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Feb072009
by AuthorBishop Hill

Of UFOs and carbon trading

DateFeb 7, 2009

Picking Losers has a salutory tale of mystical cults and UFOs.

 

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For connoisseurs of these phenomena, I recommend Leon Festinger's excellent (if rather dry) book A Theory of Cognitive Dissonance, and of course his book When Prophecy Fails (which is required reading, these days.)
Feb 8, 2009 at 10:43 AM | Unregistered CommenterAlex Cull

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