Pseudoscience : the conspiracy against science / edited by Allison B. Kaufman and James C. Kaufman.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword: Navigating a post-truth world : ten enduring lessons from the study of pseudoscience / Scott O. Lilienfeld -- Introduction: Pseudoscience : what it costs and efforts to fight it -- I. The basics of pseudoscience. Pseudoscience and the pursuit of truth / David K. Hecht ; The psychology of (pseudo)science : cognitive, social, and cultural factors / Emilio J. C. Lobato and Corinne Zimmerman ; The illusion of causality : a cognitive bias underlying pseudoscience / Fernando Blanco and Helena Matute ; Hard science, soft science, and pseudoscience : implications of research on the hierarchy of the sciences / Dean Keith Simonton -- II. What pseudoscience costs society. Food-o-science pseudoscience : the weapons and tactics in the war on crop biotechnology / Kevin M. Folta ; An inside look at naturopathic medicine : a whistleblower's deconstruction of its core principles / Britt Marie Hermes ; Risky play and growing up : how to understand the overprotection of the next generation / Leif Edward Ottesen Kennair, Ellen Beate Hansen Sandseter, and David Ball ; The anti-vaccine movement : a litany of fallacy and errors / Jonathan Howard and Dorit Rubinstein Reiss -- III. Scientific (or pseudoscientific) soundness. Understanding pseudoscience vulnerability through epistemological development, critical thinking, and science literacy / Arnold Kozak ; Scientific failure as a public good : illustrating the process of science and its contrast with pseudoscience / Chad Orzel ; Evidence-based practice as a driver of pseudoscience in prevention research / Dennis M. Gorman ; Scientific soundness and the problem of predatory journals / Jeffrey Beall ; Pseudoscience, coming to a peer-reviewed journal near you / Adam Marcus and Ivan Oransky -- IV. Pseudoscience in the mainstream. "Integrative" medicine : integrating quackery with science-based medicine / David H. Gorski ; Hypnosis : science, pseudoscience, and nonsense / Steven Jay Lynn, Ashwin Gautam, Stacy Ellenberg, and Scott O. Lilienfeld ; Abuses and misuses of intelligence tests : facts and misconceptions / Mark Benisz, John O. Willis, and Ron Dumont ; Reflections on pseudoscience and parapsychology : from here to there and (slightly) back again / Christopher C. French -- V. Science activism : how people think about pseudoscience. Using case studies to combat a pseudoscience culture / Clyde Freeman Herreid ; "HIV does not cause AIDS" : a journey into AIDS denialism / Seth C. Kalichman ; Swaying pseudoscience : the inoculation effect / Kavin Senapathy ; The challenges of changing minds : how confirmation bias and pattern recognition affect our search for meaning / Indre Viskontas -- VI. Conclusion. Truth shall prevail / Paul Joseph Barnett and James C. Kaufman.

"In a post-truth, fake news world, we are particularly susceptible to the claims of pseudoscience. When emotions and opinions are more widely disseminated than scientific findings, and self-proclaimed experts get their expertise from Google, how can the average person distinguish real science from fake? This book examines pseudoscience from a variety of perspectives, through case studies, analysis, and personal accounts that show how to recognize pseudoscience, why it is so widely accepted, and how to advocate for real science."--Back cover.