Why People Believe Weird Things

Michael Shermer. Why People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Superstition and Other Confusions of Our Time

Why People Believe Weird Things provides an overview of the most common pseudoscientific and supernatural theories. It’ll teach you why so many people believe in them, why they’re wrong, and what methods proponents of pseudosciences use to assert their incorrect theories. It also offers both rational arguments for science, and rational arguments againstpseudoscience.