TheThinkingAtheist

Why Smart People Believe Stupid Things (with Dr. Michael Shermer)

Jan 19, 2016
Ask episode
Chapters
Transcript
Episode notes
1
Introduction
00:00 • 6min
2
The Unreasonable Teaching of the Christian Science Church
05:49 • 3min
3
The Importance of Facing East
08:25 • 5min
4
The 20 Weirdest Religious Beliefs
13:23 • 6min
5
The Blue Baggage of the Church
19:02 • 1min
6
The Importance of Prophecy
20:31 • 2min
7
The Importance of Faith in Life
22:49 • 5min
8
The Satanic Panic
27:46 • 2min
9
The Importance of Imagination
29:18 • 2min
10
How to Survive a Demon Attack
30:55 • 2min
11
The History of the Ouija Board
33:14 • 2min
12
The Importance of Blessed Water
35:22 • 2min
13
The Strange Beliefs of Adults
37:07 • 2min
14
How to Be Smart and Still Be Devoid of Common Sense
39:33 • 3min
15
Why People Believe Weird Things
42:41 • 4min
16
The Bias in the Mental Health Profession
47:10 • 4min
17
The Umbrella Man and the Kennedy Assassination
51:22 • 5min
18
How to Limit Bias in Science and Politics
55:58 • 4min
19
The Evolution of Political Bias in Social Psychology
59:54 • 3min
20
The Evolution of Perception
01:02:34 • 4min
21
The World of the Worldviews
01:06:32 • 5min
22
The Paranormal and the Scientific Worldview
01:11:15 • 5min
23
How to Protect Against Biases in Science
01:16:08 • 6min
24
The Moral Arc: How Science Can Help Us Succeed
01:21:46 • 2min