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❓ Irrational Beliefs

Explorations of why humans cling to superstitions, conspiracy theories, and unfounded convictions, and what these beliefs reveal about the architecture of the mind.
The Believing Brain
by Michael Shermer • 2011
Your beliefs came first. Every rational argument arrived afterward to defend them.
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🧠 Belief Formation🔍 Scientific Skepticism🕵️ Conspiracy Theories
The Believing Brain Summary
The Believing Brain 90%
Your beliefs came first. Every rational argument arrived afterward to defend them.
by Michael Shermer 2011
3.93
8k+ ratings
🧠 Belief Formation🔍 Scientific Skepticism🕵️ Conspiracy Theories
Suspicious Minds
by Rob Brotherton • 2015
Seeing patterns that aren't there once kept us alive. Now it fuels conspiracy theories.
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2k+
🧠 Cognitive Biases🕵️ Conspiracy Psychology🧬 Evolutionary Psychology
Suspicious Minds Summary
Suspicious Minds 89%
Seeing patterns that aren't there once kept us alive. Now it fuels conspiracy theories.
by Rob Brotherton 2015
3.87
2k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases🕵️ Conspiracy Psychology🧬 Evolutionary Psychology
How to Think About Weird Things
by Theodore Schick Jr. • 1994
A method for evaluating any extraordinary claim, from alien abductions to miracle cures.
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🔬 Scientific Skepticism👻 Paranormal Claims🪤 Logical Fallacies
How to Think About Weird Things Summary
How to Think About Weird Things 89%
A method for evaluating any extraordinary claim, from alien abductions to miracle cures.
by Theodore Schick Jr. 1994
3.97
633 ratings
🔬 Scientific Skepticism👻 Paranormal Claims🪤 Logical Fallacies
Why People Believe Weird Things
by Michael Shermer • 1997
The smarter you are, the better you are at defending beliefs reason never built.
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10k+
🔍 Skeptical Inquiry🔬 Pseudoscience🧠 Cognitive Biases
Why People Believe Weird Things Summary
Why People Believe Weird Things 89%
The smarter you are, the better you are at defending beliefs reason never built.
by Michael Shermer 1997
3.86
10k+ ratings
🔍 Skeptical Inquiry🔬 Pseudoscience🧠 Cognitive Biases
How We Know What Isn't So
by Thomas Gilovich • 1991
The mind finds pattern in noise, then argues for it with absolute conviction.
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🧠 Cognitive Biases❤️ Motivated Reasoning🎲 Randomness Perception
How We Know What Isn't So Summary
How We Know What Isn't So 89%
The mind finds pattern in noise, then argues for it with absolute conviction.
by Thomas Gilovich 1991
3.95
3k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases❤️ Motivated Reasoning🎲 Randomness Perception
Riveted
by Jim Davies • 2014
Religion and art exploit the same brain quirks. Science alone refuses to use them, and it's losing.
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406
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🤔 Cognitive Biases👥 Social Cognition
Riveted Summary
Riveted 89%
Religion and art exploit the same brain quirks. Science alone refuses to use them, and it's losing.
by Jim Davies 2014
3.70
406 ratings
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🤔 Cognitive Biases👥 Social Cognition
ذهن فریبکار شما
by Steven Novella • 1395
Your brain was built to fool you. A neurologist's method for thinking clearly anyway.
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🧠 Cognitive Biases🤔 Critical Thinking🔬 Scientific Skepticism
ذهن فریبکار شما Summary
ذهن فریبکار شما 89%
Your brain was built to fool you. A neurologist's method for thinking clearly anyway.
by Steven Novella 1395
4.23
1k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases🤔 Critical Thinking🔬 Scientific Skepticism
Conspiracy
by Michael Shermer • 2022
Ancient threat detection meets Twitter. Your brain was not built for this, and it shows.
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690
🧠 Cognitive Biases🧬 Evolutionary Psychology🔍 Motivated Reasoning
Conspiracy Summary
Conspiracy 88%
Ancient threat detection meets Twitter. Your brain was not built for this, and it shows.
by Michael Shermer 2022
3.76
690 ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases🧬 Evolutionary Psychology🔍 Motivated Reasoning
The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
by Steven Novella • 2018
The skeptic's manual: how to beat your brain's biases and spot pseudoscience.
