Unreason
Prometheus Books (Verlag)
978-1-63388-974-3 (ISBN)
All of the articles within are interesting and readable. Yet they are also quite diverse. Some articles reinforce and complement each other; others (as happens in science) may voice disagreements or differing perspectives. But they all have one thing in common: a respect for evidence—a demand for the best, most well-tested, most scientifically reliable information.
Readers will learn:
Why and how conspiracy rumors start, spread, and readily gain believers
How to stay afloat in a sea of disinformation and survive the age of misinformation
Why and how we form beliefs and adhere to them so powerfully
How and why memory is fallible—and what we can do about it
How pseudoexperiments mislead the public about science
Unreason will arm readers with scientific knowledge to curb the misinformation and misconceptions that increasingly threaten our civil discourse. Even further, these essays present a way for us to be better citizens, equipped to deal with the winds of misinformation and disinformation swirling about us and better able to look ahead to a world where science and reason—indeed just good old common sense—can prevail.
Kendrick Frazier is a veteran science journalist and the longtime editor of the Skeptical Inquirer: The Magazine for Science and Reason. A former Editor of Science News, he is author or editor of ten books, including the anthology Science Under Siege: Defending Science, Exposing Pseudoscience. He is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and a member of the American Geophysical Union. He is a recipient of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry’s “In Praise of Reason” Award. Benjamin Radford is an American writer, investigator, and skeptic. He has authored, coauthored or contributed to over twenty books and written over a thousand articles and columns on a wide variety of topics including urban legends, unexplained mysteries, the paranormal, critical thinking, mass hysteria, and media literacy. His book, Mysterious New Mexico: Miracles, Magic, and Monsters in the Land of Enchantment, was published in the summer of 2014 and is a scientific investigation of famous legends and folklore in the state of New Mexico. In 2016 Radford published Bad Clowns, a 2017 IPPY bronze award winner, and he is regarded as an expert on the bad clowns phenomenon.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 26.09.2023 |
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| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 151 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 576 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Logik |
| Naturwissenschaften | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-63388-974-2 / 1633889742 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-63388-974-3 / 9781633889743 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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