sagan and I totally understand the importance of critical thinking and skepticism in our lives but did he really need hundreds of pages to make the same point? That pseudoscience must be taken with a grain of salt??? That astrology, superstition, UFOs, faith healing are all hoaxes and must not be considered???
BUT...my opinion of the book changed on its second half where the curmudgeonly tone mellowed and he discussed the importance of science, the Bill of Rights, democracy, which are all things close to my heart. In fact, I was a bit sore that the book had to end because I wanted him to go on and on about how science must be protected and promoted at all costs.
This book reads like a treatise, like Luther's 95 Theses or any such important proclamation, on how we must be rational at all times to keep 'demons' at bay and recognize science as a beacon of hope for our times. Had a good time reading this, or more accurately, had a good time reading the second half.
BUT...my opinion of the book changed on its second half where the curmudgeonly tone mellowed and he discussed the importance of science, the Bill of Rights, democracy, which are all things close to my heart. In fact, I was a bit sore that the book had to end because I wanted him to go on and on about how science must be protected and promoted at all costs.
This book reads like a treatise, like Luther's 95 Theses or any such important proclamation, on how we must be rational at all times to keep 'demons' at bay and recognize science as a beacon of hope for our times. Had a good time reading this, or more accurately, had a good time reading the second half.