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of human beings'—especially scientists'—claims to ultimate knowledge". Clark described Fort's writing style as a "distinctive blend of mocking humor, penetrating insight, and calculated outrageousness". Fort was skeptical of sciences and wrote his own mocking explanations to defy scientists who used
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in their chosen phenomena—an attitude exactly contrary to
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wrote: "Reading Fort is a ride on a comet; if the traveler returns to earth after the journey, he will find, after his first dizziness has worn off, a new and exhilarating emotion that will color and correct all his future reading of less heady scientific literature."
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810:(1919), which Dreiser helped to get published. The title referred to "damned" data that Fort collected, phenomena for which science could not account, and that was thus rejected or ignored.
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assumptions that prevent them from attaining true objectivity. Expressed in a sentence, Fort's principle goes something like this: People with a psychological need to
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788:(1909), a tenement tale, was published. Reviews were mostly positive, but it was unsuccessful commercially. During 1915, Fort began to write two books, titled
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Charles Fort: The Man Who Invented the Supernatural
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2032:Barrett, David V. (May 28, 2008).
1927:"Charles Fort: His Life and Times"
1642:, New York City, 2008, paperback,
1624:, New York City, 1998, hardcover,
1080:(a term explicitly used by Fort),
878:International Fortean Organization
426:James Randi Educational Foundation
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3474:American male non-fiction writers
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2443:for a similar type of skepticism.
2227:Journal of Literature and Science
2007:
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1511:(1901, unpublished autobiography)
1480:'s bestselling children's novel,
3439:American people of Dutch descent
3377:– contains links to Fort's works
3367:
2509:. London: Gollancz. p. 70.
2415:, p. 201 (emphasis in original).
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3464:Novelists from New York (state)
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1340:'s teleportation-themed novel,
1108:). He offered many reports of
978:After Fort's death, the writer
411:Committee for Skeptical Inquiry
3351:Works by or about Charles Fort
3195:Encyclopedia of the Paranormal
3037:Reprinted by Destiny in 2008,
2879:Branney, Sean (May 19, 2011),
2025:
1972:
1937:
1893:Encyclopedia of the Paranormal
1842:
1618:Complete Books of Charles Fort
1535:, 1999, paperback, 310 pages,
1304:(1975) dedicated to Fort, and
1249:engage in such studies today.
1:
3434:Writers from Albany, New York
3072:. Jefferson, North Carolina.
2368:findingaids.library.upenn.edu
1891:. In Stein, Gordon M. (ed.).
1756:. Jefferson, North Carolina.
1733:
365:Reportedly haunted locations:
21:Charles Fort (disambiguation)
3444:19th-century American people
3375:Mr. X, Consulting Resologist
3030:The Morning of the Magicians
2700:Russell, Eric Frank (1966).
2456:, Visible Ink: 1998, p. 200.
1398:The Morning of the Magicians
1074:spontaneous human combustion
972:, who wrote the foreword to
941:Fort suggested that a Super-
820:
760:Career as a full-time writer
701:
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3366:(public domain audiobooks)
3169:Kripal, Jeffrey J. (2010).
2282:. Visible Ink. p. 235.
1658:
1244:Religious scholars such as
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1118:extraterrestrial hypothesis
1094:unidentified flying objects
994:Ripley's Believe It or Not!
864:
204:Electronic voice phenomenon
16:American writer (1874–1932)
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3337:The Charles Fort Institute
2611:, p. 5; Orion Books; 1956.
2218:Sleigh, Charlotte (2015).
1098:unexplained disappearances
1064:. Reported events include
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2882:The Whisperer in Darkness
2805:"Fortean TV (DVD review)"
2735:Paradox Ethereal Magazine
2627:. X. London: John Brown.
1750:Boyle, Tanner F. (2021).
1683:List of haunted locations
1612:The Books of Charles Fort
1519:(1909; B.W. Dodge), novel
1516:The Outcast Manufacturers
1443:The Whisperer in Darkness
1426:, between 1997 and 1998.
1230:Edinburgh Fortean Society
987:, a popular contemporary
785:The Outcast Manufacturers
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3424:American fortean writers
3319:Asimov's Science Fiction
3110:The Skeptic's Dictionary
2757:Failure, a writer's life
2609:The Stars My Destination
2538:Steinmeyer, Jim (2008).
2293:Steinmeyer, Jim (2008).
2183:Steinmeyer, Jim (2008).
