Search results for “baloney detection kit”
The Ethics of Belief: The Great English Mathematician and Philosopher William Kingdon Clifford on the Discipline of Doubt and How We Can Trust a Truth
“It is wrong always, everywhere, and for anyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence.”
The Greatest Science Books of 2016
From the sound of spacetime to time travel to the microbiome, by way of polar bears, dogs, and trees.
The Will to Doubt: Bertrand Russell on Free Thought and Our Only Effective Self-Defense Against Propaganda
“The protection of minorities is vitally important; and even the most orthodox of us may find himself in a minority some day, so that we all have an interest in restraining the tyranny of majorities.”
The Eternal Child Inside: Maurice Sendak on Storytelling and Creativity
On the lifelong pleasure of “having your child self intact and alive and something to be proud of.”
Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs: Harvard Physicist Lisa Randall on the Astounding Interconnectedness of the Universe
A thrilling cosmological detective story of how the universe evolved and what made our very existence possible.
In Search of a Better World: Karl Popper on Truth vs. Certainty and the Dangers of Relativism
“Knowledge consists in the search for truth… It is not the search for certainty.”
Carl Sagan on Moving Beyond Us vs. Them, Bridging Conviction with Compassion, and Meeting Ignorance with Kindness
“In the course of looking deeply within ourselves, we may challenge notions that give comfort before the terrors of the world.”
Rules for the Direction of the Mind: Descartes’s 12 Timeless Tenets of Critical Thinking
“We ought to give the whole of our attention to the most insignificant and most easily mastered facts, and remain a long time in contemplation of them until we are accustomed to behold the truth clearly and distinctly.”
The Confidence Game: What Con Artists Reveal About the Psychology of Trust and Why Even the Most Rational of Us Are Susceptible to Deception
“It’s the oldest story ever told. The story of belief — of the basic, irresistible, universal human need to believe in something that gives life meaning, something that reaffirms our view of ourselves, the world, and our place in it.”
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