Think: Why You Should Question Everything Audio CD – Audiobook, MP3 Audio, Unabridged Author: Visit Amazon's Guy P. Harrison Page | Language: English | ISBN:
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"Harrison's wonderfully written reality check offers the most valuable education you can get this side of grad school." ---Dr. Seth Shostak
About the Author
Guy P. Harrison is an award-winning journalist and the author of 50 Simple Questions for Every Christian, 50 Popular Beliefs That People Think Are True, 50 Reasons People Give for Believing in a God, and Race and Reality: What Everyone Should Know About Our Biological Diversity. He lives in California.
Actor George Newbern has appeared in Father of the Bride, Father of the Bride II, Evening Star, Adventures in Babysitting, and many other films. He has also played several roles on television, and is known for providing the voice of Superman in Justice League.
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- Publisher: Tantor; MP3 - Unabridged CD edition (April 23, 2014)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1494551039
- ISBN-13: 978-1494551032
- Product Dimensions: 0.6 x 5.3 x 7.5 inches
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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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