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Weird water & fuzzy logic : more notes of a fringe watcher / Martin Gardner

This work examines a range of pseudoscientific claims, probability paradoxes, and fringe beliefs. Subjects analysed include repressed memory therapy, artificial languages, and various paranormal or New Age movements.

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