Do polygraph tests really detect lies Can memories be implanted Is subliminal perception a reality What is the relationship between science and beliefExperts in the fields of physicalbiological science psychology philosophy social science and forensic science bring their perspectives to controversies that affect the way we think and how we perceive reality and the natural world. From sciences influence on beauty to antiscience in our universities and from UFO mythologies to neardeath experiences this volume spans the gamut of pseudoscience today.Contributors include James Alcock Susan Blackmore Alan Cromer Mandy Fowler Christopher C. French Martin Gardner Thomas Gilovich Theodore Goertzel Paul R. Gross Peter Huston Ray Hyman Noretta Koertge Paul Kurtz Dan Larhammar Leon M. Lederman James Lett Norman Levitt Scott O. Lilienfeld Elizabeth Loftus Lee Loevinger Katy McCarthy Joe Nickell Bernard Oritz de Montellano Debbie Peers Anthony Pratkanis Carl Sagan Kenneth Savitsky Glenn Seaborg Elie Shneour Matthew Smith Victor Stenger Jeffrey F. Victor Jeff Wiseman and Richard Wiseman.