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How Mumbo-Jumbo Conquered the World

12 min read 17 min listen Narrated by Sophie
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What’s it about?

A sharp, witty diagnosis of how irrationality, pseudoscience, and magical thinking have overtaken public life, and a passionate defense of reason against the rising tide of mumbo-jumbo.

You’ll learn

  • The many faces of modern irrationality
  • How postmodernism undermines reason
  • Why alternative medicine rejects science
  • The fragility of Enlightenment values