Good thinking what you need to know to be smarter, safer, wealthier, and wiser
"Critical-thinking skills are essential for life in the 21st century. Harrison demonstrates in a detailed fashion how to sort through bad ideas, unfounded claims, and bogus information to drill down to the most salient facts. By explaining how the human brain works, and outing its most irration...
| Main Author: | Harrison, Guy P. (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Amherst, New York :
Prometheus Books,
2015.
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| Summary: |
"Critical-thinking skills are essential for life in the 21st century. Harrison demonstrates in a detailed fashion how to sort through bad ideas, unfounded claims, and bogus information to drill down to the most salient facts. By explaining how the human brain works, and outing its most irrational processes, this book provides the thinking tools that will help you make better decisions, ask the right questions (at the right time), know what to look for when evaluating information, and understand how your own brain subconsciously clouds your judgment."--Provided by publisher. |
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| Physical Description: |
288 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-276) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781633880641 (paperback) 1633880648 (paperback) |
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