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Why We Believe What We Believe
by Andrew B. Newberg • 2006
Prayer dims the self, meditation sharpens focus: the neural signature of why you believe.
4.01
331
Why We Believe What We Believe Summary
Why We Believe What We Believe 90%
Prayer dims the self, meditation sharpens focus: the neural signature of why you believe.
by Andrew B. Newberg 2006
4.01
331 ratings
The Believing Brain
by Michael Shermer • 2011
Your beliefs came first. Every rational argument arrived afterward to defend them.
3.93
8k+
The Believing Brain Summary
The Believing Brain 90%
Your beliefs came first. Every rational argument arrived afterward to defend them.
by Michael Shermer 2011
3.93
8k+ ratings
The Crack in the Cosmic Egg
by Joseph Chilton Pearce • 1971
Your mind does not receive reality. It constructs it. And the blueprints can be redrawn.
4.01
464
The Crack in the Cosmic Egg Summary
The Crack in the Cosmic Egg 90%
Your mind does not receive reality. It constructs it. And the blueprints can be redrawn.
by Joseph Chilton Pearce 1971
4.01
464 ratings
Quantum Psychology
by Robert Anton Wilson • 1990
Every perception is a wager, and one small word in English stacks the odds against you.
4.23
3k+
Quantum Psychology Summary
Quantum Psychology 89%
Every perception is a wager, and one small word in English stacks the odds against you.
by Robert Anton Wilson 1990
4.23
3k+ ratings
How We Know What Isn't So
by Thomas Gilovich • 1991
The mind finds pattern in noise, then argues for it with absolute conviction.
3.95
3k+
How We Know What Isn't So Summary
How We Know What Isn't So 89%
The mind finds pattern in noise, then argues for it with absolute conviction.
by Thomas Gilovich 1991
3.95
3k+ ratings
Riveted
by Jim Davies • 2014
Religion and art exploit the same brain quirks. Science alone refuses to use them, and it's losing.
3.70
406
Riveted Summary
Riveted 89%
Religion and art exploit the same brain quirks. Science alone refuses to use them, and it's losing.
by Jim Davies 2014
3.70
406 ratings
Suspicious Minds
by Rob Brotherton • 2015
Seeing patterns that aren't there once kept us alive. Now it fuels conspiracy theories.
3.87
2k+
Suspicious Minds Summary
Suspicious Minds 89%
Seeing patterns that aren't there once kept us alive. Now it fuels conspiracy theories.
by Rob Brotherton 2015
3.87
2k+ ratings
The Scout Mindset
by Julia Galef • 2021
Most thinking is self-defense. Clear thinking is a switch you never learned to flip.
4.09
7k+
The Scout Mindset Summary
The Scout Mindset 89%
Most thinking is self-defense. Clear thinking is a switch you never learned to flip.
by Julia Galef 2021
4.09
7k+ ratings
Why People Believe Weird Things
by Michael Shermer • 1997
The smarter you are, the better you are at defending beliefs reason never built.
3.86
10k+
Why People Believe Weird Things Summary
Why People Believe Weird Things 89%
The smarter you are, the better you are at defending beliefs reason never built.
by Michael Shermer 1997
3.86
10k+ ratings
How to Think About Weird Things
by Theodore Schick Jr. • 1994
A method for evaluating any extraordinary claim, from alien abductions to miracle cures.
3.97
633
How to Think About Weird Things Summary
How to Think About Weird Things 89%
A method for evaluating any extraordinary claim, from alien abductions to miracle cures.
by Theodore Schick Jr. 1994
3.97
633 ratings
The Doors of Perception & Heaven and Hell
by Aldous Huxley • 1956
Your brain edits reality to survival essentials. Huxley took mescaline and watched the editing stop.
3.90
76k+
The Doors of Perception & Heaven and Hell Summary
The Doors of Perception & Heaven and Hell 89%
Your brain edits reality to survival essentials. Huxley took mescaline and watched the editing stop.
by Aldous Huxley 1956
3.90
76k+ ratings
The User Illusion
by Tor Nørretranders • 1991
Consciousness is not a window onto reality. It's a dashboard. And it's half a second behind.
4.31
1k+
The User Illusion Summary
The User Illusion 89%
Consciousness is not a window onto reality. It's a dashboard. And it's half a second behind.
by Tor Nørretranders 1991
4.31
1k+ ratings
Closer Encounters
by Jason Reza Jorjani • 2021
UFO pilots are our time-traveling descendants. They rewrote our DNA, and the Pentagon is hiding it.
