The believing brain
from ghosts, gods, and aliens to conspiracies, economics, & politics : how the brain constructs beliefs & reinforces them as truths
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Word Count
96,250 words, Guess
Page Count
385 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivebelievingbrainfr0000sher
- ISBN-139780805091250
- ISBN-100805091254
- Library of Congress Control Number2010030706
- OCLC Control Number650019996
and 2 more
- Better World Books9780805091250
- Open LibraryOL24423965M
Classifications
- DDC153.4
- LCCBF773 .S54 2011
- LCCBF773.S54 2011
Description
Shermer demonstrates how our brains selectively assess data in an attempt to confirm the conclusions (beliefs) we've already reached. Drawing on evolution, cognitive science, and neuroscience, he considers not only supernatural beliefs but political and economic ones as well.
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- The believing brain: from ghosts, gods, and aliens to conspiracies, economics, & politics : how the brain constructs beliefs & reinforces them as truths
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