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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. | '''''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. | ||
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+ | ==Personal== | ||
+ | I saw this book on clearance at Barnes & Noble and, being a fan of this style of book, bought it. | ||
==Status== | ==Status== | ||
− | I own a hardcover copy of this book and have read it. | + | I own a first edition hardcover copy of this book and have read it. |
==Review== | ==Review== | ||
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===Bad=== | ===Bad=== | ||
− | * The book is really more of a list of bad ideas and why they're wrong rather than a manual for | + | * The book is really more of a list of bad ideas and why they're wrong rather than, as the title suggests, a manual for steeling your mind against bullshit. |
− | * The author incorrectly repeats the myth that a toilet's flow direction is a product of the Coriolis force. | + | * The author incorrectly repeats the myth that a toilet's flow direction is a product of the Coriolis force. This is an easily researched myth to debunk and it causes me to question the rest of his claims. |
* 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. | * 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. | ||
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==Links== | ==Links== | ||
− | + | {{Link|GoodReads|https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31368378-bullsh-t}} | |
[[Category: Books]] | [[Category: Books]] | ||
− | [[Category: Non Fiction]] | + | [[Category: Non-Fiction]] |
[[Category: Logic]] | [[Category: Logic]] | ||
[[Category: Skepticism]] | [[Category: Skepticism]] | ||
[[Category: Books I've Read]] | [[Category: Books I've Read]] |
Revision as of 23:15, 5 March 2020
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.
Personal
I saw this book on clearance at Barnes & Noble and, being a fan of this style of book, bought it.
Status
I own a first edition 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, as the title suggests, a manual for steeling your mind against bullshit.
- The author incorrectly repeats the myth that a toilet's flow direction is a product of the Coriolis force. This is an easily researched myth to debunk and it causes me to question the rest of his claims.
- 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.