Why People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time by Michael ShermerRequirements: .ePUB, .MOBI/.AZW reader, 2.65 MBOverview: 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 […]
The Believing Brain: From Ghosts and Gods to Politics and Conspiracies—How We Construct Beliefs and Reinforce Them as Truths by Michael ShermerRequirements: .ePUB reader, 1.4MBOverview: Bestselling author Michael Shermer’s comprehensive and provocative theory on how beliefs are born, formed, reinforced, challenged, changed, and extinguished. In this work synthesizing thirty years of research, psychologist, historian of […]
All Fishermen Are Liars by John GierachRequirements: .ePUB reader, 2,1 MBOverview: “I have to go fishing; it’s my job.” John Gierach can say that and mean it. But fishing is only part of his job. The other part is writing about his fishing adventures. And that’s the part we readers get to enjoy. In All […]
Conspiracy: Why the Rational Believe the Irrational by Michael Shermer Requirements: .ePUB reader, 4.3mbOverview: Best-selling author Michael Shermer presents an overarching theory of conspiracy theories—who believes them and why, which ones are real, and what we should do about them. Nothing happens by accident, everything is connected, and there are no coincidences: that is the […]
Conspiracy: Why the Rational Believe the Irrational by Michael ShermerRequirements: .M4A/.M4B reader, 286 MBOverview: Best-selling author Michael Shermer presents an overarching theory of conspiracy theories—who believes them and why, which ones are real, and what we should do about them. Nothing happens by accident, everything is connected, and there are no coincidences: that is the […]