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

4.0

Wasn't quite what I expected. It gave a little bit of perspective into various beliefs, but mostly it seemed to just encourage healthy skepticism. Was hoping to gain a little more understanding into the psychological or scientific reasons that people believe "weird" things, but it primarily seemed to give concrete reasons why these specific beliefs should at least cause some apprehension. I wish the claim that we all have weird beliefs would be more study-based instead of just implying for the reader to 'have some perspective.' Still worth the read.