Why do we have that belief?

Michael Shermer on strange beliefs

Doubt, like belief, requires justification.

But I am inclined to think neither.

The Prescript suggested elements of white supremacist belief.

Now, wait a minute, fellas.

But unfortunately, we have made too much of an emphasis of this aspect in our narratives of human evolution.

The belief that you can accomplished it, self confidence.

Many people suspect that just as we've gone from believing in one solar system to zillions of solar systems, one galaxy to many galaxies, we have to go to many Big Bangs from one Big Bang, perhaps these many Big Bangs displaying an immense variety of properties.

I mean (Laughter) if I'm a good Darwinist, I've got to believe there's a reason for that.

The liberalization of media is apparently on its way and a new text is expected by mid 2013, Yasmine rejoices.

Plastic litter is increasingly believed to be a source of persistent toxic substances.

Teach them about investments, teach them about believing and having a choice.

The risks in an existing market is thinking that the incumbents are dumb.

You mustn't make the mistake of thinking that all aristocrats are alike.

Mr. Harvey, you'd better do a great deal more than think.

Italians shared the same belief after the disillusion of 1848.

This served to justify the premium placed on female chastity.

Ans so we see the intermingling the complicated intermixing of belief systems and commercial and political relations.

Now, am I being naive?

And so because of that belief that I think needs to be burst,

I mean if I'm a good Darwinist, I've got to believe there's a reason for that.

Contrary to conventional wisdom, globalization is not homogenizing and Americanizing the cultures of the world.

mar3e Morsi in Germany lies and says I respect the people's right to belief.

One may be inclined to think that there is nothing important left to be said.

So this was the thinking back then, and these individuals made these holes.

Based on the belief that human beings can act rationally.

And the belief systems of Buddhist could be very easily amalgamated to local belief systems.

We'd be right in assuming that the self is an actual living thing.

But the belief that nothing will change is equally illusory.

Four differences lead me to believe that maybe just maybe the euro will survive.

But Malaysian history over the past three decades shows that this belief is mistaken.

Not everyone agrees with the sentiment that Miyamoto is not fit to be Japan's representative.

In fact, the name by which Zapotecs are known today results from this belief.

Freedom of belief and of thought, and freedom to profess a religious faith, and political or philosophical opinions.

We might be tempted to conclude that the two molecules are the same, if we just concern ourselves with what they're made of.

But I am inclined to think neither. Women are naturally secretive, and they

The rotting of the human mind, the business of believing in the paranormal and the occult and the supernatural all of this total nonsense, this medieval thinking

Propaganda forces us to believe that war is natural and the military is an honorable institution.

A Type I error, or false positive, is believing a pattern is real when it's not.

But the main problem is not Obama it is the hubris of Americans belief in their exceptional role in the world a belief that has been abused too many times to promote unnecessary wars.

Afghanistanica disarms the widely held belief that there are Chechen Jihadis on the ground in Afghanistan.

For instance, it assumes that terrorists and their supporters do not understand their own anger.

But, contrary to popular opinion, the two actually have little to do with each other.

Consider the belief that the more the government borrows, the higher the future tax burden will be.