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🧠 Critical Thinking🧩 Cognitive Biases💭 Logical Fallacies
The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe Summary
The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe 88%
The skeptic's manual: how to beat your brain's biases and spot pseudoscience.
by Steven Novella 2018
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5k+ ratings
🧠 Critical Thinking🧩 Cognitive Biases💭 Logical Fallacies
Neuroscience and Critical Thinking
by Albert Rutherford • 2019
Your brain edits reality before you see it. How to catch the cuts and decide better.
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🧠 Cognitive Biases🔬 Cognitive Neuroscience📰 Information Literacy
Neuroscience and Critical Thinking Summary
Neuroscience and Critical Thinking 88%
Your brain edits reality before you see it. How to catch the cuts and decide better.
by Albert Rutherford 2019
3.47
121 ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases🔬 Cognitive Neuroscience📰 Information Literacy
Good Thinking
by David Robert Grimes • 2021
Bad logic corrupts medicine, politics, and media. A physicist shows how to spot it.
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🧠 Cognitive Biases⚖️ Logical Fallacies🔬 Scientific Skepticism
Good Thinking Summary
Good Thinking 88%
Bad logic corrupts medicine, politics, and media. A physicist shows how to spot it.
by David Robert Grimes 2021
4.29
312 ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases⚖️ Logical Fallacies🔬 Scientific Skepticism
Authors of the Impossible
by Jeffrey J. Kripal • 2010
Ghosts, telepathy, UFOs: four scholars who read the impossible as a message, not a mistake.
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🔮 Psychical Research💡 History Of Ideas🧠 Consciousness Studies
Authors of the Impossible Summary
Authors of the Impossible 88%
Ghosts, telepathy, UFOs: four scholars who read the impossible as a message, not a mistake.
by Jeffrey J. Kripal 2010
4.15
289 ratings
🔮 Psychical Research💡 History Of Ideas🧠 Consciousness Studies
Rationality
by Eliezer Yudkowsky • 2015
Human reason is buggy code. Here is the patch from cognitive science and AI.
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🧠 Cognitive Biases🛠️ Debiasing📊 Bayesian Reasoning
Rationality Summary
Rationality 88%
Human reason is buggy code. Here is the patch from cognitive science and AI.
by Eliezer Yudkowsky 2015
4.32
2k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases🛠️ Debiasing📊 Bayesian Reasoning
Why We Believe What We Believe
by Andrew B. Newberg • 2006
Prayer dims the self, meditation sharpens focus: the neural signature of why you believe.
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🧠 Cognitive Biases👁️ Perception And Reality🧱 Belief Formation
Why We Believe What We Believe Summary
Why We Believe What We Believe 88%
Prayer dims the self, meditation sharpens focus: the neural signature of why you believe.
by Andrew B. Newberg 2006
4.01
331 ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases👁️ Perception And Reality🧱 Belief Formation
The Scout Mindset
by Julia Galef • 2021
Most thinking is self-defense. Clear thinking is a switch you never learned to flip.
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🧠 Cognitive Biases🎭 Self-Deception🤲 Intellectual Humility
The Scout Mindset Summary
The Scout Mindset 88%
Most thinking is self-defense. Clear thinking is a switch you never learned to flip.
by Julia Galef 2021
4.09
7k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases🎭 Self-Deception🤲 Intellectual Humility
How To Control Your Anxiety Before It Controls You
by Albert Ellis • 2016
Anxiety springs from the silent demands you make. Learn to challenge them.
3.78
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😰 Anxiety Management🛋️ Cognitive Behavioral Therapy❤️ Self-Acceptance
How To Control Your Anxiety Before It Controls You Summary
How To Control Your Anxiety Before It Controls You 88%
Anxiety springs from the silent demands you make. Learn to challenge them.
by Albert Ellis 2016
3.78
696 ratings
😰 Anxiety Management🛋️ Cognitive Behavioral Therapy❤️ Self-Acceptance
The Irrational Ape
by David Robert Grimes • 2019
Your brain runs on faulty code, and politicians, advertisers, and quacks have the manual.
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🧠 Cognitive Biases🧩 Logical Fallacies💭 Critical Thinking
The Irrational Ape Summary
The Irrational Ape 88%
Your brain runs on faulty code, and politicians, advertisers, and quacks have the manual.
by David Robert Grimes 2019
4.26
1k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases🧩 Logical Fallacies💭 Critical Thinking
Why We Believe in God(s)
by J. Anderson Thomson • 2011
Faith is not divine. It is an accident of ordinary mental systems built for survival.
