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Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience

LeftishBrit

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17. Well, I've seen books about Indigo Children in the developmental psychology sections of bookstores

Reply to Ron Obvious (Original post)

Wed Feb 22, 2012, 07:18 PM

Feb 2012

So I'm not surprised.

This version seems particularly nasty, though.

Good for you, putting into the Fiction section.

Should be called 'The Politically, Scientifically, Factually, Morally and Globally Incorrect Guide to Bad Science Fiction'.

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Found this book in the science section of a local bookstore... [View all] Ron Obvious Feb 2012 OP

Perhaps it's time to stop shopping at a bookstore that carries... MarkCharles Feb 2012 #1

To right-wingers, of course, this *is* amusing. eppur_se_muova Feb 2012 #2

I hadn't heard of them before... Ron Obvious Feb 2012 #10

The History volume insists the Confederacy was right ... eppur_se_muova Feb 2012 #12

I always hide those or move them to fiction PVnRT Feb 2012 #3

I hate myself for having done that Ron Obvious Feb 2012 #6

How is it censorship? PVnRT Feb 2012 #13

It's still authoritarian Ron Obvious Feb 2012 #14

Love yourself. It's healthy, and it's right. 2ndAmForComputers Feb 2012 #16

Did you ask the bookstore owner about this? HuckleB Feb 2012 #4

No. Ron Obvious Feb 2012 #7

Well, it's possible the owner didn't know what was in the book. HuckleB Feb 2012 #8

You're right! Ron Obvious Feb 2012 #11

What HuckleB said. progressoid Feb 2012 #15

That author prefers intelligent design over evolution and is not too sure of special relativity.... xocet Feb 2012 #5

Thanks Ron Obvious Feb 2012 #9

Well, I've seen books about Indigo Children in the developmental psychology sections of bookstores LeftishBrit Feb 2012 #17