Review of: six impossible things before breakfast by Lewis Wolpert

4/5 (minimum 1)

by kjwa on 26 Apr 2007

The gist of the book is that humans are (perhaps uniquely) pre-disposed to holding beliefs. Wolpert proposes that this disposition has an evolutionary basis rooted ultimately in our use of tools.

However, as Wolpert himself says at the outset, there is little that can substantiate or disprove this claim; in the end, this is not the attraction of the book.

The real interest lies in the statistics and research results with which Wolpert peppers the chapters.

The arguments aren't always water-tight, but the book is an interesting survey of belief-related research for the casual reader.

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six impossible things before breakfast by Lewis Wolpert

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