From the Book - First edition
Demonized: An introduction that you should read even if you are the kind of person who usually skips introductions
Part I. The funnel of misbelief
How could that person believe that thing? ; The funnel at work ; Part II. The emotional elements and the story of stress
Pressure, stress, bending, and breaking ; Picking a villain as a way to regain control ; Part III. The cognitive elements and the story of our dysfunctional information-processing machinery
Our search for the truth we want to believe in ; Working hard to believe what we already believe ; Part IV. The personality elements and the story of our individual differences
Lessons on personality from alien abductees ; An attempt to classify the role of personality in the funnel of misbelief ; Part V. The social elements and the story of tribalism
Ostracism, belonging, and the social attraction of misbelief ; The social accelerator ; Par VI. Misbelief, trust, and the story of our future
Can we afford to trust again
and can we afford not to? ; Why superman gives me hope: a final word (not really).
