TY - BOOK AU - Michael Shermer TI - Why People Believe Weird Things SN - 9780716730903 AV - Q172.5.P77 U1 - 133 PB - W H Freeman & Co KW - Physical Sciences KW - Parapsychology N2 - A survey of a range of irrationalisms, with explanations of their empirical and logical flaws. The book describes the differences between science and pseudo-science, and goes on to describe and critique popular contemporary irrationalisms, UFOs, Holocaust denial and Satanic cult conspiracies ER -