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How long does it take to read Why People Believe Weird Things?

pseudoscience, superstition, and other confusions of our time

Michael Shermer

Why People Believe Weird Things by Michael Shermer takes about 5 hours 37 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 5 hours 37 minutes

A weekend read

First published 1997. 306 pages, about 84,150 words.

12 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 9 hours 21 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 5 hours 37 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 3 hours 30 minutes

The page count is the median across 9 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

Subjects: Pseudowissenschaft, Surnaturel, Pseudowetenschap, Parapsychologie, Gewissheit, Skepsis

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