Name: Believing Bullshit
ISBN: 9781616144111

Stephen Law

This title offers a witty look inside the world of ridiculous and sometimes downright dangerous belief systems, and how they suck us in.

How Not to Get Sucked Into an Intellectual Black Hole

Believing Bullshit

Mary Baldwin

I thought I'd misread the blurb of this book until I read some other reviews. It seems I wasn't the only one that felt it was a bit too heavily focused on religion as a source of bullshit artists. True, there are some excellent religious examples for some of the 'intellectual black holes' outlined; but it became very dogmatic and dull even though the principles of bullshit were good.

I'd recommend 'You are not so smart' over this book, it's far superior. But if you're writing or researching religious cults or fanaticism you'll probably find this more stimulating than I did.

Believing Bullshit How Not to Get Sucked Into an Intellectual Black Hole