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The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

How to Know What's Really Real in a World Increasingly Full of Fake

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The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

By: Steven Novella
Narrated by: Steven Novella
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The must-read book from the creators of The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe podcast - perfect for fans of The Art of Thinking Clearly and Factfulness (and all aspiring skeptics)

This book will change the way you think about thinking. It will change how you think about the world.
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Join Steven Novella and 'Skeptical Rogues' Bob Novella, Cara Santa Maria, Jay Novella and Evan Bernstein as they explain the tenets of skeptical thinking and use them to debunk some of the biggest scientific myths, fallacies and conspiracy theories (anti-vaccines, homeopathy, UFO sightings, and many more) in this explosive book.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe is the must-have guide to understanding how you think, and how you can think more critically about yourself and the world around you. It explains the difference between science and pseudoscience, how to recognise common science news tropes, how to discuss conspiracy theories with that blinkered colleague of yours, and how to apply this to make your life better.

As fascinating as it is entertaining, this page-turner is your essential guide to seeing through the fake news and media manipulation in our increasingly confusing world.

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Critic reviews

"A fantastic compendium of skeptical thinking and the perfect primer for anyone who wants to separate fact from fiction." (Richard Wiseman, author 59 Seconds)

"Thorough, informative, and enlightening...If this book does not become required reading for us all, we may well see modern civilisation unravel before our eyes." (Neil deGrasse Tyson, author of Astrophysics for People in a Hurry)
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Great book about critical thinking. Very important information and tools to cope In our modern world.

Wonderfull sourcebook

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an inoculation to the madness of the world, a great book on critical thinking and the bias inherent in all off us.

an inoculation to the madness of the world

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Easy listen, I would definelty raccomomend as a good intro to critical thinking and Skepticism, and why they matter.

Great introduction to Skepticism, and good listen.

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We are all brought into this world as children ready to believe anything, we make connections, notice all the hits and fail to observe the many more misses (how astrology requires and needs it as do psychics). It takes something like science to understand the truth, but it’s up against a range of bias and glitches already in our thinking. These include glitches such as cognitive biases (searching and noticing only evidence that supports the beliefs you’ve already formed) and the Dunning–Kruger effect whereby people believe they are better than others but actually lack so much self-awareness to don’t realise how little they truly know. Think Trump perhaps. This book explains so much of magical thinking, the type where intelligent people can be just as foolish and ignorant in their thinking as anyone else because what is sometimes more important is the ability to use critical thinking as opposed to magical thinking. This book beautifully demonstrates our biases and glitches in our thinking including memory (memory can be easily distorted) and how we delude ourselves. This is an excellent book for helping you to become more aware and to overcome all your biases and to look at more appropriate ways of thinking, Particularly through the use of science. Fools and fanatics are certain of everything but to be wise in your thinking means you have to question everything, keep an open mind, be humble, uncertain and be doubtful, and question what you think you already know. This book will help you. I have read quite a bit on the subject so not all of this was new to me, but I’m sure it will be new to many.

The glitches in our thinking

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Listening this through, a lot of concepts and thinking patterns just clicked into place. This serves as a well thought-out guide for starting or continuing down (or, more aptly: up) the path of becoming and being a skeptic thinker and communicator.
Many thanks to steven and his team, from Tai in Copenhagen

A comprehensive introduction

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