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A review by rtshiva
Why People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time by Michael Shermer
3.0
short review: good start, really long middle and the important part as last chapter.
longer review:
starting with the various "weird" beliefs the author had encountered and humanizing them at every moment, he makes a key point that we need to connect to the person to really understand where they come from or make any impact. that was to good from the first half of the book
middle part becomes longs since it is focused on counter points for one weird belief and it is really really long. it could have been shorter to make way for the most interesting part of the book.
The last chapter "why smart people believe weird things", is probably what most readers would be interested in this book. this chapter explains a simple statement i read somewhere else (not sure if it was think fast think slow! ) people believe things the moment they encounter something and use their intelligence to justify if they like it or not. the various examples in this chapter explain the same logic.
longer review:
starting with the various "weird" beliefs the author had encountered and humanizing them at every moment, he makes a key point that we need to connect to the person to really understand where they come from or make any impact. that was to good from the first half of the book
middle part becomes longs since it is focused on counter points for one weird belief and it is really really long. it could have been shorter to make way for the most interesting part of the book.
The last chapter "why smart people believe weird things", is probably what most readers would be interested in this book. this chapter explains a simple statement i read somewhere else (not sure if it was think fast think slow! ) people believe things the moment they encounter something and use their intelligence to justify if they like it or not. the various examples in this chapter explain the same logic.