As a rational kind of guy, and a supporter of the scientific method, I love a book which takes on the anti-science brigade, whether it be psychics, climate change deniers, repressed memory therapists 'investigating' ritual satanic abuse, religious fundamentalists etc. What Storr uncovers is a little more complex, and quite confronting about one's own biases and self-delusions. Between interviewing some of the world's leading charlatans (holocaust denier David Irving, climate change denier Lord Monckton, creationist John Mackay) Storr explains extraordinary brain science and tells us how our memories are often false (up to 30% of what we remember is wrong), and our biases self-reinforcing - we ALL tend to ignore data that contradicts our world view. It's not just the nutters who do this! He finds phenomena which science really is struggling to explain, and realises that there is much more to the world than meets the eye. Especially disturbing is the chapter on the possibly non-existent Morgellons syndrome..if this DOES exist, it's a damn scary disease; if it doesn't, how come so many people describe the same symptoms? Fascinating stuff!