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Don't Believe Everything You Think

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Author: KIDA, THOMAS E.
ISBN: 9781591024088

by KIDA, THOMAS E.

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9781591024088
ISBN10:
1591024080
Format: Trade Paper
Copyright: 2006-05-02
Publisher: Prometheus Books
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Summary

Kida vividly illustrates these tendencies with numerous examples that demonstrate how easily we can be fooled into believing something that isn't true. In a complex society where success -- in all facets of life -- often requires the ability to evaluate the validity of many conflicting claims, the critical-thinking skills examined in this informative and engaging book will prove invaluable.

Acknowledgments

(2)

Introduction: A Six Pack of Problems

(172)

1 Weird Beliefs and Pseudoscientific Thinking

(20)

2 A Gremlin on My Shoulder

(22)

3 Thinking Like a Scientist

(18)

4 The Role of Chance and Coincidence

(16)

5 Seeing Things That Aren't There

101

(18)

6 Seeing Associations That Aren't There

119

(14)

7 Predicting the Unpredictable

133

(22)

8 Seeking to Confirm

155

(12)

9 How We Simplify

167

(16)

10 Framing and Other Decision Snags

183

(18)

11 Faulty Memories

201

(14)

12 The Influence of Others

215

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Epilogue: Some Final Thoughts

233

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Notes

239

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Index

279

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