"In the course of any normal person's life, miracles happen roughly once a month."
Skeptics normally strike me as pretty humourless and annoying (sadly, since we agree about a lot of stuff), but this article, about statistics and supernatural premonitions, is great fun. I can't take Shermer over a full book, but in smaller doses he's pretty helpful.
[Edited to add: Of course, I'm probably closer to Dyson than Shermer, on the basis of this article.]
[Edited to add: Of course, I'm probably closer to Dyson than Shermer, on the basis of this article.]