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🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🛐 Psychology Of Religion👀 Agency Detection
Why We Believe in God(s) Summary
Why We Believe in God(s) 88%
Faith is not divine. It is an accident of ordinary mental systems built for survival.
by J. Anderson Thomson 2011
3.94
1k+ ratings
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🛐 Psychology Of Religion👀 Agency Detection
50 Popular Beliefs That People Think Are True
by Guy P. Harrison • 2011
Fifty beliefs debunked, one thinking habit learned: how to spot pseudoscience before it fools you.
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🔍 Modern Skepticism🧠 Cognitive Biases🤔 Critical Thinking
50 Popular Beliefs That People Think Are True Summary
50 Popular Beliefs That People Think Are True 88%
Fifty beliefs debunked, one thinking habit learned: how to spot pseudoscience before it fools you.
by Guy P. Harrison 2011
3.61
1k+ ratings
🔍 Modern Skepticism🧠 Cognitive Biases🤔 Critical Thinking
How to Actually Change Your Mind
by Eliezer Yudkowsky • 2018
Humble confession changes nothing. The specific moves that actually correct your thinking.
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🧠 Cognitive Biases🎯 Rationality Training🙇 Epistemic Humility
How to Actually Change Your Mind Summary
How to Actually Change Your Mind 88%
Humble confession changes nothing. The specific moves that actually correct your thinking.
by Eliezer Yudkowsky 2018
4.28
294 ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases🎯 Rationality Training🙇 Epistemic Humility
When Prophecy Fails
by Leon Festinger • 1956
When a doomsday prophecy failed, belief didn't shatter. It grew stronger.
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🧠 Social Psychology🔄 Cognitive Dissonance🛡️ Rationalization
When Prophecy Fails Summary
When Prophecy Fails 88%
When a doomsday prophecy failed, belief didn't shatter. It grew stronger.
by Leon Festinger 1956
3.80
1k+ ratings
🧠 Social Psychology🔄 Cognitive Dissonance🛡️ Rationalization
Closer Encounters
by Jason Reza Jorjani • 2021
UFO pilots are our time-traveling descendants. They rewrote our DNA, and the Pentagon is hiding it.
4.05
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👽 Ufology🛸 Ancient Astronaut Theory📜 Secret Histories
Closer Encounters Summary
Closer Encounters 88%
UFO pilots are our time-traveling descendants. They rewrote our DNA, and the Pentagon is hiding it.
by Jason Reza Jorjani 2021
4.05
160 ratings
👽 Ufology🛸 Ancient Astronaut Theory📜 Secret Histories
The Bible Code
by Michael Drosnin • 1997
Genesis skip-code: assassins named, wars dated, atomic fire foretold. Math says it's no accident.
2.88
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🕵️ Hidden Knowledge📖 Biblical Prophecy🔐 Coded Messages
The Bible Code Summary
The Bible Code 88%
Genesis skip-code: assassins named, wars dated, atomic fire foretold. Math says it's no accident.
by Michael Drosnin 1997
2.88
2k+ ratings
🕵️ Hidden Knowledge📖 Biblical Prophecy🔐 Coded Messages
The Edge of Reason
by Julian Baggini • 2016
Reason is not sterile logic. It depends on judgment, emotion, and the temperament we bring.
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🧠 Reason And Judgment⛓️ Limits Of Reason💭 Emotion And Reasoning
The Edge of Reason Summary
The Edge of Reason 88%
Reason is not sterile logic. It depends on judgment, emotion, and the temperament we bring.
by Julian Baggini 2016
3.97
141 ratings
🧠 Reason And Judgment⛓️ Limits Of Reason💭 Emotion And Reasoning
What Is Madness?
by Darian Leader • 2011
Delusions are self-repair, not error, and madness is a quiet spectrum, not a visible breakdown.
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🛋️ Lacanian Psychoanalysis🌪️ Psychosis💭 Delusion
What Is Madness? Summary
What Is Madness? 88%
Delusions are self-repair, not error, and madness is a quiet spectrum, not a visible breakdown.
by Darian Leader 2011
4.14
531 ratings
🛋️ Lacanian Psychoanalysis🌪️ Psychosis💭 Delusion
Don't Believe Everything You Think
by Thomas Kida • 2006
Your brain hunts for stories, ignores stats, and rewrites its memories. Skepticism is the repair.
