Review: Why People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time
User Review - Dana - GoodreadsThe topuc is interesting and there are good points in the book but overall it didn't read well for me. I'm not sure if it is the structure of the book or the writing style but something bothered me. Read full review
Review: Why People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time
User Review - Anaala - GoodreadsThis was a pretty good book I find my self liking his writing style, it's rather like I imagine attending one of his lectures would be. The content is quite easy to understand because of this however ... Read full review
Review: Why People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time
User Review - Kaitlin - GoodreadsSome interesting ideas, but the author struggled in the editing. He devotes whole sections to Creationism and Holocaust Deniers, which he has been especially personally involved in debating, and ... Read full review
Review: Why People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time
User Review - John Alt - GoodreadsMichael Shermer was once a born-again Christian. Now he is a skeptic toward religion and anything that does not pass the test of empirical reason. In short, he either waits for proof or has made up ... Read full review
Review: Why People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time
User Review - Eddy Allen - GoodreadsIn 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 ... Read full review
Review: Why People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time
User Review - Chris Pederson - GoodreadsMy first skeptical book. Love it and bonus-met Micheal Shermer at TAM8. He's a nice guy Read full review
Review: Why People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time
User Review - Joel Williams - GoodreadsThis clear-thought manifesto takes your hand (and brain) in tow through some downright weird beliefs that people hold and examines how and why people believe them. Astrology, creationism, holocaust ... Read full review
Review: Why People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time
User Review - Mike Stolfi - GoodreadsWhat's not to like about Mr. Schermer & the skeptical mind set? OK, so he makes it tougher to be a true believer, which some hold as a negative, but shouldn't you examine your beliefs? Read full review
Review: Why People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time
User Review - Annie - GoodreadsTo be honest, I don't think this book lived up to its title. "Vague writings on weird things people believe", or "Why these people are wrong" was the more common theme. Some interesting content, but ... Read full review
Review: Why People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time
User Review - Jason - GoodreadsIt would have been great if this book had done what its title indicates and explain the psychological or neurological reasons people hold strange beliefs: insistence of supernatural phenomena, denial ... Read full review
