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Why People Believe Weird Things Summary
Why People Believe Weird Things
Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time
by Michael Shermer 2002 384 pages
3.86
9k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Philosophy
50 Popular Beliefs That People Think Are True Summary
50 Popular Beliefs That People Think Are True
by Guy P. Harrison 2011 458 pages
3.61
1k+ ratings
Science
Skepticism
Psychology
The Believing Brain Summary
The Believing Brain
From Ghosts and Gods to Politics and Conspiracies How We Construct Beliefs and Reinforce Them as Truths
by Michael Shermer 2011 400 pages
3.93
7k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Religion
The Improbability Principle Summary
The Improbability Principle
Why Coincidences, Miracles, and Rare Events Happen Every Day
by David J. Hand 2014 288 pages
3.72
1k+ ratings
Science
Mathematics
Psychology
A Survival Guide to the Misinformation Age Summary
A Survival Guide to the Misinformation Age
Scientific Habits of Mind
by David J. Helfand 2016 344 pages
3.71
100+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Skepticism
Nonsense on Stilts Summary
Nonsense on Stilts
How to Tell Science from Bunk
by Massimo Pigliucci 2010 336 pages
3.92
1k+ ratings
Science
Philosophy
Skepticism
The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe Summary
The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
How to Know What's Really Real in a World Increasingly Full of Fake
by Steven Novella 2018 512 pages
4.40
4k+ ratings
Science
Philosophy
Psychology
The Demon-Haunted World Summary
The Demon-Haunted World
Science as a Candle in the Dark
by Carl Sagan 1997 457 pages
4.29
76k+ ratings
Science
Philosophy
History
The Edge of Reason Summary
The Edge of Reason
A Rational Skeptic in an Irrational World
by Julian Baggini 2016 272 pages
3.97
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Science
Don't Believe Everything You Think Summary
Don't Believe Everything You Think
The 6 Basic Mistakes We Make in Thinking
by Thomas Kida 2006 286 pages
3.83
500+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
Irreligion Summary
Irreligion
A Mathematician Explains Why the Arguments for God Just Don't Add Up
by John Allen Paulos 2008 176 pages
3.66
2k+ ratings
Atheism
Science
Philosophy
Bad Astronomy Summary
Bad Astronomy
by Philip Plait 2002 288 pages
4.04
5k+ ratings
Science
Astronomy
Space
Trick or Treatment Summary
Trick or Treatment
The Undeniable Facts about Alternative Medicine
by Simon Singh 2008 351 pages
4.11
4k+ ratings
Science
Medicine
Health
Lectures of Col. Robert Green Ingersoll Summary
Lectures of Col. Robert Green Ingersoll
by Robert G. Ingersoll 1942 334 pages
4.59
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Skepticism
Religion
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