This book identifies eight key mechanisms that can transform a set
of ideas into a psychological flytrap. The author suggests that,
like the black holes of outer space, from which nothing, not even
light, can escape, our contemporary cultural landscape contains
numerous intellectual black-holes--belief systems constructed in
such a way that unwary passers-by can similarly find themselves
drawn in. While such self-sealing bubbles of belief will most
easily trap the gullible or poorly educated, even the most
intelligent and educated of us are potentially vulnerable. Some of
the world's greatest thinkers have fallen in, never to escape.
This witty, insightful critique will help immunize readers against
the wiles of cultists, religious and political zealots, conspiracy
theorists, promoters of flaky alternative medicines, and various
other nutcases by clearly setting out the tricks of the trade by
which such insidious belief systems are created and maintained.
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