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

The co-founder of "Skeptic" magazine explains why people are so willing to believe in mind reading, alien abductions, ghosts, and other manifestations of pseudoscience, and discusses how such wrong thinking can lead to very real danger.

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  • "The co-founder of "Skeptic" magazine explains why people are so willing to believe in mind reading, alien abductions, ghosts, and other manifestations of pseudoscience, and discusses how such wrong thinking can lead to very real danger."@en
  • "The co-founder of "Skeptic" magazine explains why people are so willing to believe in mind reading, alien abductions, ghosts, and other manifestations of pseudoscience, and discusses how such wrong thinking can lead to very real danger."
  • ""(A) splendid book." Vanity FairWhy do smart people believe weird things?Why do so many people believe in mind reading, past-life regression therapy, extra-terrestrial abduction and ghosts? What is behind the rise of 'scientific creationism' and Holocaust denial? In an age of supposed scientific enlightenment why do we appear more impressionable than ever?Scientific historian, and director of the Skeptics Society, Michael Shermer debunks these extraordinary claims in a no-holds-barred assault on the popular superstitions and confused prejudices of our time. Exploring the very human reas."@en
  • "A study of various pseudoscientific conclusions, superstitions, and other strange beliefs."@en

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  • "Why people believe weird things pseudoscience, superstition, and other confusions of our time"
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  • "Why people believe weird things : pseudoscience, superstition, and other confusions of our time"
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  • "Why people believe in weird things : pseudoscience, superstition, and other confusions of our time"
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  • "Why people believe weird things : pseudoscience, superstition, and other confusions of our time; [national bestseller]"

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