Today we're exploring Carl Sagan's Baloney Detection Kit from his book The Demon Haunted World and how it applies to deprogramming Alcoholics Anonymous.

I've compiled a list of all the deprogramming books I recommend here:

📚 Deprogram Book List (my fave deprogram, cult recovery and critical thinking books)

Timestamps:

00:00 Baloney Detection Kit Intro

02:09 1 - Independent Confirmation

05:15 2 - Encourage Debate

08:34 3 - Authority Means Nothing Without Evidence

14:32 4 - Multiple Hypothesis

19:23 5 - Don't Marry Your Own Ideas

23:05 6 - Quantify

26:57 Leaving AA + Doing Great

29:24 Geting Worse in AA

32:50 7 - Every Link Must Hold

36:20 8 - Occam's Razor

Resources for deconstructing AA:

👉 Deprogram Lounge (community, Zooms, book club, Escape Kit + more)

📚 Deprogram Book List (my fave deprogram, cult recovery and critical thinking books)

Let’s get f*cking free