The Believing Brain: From Ghosts and Gods to Politics and Conspiracies—How We Construct Beliefs and Reinforce Them as Truths
Michael Shermer investigates the processes through which people form beliefs and strengthen them into perceived truths. Covering subjects from ghosts and gods to politics and conspiracies, The Believing Brain offers a broad, thought-provoking examination of how ideas take hold and shape our understanding of the world.
About This Book
Michael Shermer examines how the human brain constructs beliefs and reinforces them as truths.
The book explores belief-making across subjects including ghosts, gods, politics, and conspiracies.
It considers why ideas can feel compelling and how people come to accept them as reality.
Accessible and thought-provoking, this work invites readers to look more closely at the origins and persistence of their beliefs.
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