🔍 Myth-Busting Psychology

Books that dismantle popular psychological misconceptions with research and rigor, challenging the comforting fictions we tell ourselves about how the mind works.

50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology

by Scott O. Lilienfeld • 2009

Your psychology textbook got it wrong: 50 widely held beliefs science has disproven.

3.66

5k+

🧠 Pop Psychology Myths 🤔 Cognitive Biases 🔬 Scientific Skepticism

50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology Summary

50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology 95%

Your psychology textbook got it wrong: 50 widely held beliefs science has disproven.

by Scott O. Lilienfeld 2009

3.66

5k+ ratings

🧠 Pop Psychology Myths 🤔 Cognitive Biases 🔬 Scientific Skepticism

Don't Believe Everything You Think

by Thomas Kida • 2006

Your brain hunts for stories, ignores stats, and rewrites its memories. Skepticism is the repair.

3.82

853

🧠 Cognitive Biases 🔬 Scientific Skepticism 💡 Critical Thinking

Don't Believe Everything You Think Summary

Don't Believe Everything You Think 92%

Your brain hunts for stories, ignores stats, and rewrites its memories. Skepticism is the repair.

by Thomas Kida 2006

3.82

853 ratings

🧠 Cognitive Biases 🔬 Scientific Skepticism 💡 Critical Thinking

The Invisible Gorilla

by Christopher Chabris • 2010

Your memory rewrites the past, your confidence hides incompetence, and there's a gorilla nobody saw.

3.91

15k+

🧠 Cognitive Biases 👀 Attention Management 💭 Memory Fallibility

The Invisible Gorilla 92%

Your memory rewrites the past, your confidence hides incompetence, and there's a gorilla nobody saw.

by Christopher Chabris 2010

3.91

15k+ ratings

🧠 Cognitive Biases 👀 Attention Management 💭 Memory Fallibility

The Psychology of the Simpsons

by Alan S. Brown • 2006

Homer, Bart, and all of Springfield are walking psychology case studies, and their flaws are ours.

3.67

150

📺 Pop Culture Psychology 🧠 Cognitive Biases 🤔 Philosophy Of Mind

The Psychology of the Simpsons 91%

Homer, Bart, and all of Springfield are walking psychology case studies, and their flaws are ours.

by Alan S. Brown 2006

3.67

150 ratings

📺 Pop Culture Psychology 🧠 Cognitive Biases 🤔 Philosophy Of Mind

Great Myths of the Brain

by Christian Jarrett • 2014

10% usage, right-brain creativity, five senses: all myths. The brain behind them is far weirder.

3.83

161

Great Myths of the Brain 91%

10% usage, right-brain creativity, five senses: all myths. The brain behind them is far weirder.

by Christian Jarrett 2014

3.83

161 ratings

Neuroscience and Critical Thinking

by Albert Rutherford • 2019

Your brain edits reality before you see it. How to catch the cuts and decide better.

3.47

121

🧠 Cognitive Biases 🔬 Cognitive Neuroscience 📰 Information Literacy

Neuroscience and Critical Thinking Summary

Neuroscience and Critical Thinking 91%

Your brain edits reality before you see it. How to catch the cuts and decide better.

by Albert Rutherford 2019

3.47

121 ratings

🧠 Cognitive Biases 🔬 Cognitive Neuroscience 📰 Information Literacy

Anger

by Carol Tavris • 1983

Venting anger doesn't cool you down; it fuels the fire. The evidence against catharsis.

3.81

257

👥 Social Psychology 😤 Anger Management 🧠 Emotion Regulation

Anger 91%

Venting anger doesn't cool you down; it fuels the fire. The evidence against catharsis.

by Carol Tavris 1983

3.81

257 ratings

👥 Social Psychology 😤 Anger Management 🧠 Emotion Regulation

Useful Delusions

by Shankar Vedantam • 2021

Self-deception isn't a flaw. It's what holds relationships, nations, and economies together.