4.05
160
Closer Encounters Summary
Closer Encounters 89%
UFO pilots are our time-traveling descendants. They rewrote our DNA, and the Pentagon is hiding it.
by Jason Reza Jorjani 2021
4.05
160 ratings
Hallucinations
by Oliver Sacks • 2012
Hallucinations are not the brain breaking. They are the brain showing how it builds reality.
3.93
25k+
Hallucinations Summary
Hallucinations 89%
Hallucinations are not the brain breaking. They are the brain showing how it builds reality.
by Oliver Sacks 2012
3.93
25k+ ratings
Authors of the Impossible
by Jeffrey J. Kripal • 2010
Ghosts, telepathy, UFOs: four scholars who read the impossible as a message, not a mistake.
4.15
289
Authors of the Impossible Summary
Authors of the Impossible 89%
Ghosts, telepathy, UFOs: four scholars who read the impossible as a message, not a mistake.
by Jeffrey J. Kripal 2010
4.15
289 ratings
The Misinformation Age
by Cailin O'Connor • 2018
False beliefs spread through social networks, not faulty brains. And the math proves it.
3.77
1k+
The Misinformation Age Summary
The Misinformation Age 89%
False beliefs spread through social networks, not faulty brains. And the math proves it.
by Cailin O'Connor 2018
3.77
1k+ ratings
Re-Create Your Life
by Morty Lefkoe • 1997
Most self-help teaches coping. This process eliminates the belief, so the problem never returns.
3.98
1k+
Re-Create Your Life Summary
Re-Create Your Life 89%
Most self-help teaches coping. This process eliminates the belief, so the problem never returns.
by Morty Lefkoe 1997
3.98
1k+ ratings
Liminal Thinking
by Dave Gray • 2016
Your beliefs resist new evidence because they are identity, not logic. Tools to change them anyway.
3.93
3k+
Liminal Thinking Summary
Liminal Thinking 89%
Your beliefs resist new evidence because they are identity, not logic. Tools to change them anyway.
by Dave Gray 2016
3.93
3k+ ratings
Why We Believe in God(s)
by J. Anderson Thomson • 2011
Faith is not divine. It is an accident of ordinary mental systems built for survival.
3.94
1k+
Why We Believe in God(s) Summary
Why We Believe in God(s) 89%
Faith is not divine. It is an accident of ordinary mental systems built for survival.
by J. Anderson Thomson 2011
3.94
1k+ ratings
Neil Gaiman and Philosophy
by Tracy L. Bealer • 2012
What Aristotle, Nietzsche, and Derrida would make of Neil Gaiman's gods, graveyards, and dreams.
3.55
92
Neil Gaiman and Philosophy Summary
Neil Gaiman and Philosophy 89%
What Aristotle, Nietzsche, and Derrida would make of Neil Gaiman's gods, graveyards, and dreams.
by Tracy L. Bealer 2012
3.55
92 ratings
A Theory of Cognitive Dissonance
by Leon Festinger • 1957
The mental shortcuts that run your life are full of bugs. Here's how to debug them.
4.02
193
A Theory of Cognitive Dissonance Summary
A Theory of Cognitive Dissonance 88%
The mental shortcuts that run your life are full of bugs. Here's how to debug them.
by Leon Festinger 1957
4.02
193 ratings
God's Debris
by Scott Adams • 2001
A deliveryman meets a stranger who explains why God no longer exists.
3.94
8k+
God's Debris Summary
God's Debris 88%
A deliveryman meets a stranger who explains why God no longer exists.
by Scott Adams 2001
3.94
8k+ ratings
Mental Immunity
by Andy Norman • 2021
Ideas infect minds like parasites. Cognitive immunity is real, fragile, and trainable.
3.59
432
Mental Immunity Summary
Mental Immunity 88%
Ideas infect minds like parasites. Cognitive immunity is real, fragile, and trainable.
by Andy Norman 2021
3.59
432 ratings
Deviate
by Beau Lotto • 2017
Your brain evolved for survival, not truth. That bias is the engine of creativity.
3.73
2k+
Deviate Summary
Deviate 88%
Your brain evolved for survival, not truth. That bias is the engine of creativity.
by Beau Lotto 2017
3.73
2k+ ratings
Knowledge
by Jennifer Nagel • 2014
A concise tour of what it means to know, from Descartes's demon to the broken clock.
