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B0D4MNS4M2 MP3@64 kbps May Contain Lies: How Stories, Statistics, and Studies Exploit Our Biases and What We Can Do About It [Audiobook] Alex Edmans, Alex Edmands (Narrator), "May Contain Lies: How Stories, Statistics, and Studies Exploit Our Biases and What We Can Do About It" Our lives are minefields of misinformation. It ripples through our social media feeds, our daily headlines, and the pronouncements of politicians, executives, and authors. Stories, statistics, and studies are everywhere, allowing people to find evidence to support whatever position they want. Many of these sources are flawed, yet by playing on our emotions and preying on our biases, they can gain widespread acceptance, warp our views, and distort our decisions. In this eye-opening book, renowned economist Alex Edmans teaches us how to separate fact from fiction. Using colorful examplesfrom a wellness guru's tragic but fabricated backstory to the blunders that led to the Deepwater Horizon disaster to the diet that ensnared millions yet hastened its founder's deathEdmans highlights the biases that cause us to mistake statements for facts, facts for data, data for evidence, and evidence for proof.