How We Believe
Science, Skepticism, and the Search for God
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Publisher Description
An updated exploration of the latest scientific research on how the brain makes us believers or skeptics.
"[Shermer] is uniquely equipped to carry out this comprehensive analysis of the nature of belief. . . . Insightful, intriguing, and enlightening." —American Scientist
In this scientific investigation of God and faith, bestselling author and Scientific American columnist Michael Shermer offers fresh insights into the inner workings of the mind, examining how and why humans create religious laws, turn to apocalyptic myths, and negotiate compromises between science and religion. Drawing on studies in psychiatry, neuroscience, and epidemiology, he explores such phenomena as out-of-body experiences, miraculous coincidences, and extrasensory perception.
Whether believers or nonbelievers, we are all driven by the need to understand the universe and our place in it. How We Believe is a provocative scientific tour of this ancient and mysterious desire.
"Ranges eloquently and learnedly over broad areas of philosophy, theology, and science [to] answer 'the God question.'" —Scientific American
"Unusually useful." —The Washington Post Book World
"Brilliantly explores our propensity to be story-telling animals." —Natural History
Customer Reviews
Really.
1. The jesus dude was a little brown man according to AI constructs and consumate con man who was a convicted criminal and died for his sins not yours. Everyone was doing so called miracles those days
2. His relative John the Baptist was some delusional clown running around in animal skins.
3. Mary Was a 12 year old delusional little girl impregnated by an old widower with grown children. He forced her to make up the Angel story to avoid being shamed.
4. Numerous economists were asked to figure out the wealth of the Catholic Church. They said it was impossible. The art and jewels alone were priceless but the stock holdings, banking, land, buildings were in the trillions. The bogus church originated mass fake news for money and only money.
5. This book relies a lot on surveys. These so called tools are a joke at best. How about you give the same people the same survey 5 times in a row. Guaranteed the answers won’t match.
6. Nobel prize winners have stated that life is an illusion. Humans can only see, hear, smell,taste maybe 10% of what is really in the world.
7. Intelligent design? Really? The human body is a failure of design in so many ways. Geez, who would design a trachea and esophagus to be side by side….yep the designer should be sued for a severely faulty design.
Finally, someone once said if you believe in things the way you did 30 years ago then you just wasted 30 years of your life!