3.82
853
🧠 Cognitive Biases🔬 Scientific Skepticism💡 Critical Thinking
Don't Believe Everything You Think Summary
Don't Believe Everything You Think 88%
Your brain hunts for stories, ignores stats, and rewrites its memories. Skepticism is the repair.
by Thomas Kida 2006
3.82
853 ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases🔬 Scientific Skepticism💡 Critical Thinking
Tricks of the Mind
by Derren Brown • 2006
A mentalist reveals how cognitive biases, cold reading, and placebos hijack your brain every day.
4.04
7k+
🧠 Cognitive Biases🤔 Critical Thinking💭 Memory Techniques
Tricks of the Mind Summary
Tricks of the Mind 88%
A mentalist reveals how cognitive biases, cold reading, and placebos hijack your brain every day.
by Derren Brown 2006
4.04
7k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases🤔 Critical Thinking💭 Memory Techniques
Off the Edge
by Kelly Weill • 2022
A commune invented flat Earth. An algorithm resurrected it. One man died trying to see the edge.
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🕵️ Conspiracy Theories📡 Internet Radicalization🔬 Pseudoscience
Off the Edge Summary
Off the Edge 88%
A commune invented flat Earth. An algorithm resurrected it. One man died trying to see the edge.
by Kelly Weill 2022
3.78
2k+ ratings
🕵️ Conspiracy Theories📡 Internet Radicalization🔬 Pseudoscience
Thinking, Fast and Slow
by Daniel Kahneman • 2011
You decide first. You explain later. A Nobel laureate reveals the hidden system that chose.
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🔬 Cognitive Biases📊 Behavioral Economics🧠 Heuristics And Biases
Thinking, Fast and Slow Summary
Thinking, Fast and Slow 88%
You decide first. You explain later. A Nobel laureate reveals the hidden system that chose.
by Daniel Kahneman 2011
4.17
595k+ ratings
🔬 Cognitive Biases📊 Behavioral Economics🧠 Heuristics And Biases
Paranormal America
by Christopher D. Bader • 2010
Paranormal belief is normal, and its strongest predictor isn't intelligence but social conformity.
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⛪ Sociology Of Religion📊 Survey Research👻 Paranormal Culture
Paranormal America Summary
Paranormal America 88%
Paranormal belief is normal, and its strongest predictor isn't intelligence but social conformity.
by Christopher D. Bader 2010
3.66
164 ratings
⛪ Sociology Of Religion📊 Survey Research👻 Paranormal Culture
How to Become a Really Good Pain in the Ass
by Christopher W. DiCarlo • 2007
Why the most annoying person in the room is often right, and how to become them.
3.58
270
🧠 Cognitive Biases🔍 Fallacy Spotting📊 Evidence Evaluation
How to Become a Really Good Pain in the Ass Summary
How to Become a Really Good Pain in the Ass 88%
Why the most annoying person in the room is often right, and how to become them.
by Christopher W. DiCarlo 2007
3.58
270 ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases🔍 Fallacy Spotting📊 Evidence Evaluation
Being Wrong
by Kathryn Schulz • 2010
We can't feel wrong while being wrong, so we confuse certainty with accuracy every time.
3.94
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🧠 Cognitive Biases💫 Human Fallibility🤔 Intellectual Humility
Being Wrong Summary
Being Wrong 88%
We can't feel wrong while being wrong, so we confuse certainty with accuracy every time.
by Kathryn Schulz 2010
3.94
7k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases💫 Human Fallibility🤔 Intellectual Humility
Unexplained
by Richard MacLean Smith • 2018
What UFOs, ghosts, and past lives reveal about the living, not the dead.
3.58
2k+
🔍 Unsolved Mysteries👻 Paranormal Cases💀 Fear Of Death
Unexplained Summary
Unexplained 88%
What UFOs, ghosts, and past lives reveal about the living, not the dead.
by Richard MacLean Smith 2018
3.58
2k+ ratings
🔍 Unsolved Mysteries👻 Paranormal Cases💀 Fear Of Death
Voodoo Histories
by David Aaronovitch • 2009
From Stalin's show trials to 9/11 truthers: why conspiracy theories work, and why debunking fails.
