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Description of  Good Thinking: Why Flawed Logic Puts Us All at Risk and How Critical Thinking Can Save the World

Good Thinking is our best defense against anti-vaccine paranoia, climate denial, and other dire threats of today Publishers Note: Good Thinking was previously published in the UK as The Irrational Ape. In our ever-more-polarized society, theres at least one thing we still agree on: The world is overrun with misinformation, faulty logic, and the gullible followers who buy into it all. Of course, were not among themare we? Scientist David Robert Grimes is on a mission to expose the logical fallacies and cognitive biases that drive our discourse on a dizzying array of topicsfrom vaccination to abortion, 9/11 conspiracy theories to dictatorial doublespeak, astrology to alternative medicine, and wrongful convictions to racism. But his purpose in isnt to shame or place blame. Rather, its to interrogate our own assumptionsto develop our eye for the glimmer of truth in a vast sea of dubious sourcesin short, to . Grimess expert takedown of irrationality is required reading for anyone wondering why bad thinking persists and how we can defeat it. Ultimately, no one changes anyone elses mind we can only change our ownand give others the tools to do the same. Read more