Maybe Yes, Maybe No: A Guide for Young Skeptics (Maybe Guides)
by Dan Barker
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In today's media-flooded world, there is no way to control all of the information, claims, and enticements that reach young people. The best thing to do is arm them with the sword of critical thinking.Maybe Yes, Maybe No is a charming introduction to self-confidence and self-reliance. The book's ten-year-old heroine, Andrea, is always asking questions because she knows "you should prove the truth of a strange story before you believe it.""Check it out. Repeat the experiment. Try to prove it show more wrong. It has to make sense." writes Barker, as he assures young readers that they are fully capable of figuring out what to believe, and of knowing when there just isn't enough information to decide. "You can do it your own way. If you are a good skeptic you will know how to think for yourself.". show lessTags
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Great little kids book that introduces the notion and practice of skepticism. Would recommend children and naive adults alike.
A story about questioning the world around us and how to be a good sceptic.
Cartoon-based stories teaching skepticism to elementary school level children.
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Dan Barker is co-president of the Freedom From Religion Foundation and co-host of Freethought Radio.
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- Original publication date
- 1990
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- Languages
- English, Italian, Portuguese
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
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