Why People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time

skepticism 101. Relearning what is really science and what is pseudoscience.

mst read for a psyche literature lover.

While some of the nonsense that Michael Shermer focuses on as totally weird beliefs (and they are weird) they didn't quite resonate with me since they are a little outdated (i.e. Holocaust deniers) just by the sheer volume of incredibly weird and silly things people believe in now. But the book still get s a five star rating, because it gets right down to the root of these...more

While some of the nonsense that Michael Shermer focuses on as totally weird beliefs (and they are weird) they didn't quite resonate with me since they are a little outdated (i.e. Holocaust deniers) just by the sheer volume of incredibly weird and silly things people believe in now. But the book still get s a five star rating, because it gets right down to the root of these silly beliefs.   hide

Very good book. Too much information, that I had to look up also in other sources. It's worth reading it. Shermer is very Smart and he deals perfectly against different weird believers (holocaust deniers, aliens and UFO's believers, etc)