{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2052036903","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/isese.2004.1334888","title":"Why people believe weird things: science, pseudoscience, and critical thinking","display_name":"Why people believe weird things: science, pseudoscience, and critical thinking","publication_year":2004,"publication_date":"2004-01-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2052036903","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/isese.2004.1334888","mag":"2052036903"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/isese.2004.1334888","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/isese.2004.1334888","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings. 2004 International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering, 2004. ISESE '04.","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5030804489","display_name":"Michael Shermer","orcid":null},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"M. Shermer","raw_affiliation_strings":["Skeptics Society"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Skeptics Society","institution_ids":[]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":0,"institutions_distinct_count":1,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5030804489"],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":0.0,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":0,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.24871872,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":"3","last_page":"3"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12182","display_name":"Evolution and Science Education","score":0.6669999957084656,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1207","display_name":"History and Philosophy of Science"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/12","display_name":"Arts and Humanities"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12182","display_name":"Evolution and Science Education","score":0.6669999957084656,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1207","display_name":"History and Philosophy of Science"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/12","display_name":"Arts and Humanities"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12448","display_name":"Paranormal Experiences and Beliefs","score":0.6485000252723694,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3207","display_name":"Social Psychology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/32","display_name":"Psychology"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/pseudoscience","display_name":"Pseudoscience","score":0.9730902910232544},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.4331017732620239},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/epistemology","display_name":"Epistemology","score":0.4303731918334961},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/cognitive-science","display_name":"Cognitive science","score":0.33910292387008667},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/psychology","display_name":"Psychology","score":0.28372636437416077},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/philosophy","display_name":"Philosophy","score":0.25185322761535645},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/medicine","display_name":"Medicine","score":0.10567545890808105}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C17039732","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q483677","display_name":"Pseudoscience","level":3,"score":0.9730902910232544},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.4331017732620239},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111472728","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9471","display_name":"Epistemology","level":1,"score":0.4303731918334961},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C188147891","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q147638","display_name":"Cognitive science","level":1,"score":0.33910292387008667},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15744967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418","display_name":"Psychology","level":0,"score":0.28372636437416077},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138885662","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5891","display_name":"Philosophy","level":0,"score":0.25185322761535645},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C71924100","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11190","display_name":"Medicine","level":0,"score":0.10567545890808105},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C204787440","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q188504","display_name":"Alternative medicine","level":2,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C142724271","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7208","display_name":"Pathology","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1109/isese.2004.1334888","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/isese.2004.1334888","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings. 2004 International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering, 2004. ISESE '04.","raw_type":"proceedings-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"score":0.7099999785423279,"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/16","display_name":"Peace, Justice and strong institutions"}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":0,"referenced_works":[],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2899084033","https://openalex.org/W2748952813","https://openalex.org/W4230955179","https://openalex.org/W2356543130","https://openalex.org/W2347309078","https://openalex.org/W2383336916","https://openalex.org/W2374750856","https://openalex.org/W2481831005","https://openalex.org/W4284667834","https://openalex.org/W1495686859"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Dr.":[0,38,53],"Michael":[1,54],"Shermer,":[2],"publisher":[3],"of":[4,30,60,65,77,88,96,110,113,132,153,156,167,186,206,219,231],"Skeptic":[5,61],"magazine":[6],"and":[7,22,26,91,94,115,123,134,151,175,177,183,195,208,228],"a":[8,69,143],"monthly":[9,70],"columnist":[10,71],"for":[11,72,198],"Scientific":[12,73],"American,":[13,74],"presents":[14,200],"his":[15,201],"most":[16],"popular":[17],"lecture":[18],"on":[19,128,180,203,225],"science,":[20],"pseudoscience,":[21,176,226],"superstitions,":[23,227],"explaining":[24],"mysteries":[25],"exploring":[27],"the":[28,36,57,66,75,78,85,92,97,104,108,125,129,149,154,170,196,204,217],"psychology":[29],"why":[31,209],"people":[32,210],"believe":[33,211],"them.":[34],"In":[35,145],"process,":[37],"Shermer":[39,55],"will":[40],"consider":[41],"how":[42,48,135],"science":[43,152,174],"works":[44],"by":[45],"looking":[46],"at":[47,84],"it":[49],"does":[50],"not":[51],"work.":[52],"is":[56,107,215],"Founding":[58],"Publisher":[59],"magazine,":[62],"he":[63],"Director":[64],"Skeptics":[67,79],"Society,":[68],"host":[76],"Distinguished":[80],"Science":[81,112],"Lecture":[82],"Series":[83],"California":[86],"Institute":[87],"Technology":[89],"(Caltech),":[90],"co-host":[93],"producer":[95],"13-hour":[98],"Fox":[99],"Family":[100],"television":[101],"series,":[102],"Exploring":[103],"Unknown.":[105],"He":[106,141,162,214],"author":[109,218],"The":[111,165],"Good":[114],"Evil:":[116],"Why":[117,220],"People":[118,221],"Cheat,":[119],"Gossip,":[120],"Share":[121],"Care,":[122],"Follow":[124],"Golden":[126],"Rule":[127],"evolutionary":[130],"origins":[131,205],"morality":[133],"to":[136],"be":[137],"good":[138],"without":[139],"God.":[140,213],"wrote":[142,164],"biography,":[144],"Darwins":[146],"Shadow,":[147],"about":[148,169],"life":[150],"codiscoverer":[155],"natural":[157],"selection,":[158],"Alfred":[159],"Russel":[160],"Wallace.":[161],"also":[163,216],"Borderlands":[166],"Science,":[168,193],"fuzzy":[171],"land":[172],"between":[173],"Denying":[178],"History,":[179],"Holocaust":[181],"denial":[182],"other":[184,229],"forms":[185],"pseudohistory.":[187],"His":[188],"book":[189],"How":[190],"We":[191],"Believe:":[192],"Skepticism,":[194],"Search":[197],"God,":[199],"theory":[202],"religion":[207],"in":[212],"Believe":[222],"Weird":[223],"Things":[224],"confusions":[230],"our":[232],"time.":[233]},"counts_by_year":[],"updated_date":"2025-11-06T03:46:38.306776","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}