No Matter How Smart Or Well-educated You

Nature Doesn't Cheat - People Do.

There Was A Small Boy On Crutches. I Do Not Know His Name, And I Suspect I Never Will. But I Will Never Forget His Face, His Smile, His Sorrow. He Is One Of The Millions Robbed Of Hope And Dignity By Charlatans Discussed In This Book. Wherever And Whoever He Is, I Apologize To Him For Not Having Been Able To Protect Him From Such An Experience. I Humbly Dedicate This Book To Him And To The Many Others Who Have Suffered Because The Rest Of Us Began Caring Too Late.

Science Is A Search For Basic Truths About The Universe, A Search Which Develops Statements That Appear To Describe How The Universe Works, But Which Are Subject To Correction, Revision, Adjustment, Or Even Outright Rejection, Upon The Presentation Of Better Or Conflicting Evidence.

I Don't Expect That The Million Will Ever Be Won, Simply Because There Is No Confirming Evidence For Any Paranormal Claims To Date.

... We In The Usa Have Been Depending On Prayers, Pleading, And Self-abasement To A Deity To Bring Us Magical Advantages, And Have Been Encouraged To Attribute Our Prosperity And General Success Among Nations, To That Sort Of Action. In My Opinion, Hard Work And Dedication To Logic And Reason Ought To Be Recognized As The Reasons For Our Achievements, Not Appeals To A Mythical Friend-in-the-sky. We Got Where We Are In Spite Of, Not Because Of, Those Incantations.