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 Stranger Than Science by Frank Edwards  Shelves: pseudoscience
 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/212171.Stranger_Than_Science?
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+A2A What's behind the cult following for Nikola Tesla in recent years?
+In the question is also included the remarks, "I've noticed an increasing number of popular videos." I think that is the reason for a lot of "cult following" of various types.
+YouTube can be an amazing place where you can learn a lot. People spend a lot of time creating great videos on how to do many things. In that regard I think YouTube can be amazing.
+On the other hand I have seen many videos on YouTube that were downright crazy in the amount of misinformation they were putting out.
+When I was in high school a friend of mine was really into the Erich von Daniken books, some of you might remember the best-selling Chariots of the Gods and his series of books in search of ancient astronauts. I read all the Chariots of the Gods books, the books on Project Blue Book and UFOs, and whatever else I could find on what I collectively called "strange science." I would buy a new book every week or two, as well as read about inventors and inventions in magazines like Popular Science or Popular Mechanics.
+Other than to talk about these topics with my friend, and read a few magazines, I did not have any way to really explore these topics in more detail. Back in the dark ages of the 1970s we did not have the internet to share ideas.
+Now I can find thousands of YouTube videos on perpetual motion machines, 200 mpg carburetors, UFOs and aliens. Likewise, I can search dozens of websites on these topics. Interesting that most of these, what I call "strange science" websites, have something about Nikola Tesla on them. He fits the mold of the mad scientist.
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+I don’t care to belong to any club that will have me as a member  ... Groucho Marx
+I find television very educational. Every time someone switches it on I go into another room and read a good book.  ... Groucho Marx

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