Is the Bermuda Triangle really cursed? Do we really swallow eight spiders a year in our sleep? Did we really land on the Moon? Is the Earth really flat? These may not sound like typical questions for person to ask, but Desmond van der Hoff is not a typical person. He studies the skeptics and superstitions of everyday life. Land of Confusion is a ground-breaking book that explains why people believe in superstitious behaviour and how they began believing in it in the first place. Through forceful storytelling and wry insight, van der Hoff shows that the mind is, at its root, susceptible to recognise false patterns in our day to day life. For our entire lives, we have been presented with a view of the world based on our own perceptions. Unknown to most people, their perception of the world has warped their reality and made them falsely believe in irrational ideas. This book discusses such topics as:
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