![]() ![]() Ultimately, no one changes anyone else's mind we can only change our own-and give others the tools to do the same. ![]() ![]() Grimes's expert takedown of irrationality is required for anyone wondering why bad thinking persists and how we can defeat it. Rather, it's to interrogate our own assumptions-to develop our eye for the glimmer of truth in a vast sea of dubious sources-in short, to think critically. But his purpose in Good Thinking isn't to shame or place blame. Of course, we're not among them-are 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 topics-from vaccination to abortion, 9/11 conspiracy theories to dictatorial doublespeak, astrology to alternative medicine, and wrongful convictions to racism. Good Thinking is our best defense against anti-vaccine paranoia, climate denial, and other dire threats of today In our ever-more-polarized society, there's 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. ![]()
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