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By Dan Barker
*Dan is a speaker at FFRFās 2024 convention in Denver
In a quiet and unassuming way, ContraductionĀ is utterly brilliant. Every page has a thought so deep and unexpected that it stops you in your tracks, as you not only realize, āThatās a different, really interesting way to think about the world, exactly the opposite of how I normally view thingsā but also, āAnd it is absolutely equally valid (and enriching) to adopt this opposite way of thinking.ā I loved this book. āĀ Robert Sapolsky, author ofĀ The Blank SlateĀ andĀ Determined.
An ingenious word for an invaluable concept. Sharp, clear, and timely. āĀ Steven Pinker, Johnstone Professor of Psychology, Harvard University, and the author ofĀ The Blank SlateĀ andĀ Rationality
Both a delightful read and a penetrating argument: Barker has invented an invaluable new concept, and puts it to work with clarity, wit, and above all conclusiveness. A must-have book! āĀ A. C. Grayling, author ofĀ The History of PhilosophyĀ andĀ The God Argument
I am completely down with the concept of contraduction. It fills a need. False pattern recognitions pose a real danger to our survival. Well done! āĀ Ann Druyan, author (with Carl Sagan) ofĀ Cosmos,Ā Contact, andĀ Demon Haunted World
I love it when brilliant ideas are conveyed clearly and soundly. Thatās why I love this book. Dan Barker has provided a much-needed explication of a common fallacy that needs to be understood and rebutted. It is an engaging, enlightening, and insightful book.āPhil Zuckerman, author ofĀ Society Without GodĀ andĀ What it Means to be Moral
WithĀ Contraduction, Dan Barker gives us a new wordāand a new way of looking at things. I thoroughly enjoyed this! So much to think aboutāand it made me laugh. What else could I ask for? āĀ Kate Cohen, contributing columnist for the Washington Post and author ofĀ We of Little Faith
I love how Dan Barker offers us a new word to help us understand how to think rationally in a fun, simple way. I will never look at my reflection in the mirror the same! āĀ Bailey Harris, author ofĀ My Name is Stardust
Barker has really created something mega with this book. WOW, what an absolutely awesome mind bender [mind fuck] contraductions are, while at the same time seeming veryĀ obvious. I giveĀ ContraductionĀ 50 hell-yeahs! [fuck-yeahs!] (outta 50). āĀ Zeke Piestrup, director ofĀ Apocalypse LaterĀ andĀ Satan’s Guide to the Bible
Dan Barker’s approach reminds me of Douglas Adams’ famous Intelligent Design analogy about the rain puddle that “fits me rather neatly.” A simple shift of perspective can be invaluable in our understanding, and Dan’s fresh angle gives us plenty to consider. Simply put, I’ve never read anything quite likeĀ Contraduction, and that’s a good thing. āĀ Seth Andrews, Author ofĀ Deconverted: A Journey from Religion to Reason
Contraduction is a delight and lights the way through complexity. Pound for pound, Dan Barkerās best book. ā Ed Buckner, Author (with Michael Buckner) ofĀ In Freedom We Trust: An Atheist Guide to Religious Liberty
A clarifying vision of the most baffling aspects of reality: from the simplest, such as our reflection in a mirror, to the most complex, such as time, evolution or the very existence of life. āĀ Manel Salido, founder of “RazĆ³n o fe” and the author of Ā”Fascinaos!: [Be Fascinated!] Una respuesta a las grandes preguntas.
Paperback, 128 pages.
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