From: quadibloc@ca.invalid   
      
   On Wed, 18 Feb 2026 10:13:23 -0500, James Nicoll wrote:   
      
   > One Way to Immunize Yourself Against Pseudoscience and Other Nonsense   
   >   
   > Classic SF was chock-full of dubious ideas; Martin Gardner supplied the   
   > antidote.   
   >   
   > https://reactormag.com/one-way-to-immunize-yourself-against-   
   pseudoscience-and-other-nonsense/   
      
   There were indeed books akin to Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science.   
      
   Martin Gardner himself wrote a sequel, although the sequel was a   
   collection of his skeptical essays: Science: Good, Bad, and Bogus.   
      
   Patrick Moore, the famous British populariser of astronomy, wrote Can You   
   Speak Venusian?, another book in this genre.   
      
   John Savard   
      
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