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Why People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time Paperback - 2002

by Michael Shermer; Foreword by Stephen Jay Gould

With this no-holds-barred assault on popular myths and prejudices, a science historian debunks psychobabble and extraordinary, nonsensical claims. 25 illustrations.

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"This sparkling book romps over the range of science and anti-science." --Jared Diamond, author of Guns, Germs, and Steel Revised and Expanded Edition. In this age of supposed scientific enlightenment, many people still believe in mind reading, past-life regression theory, New Age hokum, and alien abduction. A no-holds-barred assault on popular superstitions and prejudices, with more than 80,000 copies in print, Why People Believe Weird Things debunks these nonsensical claims and explores the very human reasons people find otherworldly phenomena, conspiracy theories, and cults so appealing. In an entirely new chapter, "Why Smart People Believe in Weird Things," Michael Shermer takes on science luminaries like physicist Frank Tippler and others, who hide their spiritual beliefs behind the trappings of science. Shermer, science historian and true crusader, also reveals the more dangerous side of such illogical thinking, including Holocaust denial, the recovered-memory movement, the satanic ritual abuse scare, and other modern crazes. Why People Believe Strange Things is an eye-opening resource for the most gullible among us and those who want to protect them.

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  • Title Why People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time
  • Author Michael Shermer; Foreword by Stephen Jay Gould
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: Repri
  • Pages 384
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Holt McDougal, New York, New York, U.S.A.
  • Date 2002-09
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
  • ISBN 9780805070897 / 0805070893
  • Weight 0.72 lbs (0.33 kg)
  • Dimensions 8 x 5.29 x 0.96 in (20.32 x 13.44 x 2.44 cm)
  • Themes
    • Topical: New Age
  • Library of Congress subjects Creative ability in science, Pseudoscience
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2002068784
  • Dewey Decimal Code 133

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Citations

  • Newsweek, 06/30/2008, Page 45

About the author

Michael Shermer is the author of The Believing Brain, Why People Believe Weird Things, The Science of Good and Evil, The Mind Of The Market, Why Darwin Matters, Science Friction, How We Believe and other books on the evolution of human beliefs and behavior. He is the founding publisher of Skeptic magazine, the editor of Skeptic.com, a monthly columnist for Scientific American, and an adjunct professor at Claremont Graduate University. He lives in Southern California.

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