Excellent, but...

I very much liked this book... except. I found the narrator's otherwise excellent presentation drove me crazy when he missed a 't' in certain words, such as 'impor-ant'. Drove me crazy. Apart from this, this was an excellent book.

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Excellent factual and enjoy experience

Mister Novela gave a great performance. The book is an extremely valuable resource, I learned a lot and found the experience enjoyable.

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Long read, but very worth it

Great book. Equips you with tools to deal with pseudo science and logical fallacies, among other things.

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Classic SGU

Narration was great, after years of listening to the SGU podcast, hearing more of Dr Steve was very familiar.
Unlike most books I've completed recently; this book may have been better read than listened to. So many occasions I caught my mind wandering after an interesting sentence, only to have to repeat the last minute or two, get caught wandering at the same spot, and around we go again...
I tend to disagree with the autbors and publishers choice of single narrator, single style. I really would have preferred to listen to each of them narrate their own part, as they had written it. This may however just be a text vs voice thing though.

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The podcast, cubed.

I bought this imagining an extended version of the podcast, which I enjoy. Nothing wrong with that. What I got for my money was a different vision of the SGU team; the book was genuinely surprising in its depth and novelty. Listening to the weekly show, the format is light and entertaining. The book reveals their understanding and deep research into skepticism, and the result was absorbing in a way that the podcast just cant be.
Great work.

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SGU ROCKS

As an avid listener of the weekly podcast for many years now, I couldn’t wait to get my hands on both the audio version and the hard cover. I was initially concerned that content from Steve’s great courses lecture series would be recycled which was quickly swept away once I saw they’d covered differnt aspects of woo.

I would definitely recommend this book to anyone wishing to learn how to think critically in everyday life. Everyone, everywhere needs a little skepticism in their lives, why not learn how to do it properly.

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A Must Read

This book is everything it says on the tin, it is a highly interesting, engaging and thorough guide to critical thinking and skepticism and Dr Novella does a wonderful job as narrator. The Skeptic's Guide is a delightful and much needed update to Carl Sagan's 'A Demon Haunted World' and I daresay is just as good or even better as either a starting point or a refresher for those trying to get a handle on the topic. I highly recommend 'The Guide' to absolutely everyone, especially those interested in thinking well. Newcomers to the topic and seasoned skeptics alike all have something to gain from this book and should find it both highly insightful and easy to listen to. Five stars all round.

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Must have to learn to think.

This book is essential to have an understanding of critical thinking. There's a clear description of common thinking flaws as well as how to deal with them.
The logical fallacies often encountered when dealing with proponents of pseudoscience are carefully disected in order for the reader to understand.
It would be nice if audible would let us have chapter names to make it easier to go through again for those of us who have yet to maser using the bookmarks.

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Thoughtful

wonderful. insightful and beautifully written. it's not that the book will make you cynically sceptical... just thoughtfully and critically sceptical.... loved the numerous examples given to provide evidence for claims.

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Mandatory Reading for Life

Dr Novella expresses what I have believed, largely, since I was a child. There is no point in reading it if you are genetically programmed to be arrogant and always believe you are right but for the non-primitive, open minded, it is absolutely wonderful.

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