Beyond Belief: Skepticism, Science and the Paranormal

Whether ghosts, astrology or ESP, up to 80 per cent of the population believes in one or more aspects of the paranormal. Such beliefs are entertaining, and it is tempting to think of them as harmless. However, there, is mounting evidence that paranormal beliefs can be dangerous - cases of children dying because parents favoured alternative remedies over conventional medicine, and 'psychics' who trade on the grief of the bereaved for personal profit and gain. Expenditure on the paranormal ru...