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This was a well organized scientific description of belief. I greatly enjoy structure and his lists were well done. I shy away from his opinion pieces. He gives science as the basis for how we should overcome our instinctual desires to believe. He shows it as the only way to find real truth. He then goes onto a weird tangent about how most educated people are liberal and he doesn't understand why. If the choices are between framing a society where abortion and atheism are illegal and a world whe
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Good book! I especially enjoyed Part II on the "Biology of Belief". It went into great detail on how beliefs are formed in the brain. It could have been very dry, but Shermer managed to make it come alive. Chapter 12 on "Confirmations of Belief" was also very interesting.
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Awesome until he starts getting into politics, which I agree with, but that chapter seemed like it belongs in another book. The rest is totally worth it.
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it was amazing
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