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| − | '''''Bullsh*t: How to Detect Junk Science, Bogus Claims, Wacky Theories, and General Human Stupidity''''', by John Grant, is a book about what you can do to help discern facts from lies. Grant does this by explaining examples of bad logic and pseudoscience and explaining the flaws. | + | [[Image:Bullshit - Hardcover - USA - 1st Edition.jpg|thumb|256x256px|1st edition US hardcover.]] |
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| + | '''''Bullsh*t: How to Detect Junk Science, Bogus Claims, Wacky Theories, and General Human Stupidity''''', by [[John Grant]], is a book about what you can do to help discern facts from lies. Grant does this by explaining examples of bad logic and pseudoscience and explaining the flaws. | ||
==Status== | ==Status== | ||
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===Bad=== | ===Bad=== | ||
| − | * The book is really more of a list of bad ideas and why | + | * The book is really more of a list of bad ideas and why they're wrong rather than a manual for how to steel your mind to detect bullshit, as the title suggests. |
| − | * The author incorrectly | + | * The author incorrectly repeats the myth that a toilet's flow direction is a product of the Coriolis force. |
| − | * Sources are listed in the bibliography, but they're not cited to specific claims throughout the book, so it's very difficult to verify | + | * Sources are listed in the bibliography, but they're not cited to specific claims throughout the book, so it's very difficult to verify any claims. |
===Ugly=== | ===Ugly=== | ||
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==Links== | ==Links== | ||
| + | * [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31368378-bullsh-t goodreads.com/book/show/31368378-bullsh-t] - Good Reads. | ||
Revision as of 11:27, 1 June 2018
Bullsh*t: How to Detect Junk Science, Bogus Claims, Wacky Theories, and General Human Stupidity, by John Grant, is a book about what you can do to help discern facts from lies. Grant does this by explaining examples of bad logic and pseudoscience and explaining the flaws.
Status
I own a hardcover copy of this book and have read it.
Review
Good
- The book is nicely written and enjoyable all the way through.
- There is a good spread of various different topics of bullshit.
Bad
- The book is really more of a list of bad ideas and why they're wrong rather than a manual for how to steel your mind to detect bullshit, as the title suggests.
- The author incorrectly repeats the myth that a toilet's flow direction is a product of the Coriolis force.
- Sources are listed in the bibliography, but they're not cited to specific claims throughout the book, so it's very difficult to verify any claims.
Ugly
- Nothing.
Links
- goodreads.com/book/show/31368378-bullsh-t - Good Reads.
