The Prevalence of Nonsense by Ashley Montagu & Edward Darling
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060041854/104-4660272-8951132?v=glance&n=283155
This book badly needs to be updated. Since it came out, many new absurdities have entered the popular culture such as:
acupuncture
Feng Shui
crop circles
healing by touch and faith
And the old idiocies never seem to disappear, including:
Astrology
ghosts
flying saucers (UFOs)
ESP, PK, and the rest of the psychic menagerie
Scientology
demonic possession
