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I loved it! It was very readable and entertaining. Shermer did a good job in choosing a few key "weird things" on which to delve into great detail. The bibliography is very lengthy, and the writing is well-referenced. While this is not a detailed scientific examination of psychological reasons for belief in weird things, it does touch on psychology and deals more with general ideas and sociological causes. I wished for a better conclusion/recap, but that's about it. The chapter on why smart peop
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