3.84

2k+

🧠 Cognitive Biases 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🪞 Self-Deception

Useful Delusions 91%

Self-deception isn't a flaw. It's what holds relationships, nations, and economies together.

by Shankar Vedantam 2021

3.84

2k+ ratings

🧠 Cognitive Biases 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🪞 Self-Deception

You Are Now Less Dumb

by David McRaney • 2013

You don't see reality. Your brain constructs a flawed model and calls it the truth.

3.95

5k+

🧠 Cognitive Biases 📚 Popular Psychology 👥 Social Psychology

You Are Now Less Dumb 91%

You don't see reality. Your brain constructs a flawed model and calls it the truth.

by David McRaney 2013

3.95

5k+ ratings

🧠 Cognitive Biases 📚 Popular Psychology 👥 Social Psychology

How We Know What Isn't So

by Thomas Gilovich • 1991

The mind finds pattern in noise, then argues for it with absolute conviction.

3.95

3k+

🧠 Cognitive Biases ❤️ Motivated Reasoning 🎲 Randomness Perception

How We Know What Isn't So 91%

The mind finds pattern in noise, then argues for it with absolute conviction.

by Thomas Gilovich 1991

3.95

3k+ ratings

🧠 Cognitive Biases ❤️ Motivated Reasoning 🎲 Randomness Perception

Risk

by Daniel Gardner • 2008

Motorcycle crashes kill more than terrorists. Your brain's shortcuts make you fear the wrong one.

3.96

6k+

🧠 Cognitive Biases ⚠️ Risk Perception 🏛️ Fear Politics

Risk 91%

Motorcycle crashes kill more than terrorists. Your brain's shortcuts make you fear the wrong one.

by Daniel Gardner 2008

3.96

6k+ ratings

🧠 Cognitive Biases ⚠️ Risk Perception 🏛️ Fear Politics

ذهن فریبکار شما

by Steven Novella • 1395

Your brain was built to fool you. A neurologist's method for thinking clearly anyway.

4.23

1k+

🧠 Cognitive Biases 🤔 Critical Thinking 🔬 Scientific Skepticism

ذهن فریبکار شما 91%

Your brain was built to fool you. A neurologist's method for thinking clearly anyway.

by Steven Novella 1395

4.23

1k+ ratings

🧠 Cognitive Biases 🤔 Critical Thinking 🔬 Scientific Skepticism

How to Think About Weird Things

by Theodore Schick Jr. • 1994

A method for evaluating any extraordinary claim, from alien abductions to miracle cures.

3.97

633

🔬 Scientific Skepticism 👻 Paranormal Claims 🪤 Logical Fallacies

How to Think About Weird Things 91%

A method for evaluating any extraordinary claim, from alien abductions to miracle cures.

by Theodore Schick Jr. 1994

3.97

633 ratings

🔬 Scientific Skepticism 👻 Paranormal Claims 🪤 Logical Fallacies

Good Thinking

by David Robert Grimes • 2021

Bad logic corrupts medicine, politics, and media. A physicist shows how to spot it.

4.29

312

🧠 Cognitive Biases ⚖️ Logical Fallacies 🔬 Scientific Skepticism

Good Thinking 91%

Bad logic corrupts medicine, politics, and media. A physicist shows how to spot it.

by David Robert Grimes 2021

4.29

312 ratings

🧠 Cognitive Biases ⚖️ Logical Fallacies 🔬 Scientific Skepticism

The Quick Fix

by Jesse Singal • 2021

How psychology's biggest fads escaped the lab, became policy, and did harm, despite the evidence.

3.91

1k+

🧠 Pop Psychology 🔬 Bad Science 🧪 Replication Crisis

The Quick Fix 91%

How psychology's biggest fads escaped the lab, became policy, and did harm, despite the evidence.

by Jesse Singal 2021

3.91

1k+ ratings

🧠 Pop Psychology 🔬 Bad Science 🧪 Replication Crisis

Think

by Guy P. Harrison • 2013

Your brain fools itself. The scientist's rules for seeing past the self-deceptions that cost you.

