Why Do People Think They Can Read Themselves out of Debt?

Today on one of the personal finance message boards I read, a user posted this “how do I get out of debt” question:

I have been reading this board for a while now and enjoy learning from everyone’s experiences.  I have been interested lately in reading more books about getting out of debt/budgeting, etc.  I wanted to get opinions on the best books to read for this.

So, this poster wanted to read a book to help her get out of debt.  One of the posted responses to this question was quite interesting (or plain goofy – you decide): Read more