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"Why People Believe Weird Things," by Michael Shermer.
Subtitle: "pseudoscience, superstition, and other confusions of our time." Copyright 1997. For sceptics and anyone who wonders "who thinks like that?!?" about proponents of (stupid) beliefs. Topics are: science and skepticism, pseudoscience and superstition, evolution and creationism, history and pseudohistory (Holocaust denial), and how smart people can deceive themselves.