3.85
1k+
Knowledge Summary
Knowledge 88%
A concise tour of what it means to know, from Descartes's demon to the broken clock.
by Jennifer Nagel 2014
3.85
1k+ ratings
Neuroscience and Critical Thinking
by Albert Rutherford • 2019
Your brain edits reality before you see it. How to catch the cuts and decide better.
3.47
121
Neuroscience and Critical Thinking Summary
Neuroscience and Critical Thinking 88%
Your brain edits reality before you see it. How to catch the cuts and decide better.
by Albert Rutherford 2019
3.47
121 ratings
Being Wrong
by Kathryn Schulz • 2010
We can't feel wrong while being wrong, so we confuse certainty with accuracy every time.
3.94
7k+
Being Wrong Summary
Being Wrong 88%
We can't feel wrong while being wrong, so we confuse certainty with accuracy every time.
by Kathryn Schulz 2010
3.94
7k+ ratings
The Krishnamurti Reader
by J. Krishnamurti • 2011
Thought creates fear, psychological time is the trap, and freedom is seeing exactly what is.
4.20
71
The Krishnamurti Reader Summary
The Krishnamurti Reader 88%
Thought creates fear, psychological time is the trap, and freedom is seeing exactly what is.
by J. Krishnamurti 2011
4.20
71 ratings
Quotes That Will Change Your Life
by Russ Kick • 2017
A portable pharmacy of quotes for the moments when your own mind fails you.
3.85
155
Quotes That Will Change Your Life Summary
Quotes That Will Change Your Life 88%
A portable pharmacy of quotes for the moments when your own mind fails you.
by Russ Kick 2017
3.85
155 ratings
Reality Transurfing 2
by Vadim Zeland • 2008
Your desires fail because you're forcing. Align soul and mind, and reality reshapes around you.
4.43
1k+
Reality Transurfing 2 Summary
Reality Transurfing 2 88%
Your desires fail because you're forcing. Align soul and mind, and reality reshapes around you.
by Vadim Zeland 2008
4.43
1k+ ratings
No Self, No Problem
by Chris Niebauer • 2019
Split-brain patients proved the self is a story your left hemisphere tells on the fly.
4.25
4k+
No Self, No Problem Summary
No Self, No Problem 88%
Split-brain patients proved the self is a story your left hemisphere tells on the fly.
by Chris Niebauer 2019
4.25
4k+ ratings
The Mind is Flat
by Nick Chater • 2018
Your inner life is not an archive. Every belief and emotion is improvised in the moment.
3.74
852
The Mind is Flat Summary
The Mind is Flat 88%
Your inner life is not an archive. Every belief and emotion is improvised in the moment.
by Nick Chater 2018
3.74
852 ratings
Breaking the Spell
by Daniel C. Dennett • 2006
Our brains are built for belief. How evolution, cognition, and culture invented the gods.
3.89
13k+
Breaking the Spell Summary
Breaking the Spell 88%
Our brains are built for belief. How evolution, cognition, and culture invented the gods.
by Daniel C. Dennett 2006
3.89
13k+ ratings
Spiritual Enlightenment
by Jed McKenna • 2002
Enlightenment isn't bliss: it's the demolition of the self you've spent a lifetime building.
4.38
2k+
Spiritual Enlightenment Summary
Spiritual Enlightenment 88%
Enlightenment isn't bliss: it's the demolition of the self you've spent a lifetime building.
by Jed McKenna 2002
4.38
2k+ ratings
The Mind's Eye
by Oliver Sacks • 2010
Blindness doesn't silence the visual brain. It retrains it, exposing how perception is built.
3.92
14k+
The Mind's Eye Summary
The Mind's Eye 88%
Blindness doesn't silence the visual brain. It retrains it, exposing how perception is built.
by Oliver Sacks 2010
3.92
14k+ ratings
Conspiracy
by Michael Shermer • 2022
Ancient threat detection meets Twitter. Your brain was not built for this, and it shows.
3.76
690
Conspiracy Summary
Conspiracy 88%
Ancient threat detection meets Twitter. Your brain was not built for this, and it shows.
by Michael Shermer 2022
3.76
690 ratings
Tricks of the Mind
by Derren Brown • 2006
A mentalist reveals how cognitive biases, cold reading, and placebos hijack your brain every day.
4.04
7k+
Tricks of the Mind Summary
Tricks of the Mind 88%
A mentalist reveals how cognitive biases, cold reading, and placebos hijack your brain every day.
by Derren Brown 2006
4.04
7k+ ratings
The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
by Steven Novella • 2018
The skeptic's manual: how to beat your brain's biases and spot pseudoscience.
