Allan Mazur is professor of public affairs at the Maxwell School of Syracuse University.
Acknowledgments
p. ix
Implausible Beliefs
Why Are We So Gullible?
p. 3
Implausible Beliefs
p. 23
Scientifically Implausible Beliefs in the U.S.
p. 39
Is the Bible Inerrant?
Introduction to Part 2
p. 55
Creation
p. 57
Eden to Babel
p. 63
Patriarchs
p. 71
Exodus
p. 79
Who Wrote the Torah?
p. 87
Archaeological Evidence
p. 99
Secular Implausibilities
Introduction to Part 3
p. 113
UFOs and Alien Abduction
p. 115
Astrology
p. 141
Why Do We Believe these Things?
Social Influence
p. 167
Personality
p. 195
Sincerely Irrational Convictions
p. 213
References
p. 227
Index
p. 235
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