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An all-encompassing guide to skeptical thinking from podcast host
and academic neurologist at Yale University School of Medicine
Steven Novella and his SGU co-hosts, which Richard Wiseman calls
"the perfect primer for anyone who wants to separate fact from
fiction." It is intimidating to realize that we live in a world
overflowing with misinformation, bias, myths, deception, and flawed
knowledge. There really are no ultimate authority figures-no one
has the secret, and there is no place to look up the definitive
answers to our questions (not even Google). Luckily, The Skeptic's
Guide to the Universe is your map through this maze of modern life.
Here Dr. Steven Novella-along with Bob Novella, Cara Santa Maria,
Jay Novella, and Evan Bernstein-will explain the tenets of
skeptical thinking and debunk some of the biggest scientific myths,
fallacies, and conspiracy theories-from anti-vaccines to
homeopathy, UFO sightings to N- rays. You'll learn the difference
between science and pseudoscience, essential critical thinking
skills, ways to discuss conspiracy theories with that crazy co-
worker of yours, and how to combat sloppy reasoning, bad arguments,
and superstitious thinking. So are you ready to join them on an
epic scientific quest, one that has taken us from huddling in dark
caves to setting foot on the moon? (Yes, we really did that.) DON'T
PANIC! With The Skeptic's Guide to the Universe, we can do this
together. "Thorough, informative, and enlightening, The Skeptic's
Guide to the Universe inoculates you against the frailties and
shortcomings of human cognition. If this book does not become
required reading for us all, we may well see modern civilization
unravel before our eyes." -- Neil deGrasse Tyson "In this age of
real and fake information, your ability to reason, to think in
scientifically skeptical fashion, is the most important skill you
can have. Read The Skeptics' Guide Universe; get better at
reasoning. And if this claim about the importance of reason is
wrong, The Skeptics' Guide will help you figure that out, too." --
Bill Nye
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