Terence Hines - Pseudoscience and the Paranormal

Van Praagh, James

Velikovsky, Immanuel

cosmic theories of

lack of science expertise

public acceptance of

scientific response to

Venus

and UFO sightings

Velikovsky on

visions, migraines and

visual illusions. See also hallucinations

visualization

voice stress analyzers

Von Daniken, Erich

on mummies

on Nazca Desert designs

on pyramids

Vulcan, search for

Wagner, Roy

Wallace, Alfred Russel

water

dowsing for

in homeopathic medicine

Web sites, skeptical

Weber, William

Weil, Andrew

witch doctors. See faith healers

witch trials, pseudoscience and

Wood, Robert W

Wright, Elsie

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, UFO alleged at

yeti

Zener card studies

zodiac

Zolotov, Aleksey

Published 2003 by Prometheus Books

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Hines, Terence.

Pseudoscience and the paranormal / Terence Hines.—2nd ed. p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN 1-57392-979-4 (pbk.: alk. paper)

1. Parapsychology. 2. Occultism. 3. Unidentified flying objects. I. Title.

BF1042.H55 2002

133—dc21

2002068086

Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper