Kyle Harrison
to-read
The Demon-Haunted World
The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
- Author
- Carl Sagan
- Published
- 1995
- Pages
- 480
- Recommended
- Once
Why it’s on the list: Sagan’s case for scientific thinking as civic self-defence — the baloney-detection kit, and the argument that a society that cannot tell evidence from wishing will be governed by whoever wishes loudest.
Where I saw it: Recommended in a BookTok video by Em Curry (@em_curr) — “I will never get over this, it’s time to get our priorities straight” — which Kyle saved to his Apple Note “Books To Read” as an Amazon link to this title. Video: https://www.tiktok.com/@em_curr/video/7461740039932874014
Note on the record: Kyle saved this one as a bare Amazon link (ISBN 0-345-40946-9, the Ballantine paperback) rather than a title; identified from the ISBN.
Connections
- Carl Sagan — the author.
- Science — the subject.
- Mental Models — the baloney-detection kit as a thinking toolkit.