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The believing brain : from ghosts and gods to politics and conspiracies : how we construct beliefs and reinforce them as truths
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The believing brain : from ghosts and gods to politics and conspiracies : how we construct beliefs and reinforce them as truths

by Michael Shermer

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Accession 4451 ISBN — Publisher Henry Holt & Co.
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