3.36

687

🔬 Scientific Skepticism 🧐 Critical Thinking ⚠️ Cognitive Biases

Think 91%

Your brain fools itself. The scientist's rules for seeing past the self-deceptions that cost you.

by Guy P. Harrison 2013

3.36

687 ratings

🔬 Scientific Skepticism 🧐 Critical Thinking ⚠️ Cognitive Biases

Redirect

by Timothy D. Wilson • 2009

Common-sense fixes fail. Small edits to our self-stories can change everything.

3.76

2k+

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Social Psychology 🔄 Behavior Change 📖 Narrative Psychology

Redirect 91%

Common-sense fixes fail. Small edits to our self-stories can change everything.

by Timothy D. Wilson 2009

3.76

2k+ ratings

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Social Psychology 🔄 Behavior Change 📖 Narrative Psychology

Coffee is Good for You

by Robert J. Davis • 2012

Coffee is fine. Detox is nonsense. The evidence behind nutrition's most stubborn myths.

3.31

250

🧪 Nutrition Science 🤔 Food Myths 💥 Myth Busting

Coffee is Good for You 91%

Coffee is fine. Detox is nonsense. The evidence behind nutrition's most stubborn myths.

by Robert J. Davis 2012

3.31

250 ratings

🧪 Nutrition Science 🤔 Food Myths 💥 Myth Busting

Suspicious Minds

by Rob Brotherton • 2015

Seeing patterns that aren't there once kept us alive. Now it fuels conspiracy theories.

3.87

2k+

🧠 Cognitive Biases 🕵️ Conspiracy Psychology 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology

Suspicious Minds 91%

Seeing patterns that aren't there once kept us alive. Now it fuels conspiracy theories.

by Rob Brotherton 2015

3.87

2k+ ratings

🧠 Cognitive Biases 🕵️ Conspiracy Psychology 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology

A Field Guide to Lies and Statistics

by Daniel J. Levitin • 2016

How to spot the tricks in any graph, survey, or news report before they fool you.

3.76

5k+

🔍 Information Literacy 💡 Critical Thinking 🤔 Cognitive Biases

A Field Guide to Lies and Statistics Summary

A Field Guide to Lies and Statistics 91%

How to spot the tricks in any graph, survey, or news report before they fool you.

by Daniel J. Levitin 2016

3.76

5k+ ratings

🔍 Information Literacy 💡 Critical Thinking 🤔 Cognitive Biases

Why People Believe Weird Things

by Michael Shermer • 1997

The smarter you are, the better you are at defending beliefs reason never built.

3.86

10k+

🔍 Skeptical Inquiry 🔬 Pseudoscience 🧠 Cognitive Biases

Why People Believe Weird Things 91%

The smarter you are, the better you are at defending beliefs reason never built.

by Michael Shermer 1997

3.86

10k+ ratings

🔍 Skeptical Inquiry 🔬 Pseudoscience 🧠 Cognitive Biases

Mind the Science

by Jonathan N. Stea • 2024

How a multi-trillion-dollar industry exploits your cognitive biases to sell fake mental health cures

4.15

257

🏥 Wellness Critique 🔬 Science Literacy 🚩 Pseudoscience Detection

Mind the Science 91%

How a multi-trillion-dollar industry exploits your cognitive biases to sell fake mental health cures

by Jonathan N. Stea 2024

4.15

257 ratings

🏥 Wellness Critique 🔬 Science Literacy 🚩 Pseudoscience Detection

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

by Steven Novella • 2018

The skeptic's manual: how to beat your brain's biases and spot pseudoscience.

4.39

5k+

🧠 Critical Thinking 🧩 Cognitive Biases 💭 Logical Fallacies

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe Summary

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe 91%

The skeptic's manual: how to beat your brain's biases and spot pseudoscience.

by Steven Novella 2018

4.39

5k+ ratings

🧠 Critical Thinking 🧩 Cognitive Biases 💭 Logical Fallacies

The Psychology of Stupidity

by Jean-François Marmion • 2019

The smartest people on why everyone, including you, keeps doing idiotic things.