2148:Steinmeyer, Jim (2008).
2060:Steinmeyer, Jim (2008).
1979:Steinmeyer, Jim (2008).
1944:Steinmeyer, Jim (2008).
1849:Steinmeyer, Jim (2008).
1703:Philosophical skepticism
1407:Failure, a Writer's Life
1342:The Stars My Destination
1016:to believe in marvels."
860:Fort and the unexplained
832:
748:, until becoming ill in
476:Apparitional experiences
3454:American male novelists
3315:"We Were Wonder Scouts"
3049:Bennett, Colin (2002).
2938:Balliett, Blue (2004).
2909:. MysteriousPress.com.
2903:Brown, Fredric (1950).
2829:Coleman, Loren (2001).
1446:, Fort is portrayed by
1232:, in Edinburgh and the
1166:The Philadelphia Record
880:in issue No. 70 of the
534:Argument from ignorance
501:Out-of-body experiences
214:Extrasensory perception
3479:Writers from the Bronx
3279:. pp. 352 pages.
2906:Compliments of a Fiend
2788:: CS1 maint: others (
2656:Clark, Jerome (1983).
2621:Fort, Charles (1997).
2595:10.1525/nr.2014.18.1.5
2587:10.1525/nr.2014.18.1.5
2503:Knight, Damon (1971).
2278:Clark, Jerome (1998).
2017:Knight, Damon (1970).
1931:Charles Fort Institute
1816:Bill Bradbury (1982).
1650:(with introduction by
1524:The Book of the Damned
1467:Compliments of a Fiend
1373:The Book of the Damned
1226:London Fortean Society
1130:The Book of the Damned
1110:out-of-place artifacts
902:The Book of the Damned
807:The Book of the Damned
681:The Book of the Damned
559:Communal reinforcement
3360:Works by Charles Fort
3342:Works by Charles Fort
3229:10.4324/9781315609102
3193:(pp. 277–280 in
3009:R. Buckminster Fuller
2485:(Rough Guides, 2000 (
1925:Rickard, Bob (1997).
1887:Lippard, Jim (1996).
1698:Philosophy of science
1589:(1932), Reprinted by
1570:(1931), Reprinted by
1551:(1923), Reprinted by
1527:(1919), Reprinted by
1032:traditional methods.
736:At age 18, Fort left
539:Argumentum ad populum
471:Anomalous experiences
451:Scientific skepticism
269:Paranormal television
3384:(October 13, 2015).
3211:, "Tiffany Thayer",
3145:, Visible Ink: 1998.
2866:Simon & Schuster
2239:10.12929/jls.08.2.02
1824:] (in Finnish).
1428:Paul Thomas Anderson
1240:Scholarly evaluation
1086:unaccountable noises
937:Fort's writing style
554:Cognitive dissonance
549:Begging the question
496:Ideomotor phenomenon
3005:Immanuel Velikovsky
1605:Posthumous editions
1334:Robert Anton Wilson
1278:, the parents of a
1145:Alexander Woollcott
777:scientific journals
669:anomalous phenomena
604:Scientific evidence
446:Scientific literacy
89:, New York City, US
2832:Mysterious America
2809:STARBURST Magazine
2135:The New York Times
1622:Dover Publications
1353:Eric Frank Russell
1346:William R. Corliss
1306:Mysterious America
1253:Literary influence
1171:Eric Frank Russell
1041:The New York Times
314:Spirit photography
264:Paranormal fiction
189:Demonic possession
3346:Project Gutenberg
3286:978-0-434-01629-7
3238:978-1-317-05503-7
3180:978-0-226-45387-3
3079:978-1-4766-4190-4
3060:978-1-900486-20-0
2916:978-1-5040-6825-3
2767:978-1-78099-704-9
2551:978-1-4362-0566-5
2306:978-1-4362-0566-5
2257:Publishers Weekly
2196:978-1-58542-640-9
2161:978-1-58542-640-9
2073:978-1-4362-0566-5
1992:978-1-4362-0566-5
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1862:978-1-4362-0566-5
1835:978-951-9078-89-2
1818:Tiedon rajamailla
1763:978-1-4766-7740-8
1648:978-1-58542-641-6
1430:'s popular movie
1377:Ivan T. Sanderson
1246:Jeffrey J. Kripal
1210:John Anthony West
1159:, Woollcott, and
1157:Harry Leon Wilson
1048:Fortean phenomena
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