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The Believing Brain : From Ghosts and Gods to Politics and Conspiracies - How We Construct Beliefs and Reinforce Them As Truths Steve Santagati Two weeks later I metIn this work synthesizing thirty years of research, psychologist, historian of science, and the world's best known skeptic Michael Shermer upends the traditional thinking about how humans form beliefs about the world. Simply put, beliefs come first and explanations for beliefs follow. The brain, Shermer argues, is a belief engine. From sensory data flowing in through the senses, the brain naturally begins to look for and find patterns, and then