I wasn’t entirely wrong: both of these themes were salient throughout the book, but if I had to choose one thing that it was about, that thing is… aliens? After Drew’s video, I saw it as more of a societal analysis and advocacy for using science and skeptical thinking. I once thought that The Demon-Haunted World would go through various paranormal phenomena like ghosts and demons and debunk them using science. I guess I should first say that I don’t know exactly what I was expecting. That said, for better or worse, this book wasn’t exactly what I expected. There’s a reason Carl Sagan has a place in all of my videos.” I feel that I refer to various videos from Drew’s channel in a lot of my posts, so you know that I hold him in high esteem and that I trusted his fervent recommendation.

Read this book in some form if you haven’t already. In his rave review, Drew says, “I’ve found no other piece of literature more comprehensive or more moving in teaching the tools of scientific skepticism. I had been having difficulty choosing which Carl Sagan book to read next, so the video convinced me that it ought to be The Demon-Haunted World. I learned this while watching this video where Drew McCoy explains Sagan’s most famous “prediction” and raves that his viewers ought to read this book. Carl Sagan’s 1996 book The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark has gained popularity in recent years as Sagan has been crowned a sort of prophet of science.

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