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9781591024088

Don't Believe Everything You Think

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  • ISBN13:

    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.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments 9(2)
Introduction: A Six Pack of Problems 11(172)
1 Weird Beliefs and Pseudoscientific Thinking
25(20)
2 A Gremlin on My Shoulder
45(22)
3 Thinking Like a Scientist
67(18)
4 The Role of Chance and Coincidence
85(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(18)
Epilogue: Some Final Thoughts 233(6)
Notes 239(40)
Index 279

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