The book provoked an immediate response, both positive and negative, and was published with endorsements from scientists, such as Nobel laureate and co-discoverer of the structure of DNA James D. Watson, Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker, as well as popular writers of fiction and the illusionists Penn and Teller.
Knjiga je izazvala žestoke reakcije, kako pozitivne tako i negativne, te je bila izdana s odobrenjem znanstvenika poput nobelovca i supronalazača strukture DNK Jamesa D. Watsona, harvardskog psihologa Stevena Pinkera, ali i popularnih pisaca fikcije i iluzionista Penna i Tellera.