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41. Paul Davies, Are We Alone? Philosophical Implications for the Discovery of Extraterrestrial Life (New York: BasicBooks, 1995), 135.
42. Paul Davies, The Eerie Silence: Renewing Our Search for Alien Intelligence (New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2010), 192–93.
43. Swift, SETI Pioneers, 219.
44. Carl Sagan, Contact (New York: Pocket Books, 1986), 431.
45. Robert Plank, The Emotional Significance of Imaginary Beings: A Study of the Interaction Between Psychopathology, Literature, and Reality in the Modern World (Springfield, Ill.: Thomas, 1968).
46. Basalla, Civilized Life, 14.
47. Steven J. Dick, Plurality of Worlds: The Origins of the Extraterrestrial Debate from Democritus to Kant (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1982); Dick, The Biological Universe: The Twentieth-Century Extraterrestrial Life Debate and the Limits of Science (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1996).
48. Clancy, Abducted, 154.
49. Michael Shermer, “Deities for Atheists,” Science 311 (March 3, 2006): 1244.
50. Personal correspondence, March 10, 2006.
Chapter 10: Belief in Conspiracies
1. Arthur Goldwag, Cults, Conspiracies, and Secret Societies: The Straight Scoop on Freemasons, the Illuminati, Skull and Bones, Black Helicopters, the New World Order, and Many, Many More (New York: Vintage Books, 2009).
2. Michael Shermer, Denying History: Who Says the Holocaust Never Happened and Why Do They Say It? (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2000).
3. Phil Molé, “9/11 Conspiracy Theories: The 9/11 Truth Movement in Perspective,” eSkeptic, September 11, 2006, http://www.skeptic.com/eskeptic/06-09-11.
4. This claim is made by Jim Hoffman in his book Waking Up from Our Nightmare: The 9/11/01 Crimes in New York City (San Francisco: Irresistible/Revolutionary, 2004), and on his Web page, http://911research.wtc7.net/talks/towers/text/index.html.
5. Blanchard’s entire analysis may be found on the Web site he edits: http://www.implosionworld.com.
6. The Web page World for 911 Truth, for example, dedicated an entire section to refuting me: http://world911truth.org/response-to-michael-shermer/.
7. My challenge to the 9/11 “truthers” and their response can be found here: http://trueslant.com/michaelshermer/2009/12/28/911-truthers-foiled-by-1225-attack/#comments.
Chapter 11: Politics of Belief
1. John T. Jost, Jack Glaser, Arie W. Kruglanski, and Frank J. Sulloway, “Political Conservatism as Motivated Social Cognition,” Psychological Bulletin 129, no. 3 (2003): 339–75.
2. “Is Conservatism a Mild Form of Insanity?” Psychology Today, September 6, 2008, http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/genius-and-madness/200809/is-political-conservatism-mild-form-insanity.
3. Julian Borger, “Study of Bush’s Psyche Touches a Nerve,” Guardian, August 13, 2003, http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2003/aug/13/usa.redbox.
4. Jonathan Haidt, “What Makes People Vote Republican?” Edge Foundation Inc., September 9, 2008, http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/haidt08/haidt08_index.html.
5. Arthur C. Brooks, Who Really Cares? The Surprising Truth About Compassionate Conservatism (New York: BasicBooks, 2007).
6. Daniel B. Klein and Charlotta Stern, “Professors and Their Politics: The Policy Views of Social Scientists,” Critical Review 17, no. 3–4, 257–304.
7. Stanley Rothman, S. Robert Lichter, and Neil Nevitte, “Politics and Professional Advancement Among College Faculty,” Forum, 2005, http://www.cmpa.com/documents/05.03.29.Forum.Survey.pdf.
8. John McGinnis, Matthew A. Schwartz, and Benjamin Tisdell, “The Patterns and Implications of Political Contributions by Elite Law School Faculty,” Georgetown Law Journal 93 (2005): 1167–1212.
9. Tim Groseclose and Jeffrey Milyo, “A Measure of Media Bias,” Quarterly Journal of Economics, November 2005, 1191–1237.
10. Donald Green, Bradley Palmquist, and Eric Schickler, Partisan Hearts and Minds: Political Parties and the Social Identities of Voters (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2002).
11. Jonathan Haidt, “The Moral Emotions,” in Handbook of Affective Sciences, ed. R. J. Davidson, K. Scherer, and H. H. Goldschmidt (New York: