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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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821:(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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2669:"Confessions of a Fortean Sceptic"
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2043:Barrett, David V. (May 28, 2008).
1938:"Charles Fort: His Life and Times"
1653:, New York City, 2008, paperback,
1635:, New York City, 1998, hardcover,
1091:(a term explicitly used by Fort),
889:International Fortean Organization
437:James Randi Educational Foundation
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3485:American male non-fiction writers
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2454:for a similar type of skepticism.
2238:Journal of Literature and Science
2018:
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1522:(1901, unpublished autobiography)
1491:'s bestselling children's novel,
3450:American people of Dutch descent
3388:– contains links to Fort's works
3378:
2520:. London: Gollancz. p. 70.
2426:, p. 201 (emphasis in original).
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1351:'s teleportation-themed novel,
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989:After Fort's death, the writer
422:Committee for Skeptical Inquiry
3362:Works by or about Charles Fort
3206:Encyclopedia of the Paranormal
3048:Reprinted by Destiny in 2008,
2890:Branney, Sean (May 19, 2011),
2036:
1983:
1948:
1904:Encyclopedia of the Paranormal
1853:
1629:Complete Books of Charles Fort
1546:, 1999, paperback, 310 pages,
1315:(1975) dedicated to Fort, and
1260:engage in such studies today.
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3445:Writers from Albany, New York
3083:. Jefferson, North Carolina.
2379:findingaids.library.upenn.edu
1902:. In Stein, Gordon M. (ed.).
1767:. Jefferson, North Carolina.
1744:
376:Reportedly haunted locations:
32:Charles Fort (disambiguation)
3455:19th-century American people
3386:Mr. X, Consulting Resologist
3041:The Morning of the Magicians
2711:Russell, Eric Frank (1966).
2467:, Visible Ink: 1998, p. 200.
1409:The Morning of the Magicians
1085:spontaneous human combustion
983:, who wrote the foreword to
952:Fort suggested that a Super-
831:
771:Career as a full-time writer
712:
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3377:(public domain audiobooks)
3180:Kripal, Jeffrey J. (2010).
2293:. Visible Ink. p. 235.
1669:
1255:Religious scholars such as
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1129:extraterrestrial hypothesis
1105:unidentified flying objects
1005:Ripley's Believe It or Not!
875:
215:Electronic voice phenomenon
27:American writer (1874–1932)
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3348:The Charles Fort Institute
2622:, p. 5; Orion Books; 1956.
2229:Sleigh, Charlotte (2015).
1109:unexplained disappearances
1075:. Reported events include
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2893:The Whisperer in Darkness
2816:"Fortean TV (DVD review)"
2746:Paradox Ethereal Magazine
2638:. X. London: John Brown.
1761:Boyle, Tanner F. (2021).
1694:List of haunted locations
1623:The Books of Charles Fort
1530:(1909; B.W. Dodge), novel
1527:The Outcast Manufacturers
1454:The Whisperer in Darkness
1437:, between 1997 and 1998.
1241:Edinburgh Fortean Society
998:, a popular contemporary
796:The Outcast Manufacturers
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3435:American fortean writers
3330:Asimov's Science Fiction
3121:The Skeptic's Dictionary
2768:Failure, a writer's life
2620:The Stars My Destination
2549:Steinmeyer, Jim (2008).
2304:Steinmeyer, Jim (2008).
2194:Steinmeyer, Jim (2008).
2159:Steinmeyer, Jim (2008).
2071:Steinmeyer, Jim (2008).
1990:Steinmeyer, Jim (2008).
1955:Steinmeyer, Jim (2008).
1860:Steinmeyer, Jim (2008).
1714:Philosophical skepticism
1418:Failure, a Writer's Life
1353:The Stars My Destination
1027:to believe in marvels."
871:Fort and the unexplained
843:
759:, until becoming ill in
487:Apparitional experiences
3465:American male novelists
3326:"We Were Wonder Scouts"
3060:Bennett, Colin (2002).
2949:Balliett, Blue (2004).
2920:. MysteriousPress.com.
2914:Brown, Fredric (1950).
2840:Coleman, Loren (2001).
1457:, Fort is portrayed by
1243:, in Edinburgh and the
1177:The Philadelphia Record
891:in issue No. 70 of the
545:Argument from ignorance
512:Out-of-body experiences
225:Extrasensory perception
3490:Writers from the Bronx
3290:. pp. 352 pages.
2917:Compliments of a Fiend
2799:: CS1 maint: others (
2667:Clark, Jerome (1983).
2632:Fort, Charles (1997).
2606:10.1525/nr.2014.18.1.5
2598:10.1525/nr.2014.18.1.5
2514:Knight, Damon (1971).
2289:Clark, Jerome (1998).
2028:Knight, Damon (1970).
1942:Charles Fort Institute
1827:Bill Bradbury (1982).
1661:(with introduction by
1535:The Book of the Damned
1478:Compliments of a Fiend
1384:The Book of the Damned
1237:London Fortean Society
1141:The Book of the Damned
1121:out-of-place artifacts
913:The Book of the Damned
818:The Book of the Damned
692:The Book of the Damned
570:Communal reinforcement
3371:Works by Charles Fort
3353:Works by Charles Fort
3240:10.4324/9781315609102
3204:(pp. 277–280 in
3020:R. Buckminster Fuller
2496:(Rough Guides, 2000 (
1936:Rickard, Bob (1997).
1898:Lippard, Jim (1996).
1709:Philosophy of science
1600:(1932), Reprinted by
1581:(1931), Reprinted by
1562:(1923), Reprinted by
1538:(1919), Reprinted by
1043:traditional methods.
747:At age 18, Fort left
550:Argumentum ad populum
482:Anomalous experiences
462:Scientific skepticism
280:Paranormal television
3395:(October 13, 2015).
3222:, "Tiffany Thayer",
3156:, Visible Ink: 1998.
2877:Simon & Schuster
2250:10.12929/jls.08.2.02
1835:] (in Finnish).
1439:Paul Thomas Anderson
1251:Scholarly evaluation
1097:unaccountable noises
948:Fort's writing style
565:Cognitive dissonance
560:Begging the question
507:Ideomotor phenomenon
3016:Immanuel Velikovsky
1616:Posthumous editions
1345:Robert Anton Wilson
1289:, the parents of a
1156:Alexander Woollcott
788:scientific journals
680:anomalous phenomena
615:Scientific evidence
457:Scientific literacy
100:, New York City, US
2843:Mysterious America
2820:STARBURST Magazine
2146:The New York Times
1633:Dover Publications
1364:Eric Frank Russell
1357:William R. Corliss
1317:Mysterious America
1264:Literary influence
1182:Eric Frank Russell
1052:The New York Times
325:Spirit photography
275:Paranormal fiction
200:Demonic possession
3357:Project Gutenberg
3297:978-0-434-01629-7
3249:978-1-317-05503-7
3191:978-0-226-45387-3
3090:978-1-4766-4190-4
3071:978-1-900486-20-0
2927:978-1-5040-6825-3
2778:978-1-78099-704-9
2562:978-1-4362-0566-5
2317:978-1-4362-0566-5
2268:Publishers Weekly
2207:978-1-58542-640-9
2172:978-1-58542-640-9
2084:978-1-4362-0566-5
2003:978-1-4362-0566-5
1968:978-1-4362-0566-5
1873:978-1-4362-0566-5
1846:978-951-9078-89-2
1829:Tiedon rajamailla
1774:978-1-4766-7740-8
1659:978-1-58542-641-6
1441:'s popular movie
1388:Ivan T. Sanderson
1257:Jeffrey J. Kripal
1221:John Anthony West
1170:, Woollcott, and
1168:Harry Leon Wilson
1059:Fortean phenomena
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