3.54
2k+
🕵️ Conspiracy Theories🏛️ Political Paranoia🧐 Skeptical Inquiry
Voodoo Histories Summary
Voodoo Histories 88%
From Stalin's show trials to 9/11 truthers: why conspiracy theories work, and why debunking fails.
by David Aaronovitch 2009
3.54
2k+ ratings
🕵️ Conspiracy Theories🏛️ Political Paranoia🧐 Skeptical Inquiry
Overcoming Destructive Beliefs, Feelings, and Behaviors
by Albert Ellis • 2001
Events don't cause emotions. Beliefs do. A direct method for challenging the ones that hurt you.
4.21
236
🧠 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy💭 Thought Challenging🤗 Self-Acceptance
Overcoming Destructive Beliefs, Feelings, and Behaviors Summary
Overcoming Destructive Beliefs, Feelings, and Behaviors 88%
Events don't cause emotions. Beliefs do. A direct method for challenging the ones that hurt you.
by Albert Ellis 2001
4.21
236 ratings
🧠 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy💭 Thought Challenging🤗 Self-Acceptance
El arte de no amargarse la vida
by Rafael Santandreu • 2011
The root of all emotional suffering is one mental habit. Here's how to break it.
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🧠 Cognitive Restructuring😰 Catastrophizing🏛️ Modern Stoicism
El arte de no amargarse la vida Summary
El arte de no amargarse la vida 88%
The root of all emotional suffering is one mental habit. Here's how to break it.
by Rafael Santandreu 2011
3.79
5k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Restructuring😰 Catastrophizing🏛️ Modern Stoicism
The Ideological Brain
by Leor Zmigrod • 2025
Rigid minds make rigid ideologies, and the evidence is in the brain scans.
3.66
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🏛️ Political Psychology🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience🗳️ Neuropolitics
The Ideological Brain Summary
The Ideological Brain 88%
Rigid minds make rigid ideologies, and the evidence is in the brain scans.
by Leor Zmigrod 2025
3.66
597 ratings
🏛️ Political Psychology🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience🗳️ Neuropolitics
Dark Star Rising
by Gary Lachman • 2018
How the occult belief that mind shapes reality captured Trump, Putin, and the alt-right.
3.85
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🔮 Occult Politics🌀 Postmodern Politics⚡ Chaos Magic
Dark Star Rising Summary
Dark Star Rising 88%
How the occult belief that mind shapes reality captured Trump, Putin, and the alt-right.
by Gary Lachman 2018
3.85
517 ratings
🔮 Occult Politics🌀 Postmodern Politics⚡ Chaos Magic
American Cosmic
by D.W. Pasulka • 2019
Elite scientists treat UFOs as sacred. The rest of us build the religion through our screens.
3.91
3k+
🛸 Ufo Religions📺 Media And Belief⛪ Sociology Of Religion
American Cosmic Summary
American Cosmic 88%
Elite scientists treat UFOs as sacred. The rest of us build the religion through our screens.
by D.W. Pasulka 2019
3.91
3k+ ratings
🛸 Ufo Religions📺 Media And Belief⛪ Sociology Of Religion
Third Millennium Thinking
by Saul Perlmutter • 2024
Probability over certainty, groups over lone genius: a Nobel physicist's toolkit for clear thinking.
3.66
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🔬 Scientific Thinking🧠 Cognitive Biases🎲 Probabilistic Thinking
Third Millennium Thinking Summary
Third Millennium Thinking 87%
Probability over certainty, groups over lone genius: a Nobel physicist's toolkit for clear thinking.
by Saul Perlmutter 2024
3.66
339 ratings
🔬 Scientific Thinking🧠 Cognitive Biases🎲 Probabilistic Thinking
Mental Immunity
by Andy Norman • 2021
Ideas infect minds like parasites. Cognitive immunity is real, fragile, and trainable.
3.59
432
🧠 Critical Thinking🔍 Cognitive Biases🦠 Misinformation
Mental Immunity Summary
Mental Immunity 87%
Ideas infect minds like parasites. Cognitive immunity is real, fragile, and trainable.
by Andy Norman 2021
3.59
432 ratings
🧠 Critical Thinking🔍 Cognitive Biases🦠 Misinformation
A Theory of Cognitive Dissonance
by Leon Festinger • 1957
The mental shortcuts that run your life are full of bugs. Here's how to debug them.
