Why People Believe Weird Things / Pseudoscience, Superstition and Other Confusions of Our Time
- Souvenir Press, 2008
- 356
Exploring the very human reasons behind otherworldly phenomena, conspiracy theories and cults Shermer explains why are they so appealing to so many. Foreword, Introduction, Prologue, Science and Skepticism, Pseudoscience and Superstition, Evolution and Creationism, History and Pseudohistory, Hope Springs Eternal, Bibliography, Index.