Think: Why You Should Question Everything [Kindle Edition] Author: Guy P. Harrison | Language: English | ISBN:
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This fresh and exciting approach to science, skepticism, and critical thinking will enlighten and inspire readers of all ages. With a mix of wit and wisdom, it challenges everyone to think like a scientist, embrace the skeptical life, and improve their critical thinking skills.
Think shows you how to better navigate through the maze of biases and traps that are standard features of every human brain. These innate pitfalls threaten to trick us into seeing, hearing, thinking, remembering, and believing things that are not real or true. Guy Harrison's straightforward text will help you trim away the nonsense, deflect bad ideas, and keep both feet firmly planted in reality.
With an upbeat and friendly tone, Harrison shows how it's in everyone's best interest to question everything. He brands skepticism as a constructive and optimistic attitude--a way of life that anyone can embrace. An antidote to nonsense and delusion, this accessible guide to critical thinking is the perfect book for anyone seeking a jolt of inspiration.
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- File Size: 2702 KB
- Print Length: 242 pages
- Page Numbers Source ISBN: 1616148071
- Publisher: Prometheus Books (November 5, 2013)
- Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
- Language: English
- ASIN: B00CQZ5MUU
- Text-to-Speech: Enabled
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Think: Why You Should Question Everything by Guy P. Harrison
"Think" is a fantastic and inspirational book that will teach readers how to think like scientists. Question everything, embrace doubt is a recurring theme that accomplished author, historian, anthropologist Guy P. Harrison drives home with mastery and clarity. This is an entertaining and illuminating book that will empower you to avoid common pitfalls of bad thinking in a constructive way. This enlightening 300-page book includes the following five chapters: 1. Standing Tall on a Fantasy-prone Planet, 2. Pay a Visit to the Strange Thing That Lives Inside Your Head, 3. A Thinker's Guide to Unusual Claims and Weird Beliefs, 4. The Proper Care and Feeding of a Thinking Machine, and 5. So Little to Lose and a Universe to Gain.
Positives:
1. Beautifully written and researched book. Harrison has a passion for his topic that is palpable and admirable. A master at conveying clear and inspirational thoughts grounded in good science and sound thinking.
2. Skepticism is a great topic. This book is enlightening and fun to read.
3. Harrison always delivers! Quality critical thinking goes in before his books come out. He has earned my trust as an author that will consistently deliver a book worthy of my time and interest.
4. Drives home the need for skepticism. "Skepticism is an important issue for everyone. It's something we all need, regardless of intelligence, education, location, social status, or income."
5. This is a thought-provoking book and a quote fest, "Skepticism is just about having a healthy dose of doubt and using reason to figure out what is probably real from what is probably not real.
I have been enjoying Guy Harrison's work ever since "50 Reasons People Give for Believing in a god" was published in 2008. His writing embodies what Carl Sagan urged, a "marriage of skepticism and wonder." His latest book continues to reflect that.
I think of "Think" as the basis for all of his previous books, even though this it's his latest. Or to put it another way, he elaborates and extrapolates all of the principles of skepticism, which were implicit in his previous books, but are made explicit here. Specifically, he delves into why there are many reasons why we can't take things at face value (flaws in memory, perception, etc.), and then applies those reasons to be skeptical of the many strange beliefs people hold, everything from Bigfoot to alternative medicine. But he does not stop at questioning "weird things"- he shares his wonder and appreciation for everything that the real world, as revealed by science, has to offer. For instance, after discussing cryptozoology, he offers an alternative to people who are interested in monsters- acual monsters that scientists are discovering all the time; at the bottom of the sea, in microscopic observations, and in extreme environments. To cite another example, after discussing alleged UFo visits, Harrison suggests looking into SETI, or possible parallel universes. Reality is never boring, in other words. This is how he embodies the marriage of skepticism and wonder.
Other great aspects of the book:
* He urges us all to take care of our brains. We've all heard of the necessity of sleep, nutrition and exercise for our bodies, but we need those things for well-functioning brains as well!
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