The Believing Brain: From Ghosts and Gods to Politics and Conspiracies---How We Construct Beliefs and Reinforce Them as Truths
Shermer, Michael
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.
Anno:
2011
Edizione:
Later Printing
Casa editrice:
Times Books
Lingua:
english
Pagine:
380
ISBN 10:
0805091254
ISBN 13:
9780805091250
File:
PDF, 2.58 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2011