The Believing Brain: From Spiritual Faiths to Political Convictions - How We Construct Beliefs and Reinforce Them as Truths by Michael Shermer

The Believing Brain: From Spiritual Faiths to Political Convictions - How We Construct Beliefs and Reinforce Them as Truths

Michael Shermer

437 pages first pub 2011 (view editions)

nonfiction psychology religion science informative reflective medium-paced
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Michael Shermer upends the traditional thinking about how humans form beliefs about the world. He suggests that beliefs come first, and then we come up with explanations for why and how those beliefs came about.

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