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Joyride To Infinity

Joyride To Infinity: A Scientific Study of the Doomsday Literature is a book by R. A. McConnell, Ph.D.. First published in 2000 by Scott-Townsend Publishers (ISBN 187846535X).

Table of contents

Dedication

The book is dedicated to "those in the future who, when all hope is gone, will nevertheless adhere to the ideals of Western Civilization: Altruistic love and courtesy toward others, diligence, courage, disciplined curiosity, trust in reason, sensitivity to beauty, reverence for the past, and humility before the unknown."

Contents

  • "Scope of the work"
  • "Dedication"
        • Book 1
    • 1) "INTRODUCTION"
      • Part I: IN SEARCH OF REALITY
    • 2) "HOW I BECAME A PARAPSYCHOLOGIST"
    • 3) "OTHER LIFE INTERESTS"
    • 4) "MONEY FOR PARAPSYCHOLOGY AND WHAT IT TAKES TO GET IT"
    • 5) "WHAT DID I ACCOMPLISH?" (as a parapsychologist)
    • 6) "ON PSI AND ITS ACCEPTANCE"
  • "Beta Testing This Book."
  • "The Scope of Laboratory Psi."
  • "Stamping Out Heresy by Means of Contrived Controversy."
  • "Eminent Physicists on Parapsychology."
  • "Is Psychic Ability Inherited?"
  • "Other Supporters of Parapsychology."
    • 7) "SPONTANEOUS PSI PHENOMENA"
  • "The Classification of Psychics."
  • "My Experience With Psychics."
  • "On Being Secretly Psychic." (autobiography of a psychic)
  • "Public Acknowledgments of Spontaneous Psi."
  • "Making Sense of Spontaneous Psi."
    • 8) "ON THE REJECTION OF PSI"
  • "Why Do Scientists Think at All?"
  • "Modes of Scientific Thought."
  • "Psi as a Cultural Challenge."
  • "Bronowski's Ascent of Man."
      • Part II: WISDOM FROM THE PAST
    • 9) "THE POLITICS OF A PARAPSYCHOLGIST"
  • "Is Parapsychology a Secular Religion?"
  • "The Decline of the West."
  • "The Mass Communication Media as the Evil Empire."
  • "No Hiding Place for the Virtuous."
  • "Reconciliation of the Two Cultures."
  • "Student Unrest in the 1960s."
  • "On the Academic Status of the ROTC."
  • "How To Avoid Slovenly Teaching."
    • 10) "AFFIRMATIVE ACTION IN OUR UNIVERSITIES"
  • "History Revisited."
  • "The 1972 Essay." (a scholarly analysis of affirmative action)
      • Part III: GUIDANCE FOR THE FUTURE
    • 11) "IS THE END NIGH?" (Summary of Lyons, Moore, and Smith. 1995)
  • "Epitome."
  • "The Migration of Disease."
  • "Affluence and Entropy."
  • "The Sinful Fruit of the Tree of Knowledge."
  • "Immigration, Pro and Con."
  • "Dismantling Globalization."
  • "Gloomy Thoughts on the Dismal Science."
  • "On Free Trade and Its Consequences."
  • "Is the End Nigh?"
    • 12) "WHY DO WOMEN HAVE BABIES?"
  • "Why the [Benign] Demographic Transition Will Not Work."
    • 13) "FREE WILL: RELIGIOUS BELIEF OR EMPIRICAL FACT?"
    • 14) "ADMONITION"
  • "Exponential Growth."
  • "Mathematics as the Key to the Future."
  • "Is There Hope?"
  • "Farewell."
    • Appendixes
  • Appendix A) "MY ARCHIVED RECORDS"
  • Appendix B) "ON SCIENTIFIC BELIEFS"
  • Appendix C) "FAR OUT IN THE NEW AGE" (summary)
  • Appendix D) "ON SCIENTIFIC INVENTION"
  • Appendix E) "TENURE DECLINED"
  • Appendix F) "ON GRIEVING"
        • Book 2: REALITY AVOIDANCE BY SCIENTISTS AND OTHER INTELLIGENT PEOPLE IN FACING FOUR CRISES OF THE 21st CENTURY
  • "COMPENDIUM OF THE FUTURE"
  • "GENETIC PREFACE"
  • Annotated Bibliography
  • "HOW TO MISLEAD WITHOUT LYING"
  • NAME INDEX
  • ANNOTATED SUBJECT INDEX

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