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Having seen Ms Kelly's book mentioned in, I think, Mr Randi's weekly commentary, I contacted Lynn, who put me onto the Australian Skeptics Online Shop - http://vs240081.server-store.com/store/products/item151.inetstore
I bought a copy which arrived a few days ago.
This is a good book. Lynn writes with humour and a dry wit. She covers most of the normal topics from crop circles to psychic detectives, from alien abduction to ghost photos (there's a picture of her and her dog as ghosts).
The temptation on this sort of book is to get lost in the detail and become too complex. I think she's aiming at a slightly less sophisticated audience than we normally find on this forum - we are after all most of us already convinced.
I have a nephew who is becoming interested in the "paranormal" (shudder - Von Daniken - shudder). He's twenty-one, fairly intelligent, but naive. Lynne's book is the perfect antidote to this stuff. It's immensely readable without being patronising. She clearly wants it to be true, but she's too much of a scientist to just accept it on face value.
So if you want a first class introduction to the Skeptic Viewpoint, whether it's for yourself of friends or family, it's a book well worth investing in.
Highly Recommended!
Well done, Lynne!
I bought a copy which arrived a few days ago.
This is a good book. Lynn writes with humour and a dry wit. She covers most of the normal topics from crop circles to psychic detectives, from alien abduction to ghost photos (there's a picture of her and her dog as ghosts).
The temptation on this sort of book is to get lost in the detail and become too complex. I think she's aiming at a slightly less sophisticated audience than we normally find on this forum - we are after all most of us already convinced.
I have a nephew who is becoming interested in the "paranormal" (shudder - Von Daniken - shudder). He's twenty-one, fairly intelligent, but naive. Lynne's book is the perfect antidote to this stuff. It's immensely readable without being patronising. She clearly wants it to be true, but she's too much of a scientist to just accept it on face value.
So if you want a first class introduction to the Skeptic Viewpoint, whether it's for yourself of friends or family, it's a book well worth investing in.
Highly Recommended!
Well done, Lynne!
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