This book uses reason as a vehicle for an exciting intellectual adventure. At the outset, this book identifies fourteen common beliefs among the public that are actually false. These are fundamentally important beliefs, not trivial facts, thus making the book like a back door to some philosophical concepts. These beliefs cover a wide spectrum of subjects, including science, government, religion and economics. The book explains why these common beliefs are false, in one chapter per topic, with carefully reasoned but concise and easily read discussions. Summaries of all fourteen chapter discussions are conveniently located in one separate chapter.
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By Jim Coady
Oct 7, 2009
I did not find the author's style conducive to an easy read. He is at best when dealing with matters of physics, and there he can be very interesting. I found his use of the Bible to defend his postion on matters such as welfare hard to follow and to swallow.