3.16

3k+

🧠 Cognitive Biases 👥 Social Psychology 🤲 Intellectual Humility

The Psychology of Stupidity 91%

The smartest people on why everyone, including you, keeps doing idiotic things.

by Jean-François Marmion 2019

3.16

3k+ ratings

🧠 Cognitive Biases 👥 Social Psychology 🤲 Intellectual Humility

The Irrational Ape

by David Robert Grimes • 2019

Your brain runs on faulty code, and politicians, advertisers, and quacks have the manual.

4.26

1k+

🧠 Cognitive Biases 🧩 Logical Fallacies 💭 Critical Thinking

The Irrational Ape 91%

Your brain runs on faulty code, and politicians, advertisers, and quacks have the manual.

by David Robert Grimes 2019

4.26

1k+ ratings

🧠 Cognitive Biases 🧩 Logical Fallacies 💭 Critical Thinking

30-Second Psychology

by Christian Jarrett • 2011

50 psychology theories, each in half a minute: from cognitive biases to the illusions of memory.

3.74

1k+

🕰️ History Of Psychology 👥 Social Psychology 💭 Cognitive Biases

30-Second Psychology 91%

50 psychology theories, each in half a minute: from cognitive biases to the illusions of memory.

by Christian Jarrett 2011

3.74

1k+ ratings

🕰️ History Of Psychology 👥 Social Psychology 💭 Cognitive Biases

The Suggestible Brain

by Amir Raz • 2024

Your mind runs on suggestion, not facts. That's why placebos, fake news, and false memories work.

3.67

143

👥 Social Influence 💊 Placebo Effect 🧠 Cognitive Biases

The Suggestible Brain 91%

Your mind runs on suggestion, not facts. That's why placebos, fake news, and false memories work.

by Amir Raz 2024

3.67

143 ratings

👥 Social Influence 💊 Placebo Effect 🧠 Cognitive Biases

50 Popular Beliefs That People Think Are True

by Guy P. Harrison • 2011

Fifty beliefs debunked, one thinking habit learned: how to spot pseudoscience before it fools you.

3.61

1k+

🔍 Modern Skepticism 🧠 Cognitive Biases 🤔 Critical Thinking

50 Popular Beliefs That People Think Are True Summary

50 Popular Beliefs That People Think Are True 91%

Fifty beliefs debunked, one thinking habit learned: how to spot pseudoscience before it fools you.

by Guy P. Harrison 2011

3.61

1k+ ratings

🔍 Modern Skepticism 🧠 Cognitive Biases 🤔 Critical Thinking

The Age of Magical Overthinking

by Amanda Montell • 2024

Your brain mistakes repetition for truth, confidence for skill, and the present for a crisis.

3.42

31k+

🧠 Cognitive Biases 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🪞 Self-Deception

The Age of Magical Overthinking 91%

Your brain mistakes repetition for truth, confidence for skill, and the present for a crisis.

by Amanda Montell 2024

3.42

31k+ ratings

🧠 Cognitive Biases 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🪞 Self-Deception

Rationality

by Steven Pinker • 2021

How a single mental toolkit built science, law, and democracy, and why it keeps short-circuiting.

3.84

7k+

🧠 Cognitive Biases 📊 Bayesian Reasoning 🎯 Game Theory

Rationality 91%

How a single mental toolkit built science, law, and democracy, and why it keeps short-circuiting.

by Steven Pinker 2021

3.84

7k+ ratings

🧠 Cognitive Biases 📊 Bayesian Reasoning 🎯 Game Theory

The Mind is Flat

by Nick Chater • 2018

Your inner life is not an archive. Every belief and emotion is improvised in the moment.

3.74

852

🧠 Folk Psychology Critique 🔍 Consciousness Studies 🎭 Confabulation

The Mind is Flat 91%

Your inner life is not an archive. Every belief and emotion is improvised in the moment.

by Nick Chater 2018

3.74

852 ratings

🧠 Folk Psychology Critique 🔍 Consciousness Studies 🎭 Confabulation

Foolproof

by Sander van der Linden • 2023

Correcting lies comes too late. A weakened dose of manipulation, taken beforehand, builds immunity.