4.39
5k+
The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe Summary
The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe 88%
The skeptic's manual: how to beat your brain's biases and spot pseudoscience.
by Steven Novella 2018
4.39
5k+ ratings
A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge
by George Berkeley • 1710
Things exist only while perceived. So what keeps the universe intact when no one is watching?
3.71
3k+
A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge Summary
A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge 88%
Things exist only while perceived. So what keeps the universe intact when no one is watching?
by George Berkeley 1710
3.71
3k+ ratings
Real Magic
by Dean Radin • 2018
The evidence for magic is stronger than you think. A forty-year researcher's lab-backed case.
4.09
2k+
Real Magic Summary
Real Magic 88%
The evidence for magic is stronger than you think. A forty-year researcher's lab-backed case.
by Dean Radin 2018
4.09
2k+ ratings
Prometheus Rising
by Robert Anton Wilson • 1983
You inherited a mental operating system. A guide to spotting the code and rewriting it yourself.
4.25
8k+
Prometheus Rising Summary
Prometheus Rising 88%
You inherited a mental operating system. A guide to spotting the code and rewriting it yourself.
by Robert Anton Wilson 1983
4.25
8k+ ratings
The Man Who Tasted Words
by Guy Leschziner • 2022
What a man who hears his own eyeballs move reveals about the illusions of your senses.
4.04
874
The Man Who Tasted Words Summary
The Man Who Tasted Words 88%
What a man who hears his own eyeballs move reveals about the illusions of your senses.
by Guy Leschziner 2022
4.04
874 ratings
The Island of Knowledge
by Marcelo Gleiser • 2014
More answers only widen the shoreline of the unknowable. A physicist maps the ultimate limits.
3.93
915
The Island of Knowledge Summary
The Island of Knowledge 88%
More answers only widen the shoreline of the unknowable. A physicist maps the ultimate limits.
by Marcelo Gleiser 2014
3.93
915 ratings
Drive Yourself Sane
by Susan Presby Kodish • 2000
Your language splits you from reality. A century-old system for bridging the gap.
4.14
99
Drive Yourself Sane Summary
Drive Yourself Sane 88%
Your language splits you from reality. A century-old system for bridging the gap.
by Susan Presby Kodish 2000
4.14
99 ratings
The Voice of Knowledge
by Miguel Ruiz • 2000
Your mental narrator is a liar. Rewrite its story using a Toltec practice for inner peace.
4.21
10k+
The Voice of Knowledge Summary
The Voice of Knowledge 88%
Your mental narrator is a liar. Rewrite its story using a Toltec practice for inner peace.
by Miguel Ruiz 2000
4.21
10k+ ratings
Infinite Love is the Only Truth
by David Icke • 2005
Your reality is a hologram broadcast by something wearing your leaders like clothes.
4.09
565
Infinite Love is the Only Truth Summary
Infinite Love is the Only Truth 88%
Your reality is a hologram broadcast by something wearing your leaders like clothes.
by David Icke 2005
4.09
565 ratings
Knowledge and Christian Belief
by Alvin Plantinga • 2015
What if Christian belief needs no arguments to be rational? The real fight is over truth.
4.10
656
Knowledge and Christian Belief Summary
Knowledge and Christian Belief 88%
What if Christian belief needs no arguments to be rational? The real fight is over truth.
by Alvin Plantinga 2015
4.10
656 ratings
What's Your Worldview?
by James N. Anderson • 2014
The choose-your-own-path book that maps what you actually believe about God, truth, and meaning.
3.75
680
What's Your Worldview? Summary
What's Your Worldview? 88%
The choose-your-own-path book that maps what you actually believe about God, truth, and meaning.
by James N. Anderson 2014
3.75
680 ratings
Paranormal America
by Christopher D. Bader • 2010
Paranormal belief is normal, and its strongest predictor isn't intelligence but social conformity.
3.66
164
Paranormal America Summary
Paranormal America 88%
Paranormal belief is normal, and its strongest predictor isn't intelligence but social conformity.
by Christopher D. Bader 2010
3.66
164 ratings
I Am Right You Are Wrong
by Edward de Bono • 1990
Argument ruled Western thought for 2,400 years. The brain is actually built to perceive and design.
3.82
518
I Am Right You Are Wrong Summary
I Am Right You Are Wrong 88%
Argument ruled Western thought for 2,400 years. The brain is actually built to perceive and design.
by Edward de Bono 1990
3.82
518 ratings
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