The book was mentioned as the speaker's first book, discussing conspiracies. The speaker mentioned that he was interviewed about this topic on a talk show in the 90s.
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Why People Believe Were Things and I talked about conspiracies there and he asked me, well tell me about conspiracies.
— Episode: #1222 - Michael Shermer
Episode: #1222 - Michael Shermer
The book was mentioned as the speaker's first book, discussing conspiracies. The speaker mentioned that he was interviewed about this topic on a talk show in the 90s.
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Why People Believe Were Things and I talked about conspiracies there and he asked me, well tell me about conspiracies.
It was mentioned when discussing healthy skepticism, with a quote from the book emphasizing the balance between open-mindedness and critical thinking.
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Carl Sagan had a great line that I quoted in my first book, Why People Believe Weird Things on the kind of healthy skepticism that finding the rub between being open minded enough to accept radical ne...
— Episode: Coronavirus and Conspiracy Theories, wit...
Episode: Coronavirus and Conspiracy Theories, with Michael...
It was mentioned when discussing healthy skepticism, with a quote from the book emphasizing the balance between open-mindedness and critical thinking.
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Carl Sagan had a great line that I quoted in my first book, Why People Believe Weird Things on the kind of healthy skepticism that finding the rub between being open minded enough to accept radical new ideas, but not so open minded that your brains fall out and you believe every wacky thing that comes down the pike.
It was mentioned as a resource for understanding pseudoscience, alongside other similar books that could provide more in-depth knowledge on the topic.
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By the way, there are people out there who do this professionally. So this is just a service to our listeners, but there are books written by folks who, for example, Michael Schirmer, who wrote Why People Believe Weird Things.
Episode: Cosmic Queries: Pseudoscience
It was mentioned as a book that professionally debunks pseudoscience, and the podcast host suggested listeners could find it and similar books to read more on the subject.
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By the way, while I have a lot of thoughts to share about pseudoscience, there are people out there who do this professionally. So this is just a service to our listeners but there are books written by folks who, for example, Michael Schirmer who wrote Why People Believe Weird Things.
It was mentioned as a resource for understanding pseudoscience, and the podcast host recommended it to listeners interested in learning more.
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Why People Believe Weird Things
Episode: Cosmic Queries: Pseudoscience
It was mentioned as a good resource for understanding pseudoscience, and it was suggested to check out the 'customers who bought this book also bought' section for more related reading.
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By the way, while I have a lot of thoughts to share about pseudoscience, there are people out there who do this professionally. So this is just a service to our listeners but there are books written by folks who, for example, Michael Schirmer who wrote Why People Believe Weird Things.