3.97

969

🦠 Misinformation Studies 🧠 Cognitive Biases 📰 Media Literacy

Foolproof 91%

Correcting lies comes too late. A weakened dose of manipulation, taken beforehand, builds immunity.

by Sander van der Linden 2023

3.97

969 ratings

🦠 Misinformation Studies 🧠 Cognitive Biases 📰 Media Literacy

A Mind of Its Own

by Cordelia Fine • 2005

Your brain is a self-serving lawyer, not an impartial scientist. The evidence is damning.

3.86

3k+

🧠 Cognitive Biases 🤥 Self-Deception ⚖️ Moral Psychology

A Mind of Its Own 91%

Your brain is a self-serving lawyer, not an impartial scientist. The evidence is damning.

by Cordelia Fine 2005

3.86

3k+ ratings

🧠 Cognitive Biases 🤥 Self-Deception ⚖️ Moral Psychology

The Rough Guide to Psychology

by Christian Jarrett • 2011

A clear-eyed tour of psychology's essential discoveries, from your biased brain to your social self.

3.98

153

📘 Psychology Primers 🧠 Cognitive Biases 👥 Social Influence

The Rough Guide to Psychology 91%

A clear-eyed tour of psychology's essential discoveries, from your biased brain to your social self.

by Christian Jarrett 2011

3.98

153 ratings

📘 Psychology Primers 🧠 Cognitive Biases 👥 Social Influence

The Scout Mindset

by Julia Galef • 2021

Most thinking is self-defense. Clear thinking is a switch you never learned to flip.

4.09

7k+

🧠 Cognitive Biases 🎭 Self-Deception 🤲 Intellectual Humility

The Scout Mindset 90%

Most thinking is self-defense. Clear thinking is a switch you never learned to flip.

by Julia Galef 2021

4.09

7k+ ratings

🧠 Cognitive Biases 🎭 Self-Deception 🤲 Intellectual Humility

Destructive Trends in Mental Health

by Rogers H. Wright • 2005

Therapy now invents disorders, buries science, and rewards victimhood. Patients pay the price.

3.95

🧠 Clinical Psychology 🏷️ Diagnostic Overreach ⚖️ Psychology Ethics

Destructive Trends in Mental Health Summary

Destructive Trends in Mental Health 90%

Therapy now invents disorders, buries science, and rewards victimhood. Patients pay the price.

by Rogers H. Wright 2005

3.95

21 ratings

🧠 Clinical Psychology 🏷️ Diagnostic Overreach ⚖️ Psychology Ethics

You Are Not So Smart

by David McRaney • 2011

Your brain is a self-justifying storyteller, and it's hiding the evidence from you.

3.86

36k+

🧠 Cognitive Biases 👥 Social Psychology 🎭 Self-Delusion

You Are Not So Smart 90%

Your brain is a self-justifying storyteller, and it's hiding the evidence from you.

by David McRaney 2011

3.86

36k+ ratings

🧠 Cognitive Biases 👥 Social Psychology 🎭 Self-Delusion

Inside the Criminal Mind

by Stanton E. Samenow • 1984

The criminal is not a victim; he is a calculating architect who genuinely sees himself as decent.

3.77

2k+

🧠 Criminal Psychology ⚖️ Forensic Psychology 🎭 Psychopathy

Inside the Criminal Mind 90%

The criminal is not a victim; he is a calculating architect who genuinely sees himself as decent.

by Stanton E. Samenow 1984

3.77

2k+ ratings

🧠 Criminal Psychology ⚖️ Forensic Psychology 🎭 Psychopathy

This Book Has Issues

by Christian Jarrett • 2008

Your brain lies to you constantly. A guided tour of psychology's most unsettling experiments.