4.02
193
🧠 Mental Models🔍 Cognitive Biases⚡ Cognitive Dissonance
A Theory of Cognitive Dissonance Summary
A Theory of Cognitive Dissonance 87%
The mental shortcuts that run your life are full of bugs. Here's how to debug them.
by Leon Festinger 1957
4.02
193 ratings
🧠 Mental Models🔍 Cognitive Biases⚡ Cognitive Dissonance
The Psychology of Conspiracy Theories
by Jan-Willem Van Prooijen • 2018
Big events need big causes. That single bias makes our minds vulnerable to conspiracy theories.
3.79
277
🧠 Cognitive Biases🕵️ Conspiracy Psychology👥 Social Identity
The Psychology of Conspiracy Theories Summary
The Psychology of Conspiracy Theories 87%
Big events need big causes. That single bias makes our minds vulnerable to conspiracy theories.
by Jan-Willem Van Prooijen 2018
3.79
277 ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases🕵️ Conspiracy Psychology👥 Social Identity
Think
by Guy P. Harrison • 2013
Your brain fools itself. The scientist's rules for seeing past the self-deceptions that cost you.
3.36
687
🔬 Scientific Skepticism🧐 Critical Thinking⚠️ Cognitive Biases
Think Summary
Think 87%
Your brain fools itself. The scientist's rules for seeing past the self-deceptions that cost you.
by Guy P. Harrison 2013
3.36
687 ratings
🔬 Scientific Skepticism🧐 Critical Thinking⚠️ Cognitive Biases
Real Magic
by Dean Radin • 2018
The evidence for magic is stronger than you think. A forty-year researcher's lab-backed case.
4.09
2k+
🧪 Experimental Psi🧠 Consciousness Studies📜 Esoteric Traditions
Real Magic Summary
Real Magic 87%
The evidence for magic is stronger than you think. A forty-year researcher's lab-backed case.
by Dean Radin 2018
4.09
2k+ ratings
🧪 Experimental Psi🧠 Consciousness Studies📜 Esoteric Traditions
Breaking the Spell
by Daniel C. Dennett • 2006
Our brains are built for belief. How evolution, cognition, and culture invented the gods.
3.89
13k+
🔬 Science Of Religion🧬 Evolution Of Religion🧠 Psychology Of Belief
Breaking the Spell Summary
Breaking the Spell 87%
Our brains are built for belief. How evolution, cognition, and culture invented the gods.
by Daniel C. Dennett 2006
3.89
13k+ ratings
🔬 Science Of Religion🧬 Evolution Of Religion🧠 Psychology Of Belief
Passport to Magonia
by Jacques F. Vallée • 1969
UFOs are genuine but not alien. They are fairies and demons repackaged for the space age.
4.21
2k+
🛸 Ufology🧚 Fairy Lore🃏 Trickster Archetype
Passport to Magonia Summary
Passport to Magonia 87%
UFOs are genuine but not alien. They are fairies and demons repackaged for the space age.
by Jacques F. Vallée 1969
4.21
2k+ ratings
🛸 Ufology🧚 Fairy Lore🃏 Trickster Archetype
The Science of Fear
by Daniel Gardner • 2008
Life has never been safer, but our ancient brains keep us afraid of the wrong things.
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6k+
🎯 Risk Perception🧠 Cognitive Biases😱 Psychology Of Fear
The Science of Fear Summary
The Science of Fear 87%
Life has never been safer, but our ancient brains keep us afraid of the wrong things.
by Daniel Gardner 2008
3.96
6k+ ratings
🎯 Risk Perception🧠 Cognitive Biases😱 Psychology Of Fear
What Is Your Dangerous Idea?
by John Brockman • 2006
A hundred leading thinkers each name the one idea they find too unnerving to speak aloud.
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1k+
🧠 Cognitive Biases🧪 Science And Religion🕊️ Free Will Debate
What Is Your Dangerous Idea? Summary
What Is Your Dangerous Idea? 87%
A hundred leading thinkers each name the one idea they find too unnerving to speak aloud.
by John Brockman 2006
3.70
1k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases🧪 Science And Religion🕊️ Free Will Debate
Good Reasonable People
by Keith Payne • 2024
Why the other side isn't crazy: the same self-justifying mind runs us all.
4.08
1k+
🧠 Political Psychology🤔 Motivated Reasoning🎭 Identity And Politics
Good Reasonable People Summary
Good Reasonable People 87%
Why the other side isn't crazy: the same self-justifying mind runs us all.
by Keith Payne 2024
4.08
1k+ ratings
🧠 Political Psychology🤔 Motivated Reasoning🎭 Identity And Politics
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