A review by chlslnbd10
Why People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time by Michael Shermer

Did not finish book.

"Why People Believe Weird Things" drew me in by the title and then, the further I got into the book, the more I wondered what this book was and where it was going. The first few paragraphs were fascinating and entertaining and that quickly changed. I wasn't really thrilled with this book and ended up skimming the last half. The premise is clear: There are things in this world (some would call them conspiracy theories) that people believe and we would call "weird". Why do people believe the Holocaust never happened when we have evidence to the contrary? Why do people believe in mediums, psychics, etc? These are fascinating topics to explore but the material in which Shermer tries to accomplish this is just dry. He lost me very quickly after the introduction.