Weaponized Lies: How to Think Critically in the Post-Truth Era
Weaponized Lies: How to Think Critically in the Post-Truth Era by Daniel J. Levitin
English | March 7th, 2017 | ISBN: 1101983825 | 320 Pages | AZW3/EPUB/MOBI | 14.26 MB
English | March 7th, 2017 | ISBN: 1101983825 | 320 Pages | AZW3/EPUB/MOBI | 14.26 MB
It's raining fringe theories, fake news, and pseudo-facts. These lies are getting repeated. New York Times bestselling author Daniel Levitin shows how to disarm these socially devastating inventions and get the American mind back on track. Here are the fundamental lessons in critical thinking (previously published as A Field Guide to Lies) that we need to know and share now.
Investigating numerical misinformation, Daniel Levitin shows how mishandled statistics and graphs can give a grossly distorted perspective and lead us to terrible decisions. Wordy arguments on the other hand can easily be persuasive as they drift away from the facts in an appealing yet misguided way. The steps we can take to better evaluate news, advertisements, and reports are clearly detailed. Ultimately, Levitin turns to what underlies our ability to determine if something is true or false: the scientific method.
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