There's a lot of stuff I simply don't believe in. Usually, I can present some kind of counter argument to the person who's putting forth some kind of convoluted nonsense such as "when you kick your toe on a rock and you feel pain, it's not really pain at all. Because life is a dream state, and therefore you have temporarily crossed over from the dream state to another plane.... blah, blah, blah..."However, sometimes, due to not being the brightest bulb out of the box, I need to call up reserves to fight the good fight against abstract thinking morons. That's where The Skeptics Dictionary comes in handy. The only reason I give it four rather than five stars is that the book fails to cover my backside against every enemy in every battle. Case in point, the tooth fairy goes unmentioned.