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The Demon-Haunted World
by Carl Sagan
"Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence."
Summary
Sagan's toolkit for skeptical reasoning: independent confirmation of facts, debate, alternative hypotheses, quantification, Occam's razor, and falsifiability. A manual for distinguishing science from pseudoscience—and by extension, signal from noise.
Why This Fits LindyFact
The 'Baloney Detection Kit' is essential for evaluating news claims. Skepticism isn't cynicism—it's the discipline of demanding evidence before belief.