25 stories of genuinely smart people who somehow believe in the most ridiculous stuff, shared by folks online.

Anna Tan is the Founder and CEO of Coaching Go Where. She is a multi award-winning leadership coach, trainer and consultant. The intricate web of our beliefs acts as an invisible architect, shaping ...

Are your beliefs keeping you from reaching the success you deserve? Here’s how to transform them. Many people come to therapy with deeply ingrained beliefs they’ve held for years. They often say ...

Nir Eyal started to get heart palpitations, dry mouth and sweaty armpits when he was about to talk to a large crowd. The best-selling author would tell himself he was sure he was going to do a bad job ...

Paranormal beliefs create a sense of control, predictability and comfort in uncertain times, according to academic studies. That doesn't explain why some people find them more appealing than others, ...

The woman rummaging through clothes next to me at the department store is a judgmental snob. The family that lives next door to me, whose conversations I can sometimes overhear, is totally ...

Beliefs are like possessions. Some we cling to as prized treasures, while others weigh us down and hold us back. Damaging political beliefs can act as heavy burdens, fueling divisiveness, stifling ...

The beliefs we hold develop from a complex dance between our internal and external lives. A recent study uses well-known formalisms in statistical physics to model multiple aspects of belief-network ...