# The Believing Brain

<http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/the-believing-brain/>

- Host: [sciencebasedmedicine.org](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/hosts/sciencebasedmedicine.org/)
- Saved: June 9, 2011 (2011-06-09T10:46:35Z)
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## From the page (probably an excerpt, not Jamie's words)

A common question of skeptics and science-based thinkers is How could anyone believe that? People do believe some really weird things and even some obviously false things. The more basic question is how we form all our beliefs, whether false or true.

## Facts

- Kind: [Page](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/kinds/page/)

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## Elsewhere

- Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/the-believing-brain/