Good Thinking by David Robert Grimes5/10/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Grimes’s expert takedown of irrationality is required reading 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. 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. 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. Publisher’s Note: Good Thinking was previously published in the UK as The Irrational Ape. Good Thinking is our best defense against anti-vaccine paranoia, climate denial, and other dire threats of today ![]()
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