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1、PraiseforScienceFriction“YoumaydisagreewithMichaelShermer,butyou’dbetterhaveagoodreason—andyou’llhaveyourworkcutoutfindingit.Hedescribesskepticismasavirtue,butIthinkthatunderstateshisownuniquecontributiontocontemporaryintellectualdiscourse.Worldly-wisesoundswearilycynical,soI’dcallShermerun
2、iverse-wise.I’dcallhimshrewd,butitdoesn’tdojusticetothebreadthanddepthofhisinspiredscientificvision.I’dcallhimaspiritedcontroversialist,butthatdoesn’tdojusticetohisurbanegoodhumor.Justreadthisbook.Onceyoustart,youwon’tstop.”—RichardDawkins,authorofTheSelfishGeneandADevil’sChaplain“Itisbotha
3、nartandadisciplinetoriseaboveourinevitablehumanbiasesandlookintheeyetruthsabouthowtheworldworksthatconflictwiththewaywewouldlikeittobe.InScienceFriction,MichaelShermershineshisbeacononadeliciousrangeofsubjects,oftenshowingthatthetruthismoreinterestingandawe-inspiringthanthecommonconsensus.B
4、ravo.”—JohnMcWhorter,authorofThePowerofBabelandLosingtheRace“MichaelShermerchallengesusalltocandidlyconfrontwhatwebelieveandwhy.IneachofthevariedessaysinScienceFriction,hewarnshowthefundamentallyhumanpursuitofmeaningcanleadusastrayintoafogofemptyillusionsandvacuousidols.Heimploresustostareh
5、onestlyatourbeliefsandheshowshow,throughadherencetobarereason,theprofoundpursuitofmeaningcaninsteadleadustotruth—andhow,inturn,truthcanleadustomeaning.”—JannaLevin,authorofHowtheUniverseGotItsSpots“Whetherthesubjectisultra-marathoncyclingorevolutionaryscience,MichaelShermer—whohasexcelledat
6、theformerandbecomeoneofourleadingdefendersofthelatter—neverwriteswithanythinglessthanfull-throttledengagement.Incisive,penetrating,andmercifullywitty,Shermerthrowshimselfwithbriointosomeofthemostseriousanddisturbingtopicsofourtimes.Likethebestpassionatethinkers,Shermerhasthepowertoenragehis
7、opponents.Buteventhosewhodon’tagreewithhimwillbesharpenedbytheencounterwiththisfeistybook.”—MargaretWertheim,authorofPythagoras’TrousersAlsobyMichaelShermerTheScienceofGoodandEvilInDarwin’sShadow:TheLifeandScienceofAlfredRusselWallaceTheSkepticEncycloped