3.55

350

🎓 Introductory Psychology 🧠 Cognitive Biases 👁️ Perception And Illusion

This Book Has Issues 90%

Your brain lies to you constantly. A guided tour of psychology's most unsettling experiments.

by Christian Jarrett 2008

3.55

350 ratings

🎓 Introductory Psychology 🧠 Cognitive Biases 👁️ Perception And Illusion

The Intelligence Trap

by David Robson • 2019

Intelligence can make you more biased, not less. The trap is hidden in how smart people reason.

3.99

3k+

🧠 Cognitive Biases 🤔 Rationality 🧎 Intellectual Humility

The Intelligence Trap 90%

Intelligence can make you more biased, not less. The trap is hidden in how smart people reason.

by David Robson 2019

3.99

3k+ ratings

🧠 Cognitive Biases 🤔 Rationality 🧎 Intellectual Humility

I Think, Therefore I Lie

by Warren Archer • 2019

Self-deception evolved first, lying to others came second, and objectivity was never the goal.

3.44

🤥 Self-Deception 🧠 Cognitive Biases 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology

I Think, Therefore I Lie 90%

Self-deception evolved first, lying to others came second, and objectivity was never the goal.

by Warren Archer 2019

3.44

9 ratings

🤥 Self-Deception 🧠 Cognitive Biases 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology

The Cry for Myth

by Rollo May • 1991

What if myths aren't falsehoods but the psychological scaffolding a mind cannot function without?

4.07

442

🧠 Existential Psychology 📖 Myth And Meaning 🪪 Narrative Identity

The Cry for Myth 90%

What if myths aren't falsehoods but the psychological scaffolding a mind cannot function without?

by Rollo May 1991

4.07

442 ratings

🧠 Existential Psychology 📖 Myth And Meaning 🪪 Narrative Identity

Tricks of the Mind

by Derren Brown • 2006

A mentalist reveals how cognitive biases, cold reading, and placebos hijack your brain every day.

4.04

7k+

🧠 Cognitive Biases 🤔 Critical Thinking 💭 Memory Techniques

Tricks of the Mind 90%

A mentalist reveals how cognitive biases, cold reading, and placebos hijack your brain every day.

by Derren Brown 2006

4.04

7k+ ratings

🧠 Cognitive Biases 🤔 Critical Thinking 💭 Memory Techniques

The Certainty Illusion

by Timothy Caulfield • 2025

Science, reviews, and expert advice are corrupted by hype, profit, and bias.

3.95

614

🧠 Information Literacy 🧩 Cognitive Biases 🏥 Health Misinformation

The Certainty Illusion 90%

Science, reviews, and expert advice are corrupted by hype, profit, and bias.

by Timothy Caulfield 2025

3.95

614 ratings

🧠 Information Literacy 🧩 Cognitive Biases 🏥 Health Misinformation

The Joy of Science

by Jim Al-Khalili • 2022

Spot falsehoods, change your mind, and find wonder: the scientific method applied to daily life.

3.60

624

🔬 Scientific Thinking 🧠 Cognitive Biases 📰 Misinformation

The Joy of Science 90%

Spot falsehoods, change your mind, and find wonder: the scientific method applied to daily life.

by Jim Al-Khalili 2022

3.60

624 ratings

🔬 Scientific Thinking 🧠 Cognitive Biases 📰 Misinformation

Brain Bugs

by Dean Buonomano • 2011

Phantom limbs, false memories, irrational fears: the flaws evolution built into your brain.

3.80

3k+

🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🧠 Cognitive Biases 📝 Memory Flaws

Brain Bugs 90%

Phantom limbs, false memories, irrational fears: the flaws evolution built into your brain.

by Dean Buonomano 2011

3.80

3k+ ratings

🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🧠 Cognitive Biases 📝 Memory Flaws

May Contain Lies

by Alex Edmans • 2024

Why bad statistics and success stories feel convincing, and a systematic way to see through them.

4.11

1k+

🧠 Cognitive Biases 🤔 Critical Thinking 📰 Misinformation

May Contain Lies 90%

Why bad statistics and success stories feel convincing, and a systematic way to see through them.

by Alex Edmans 2024

4.11

1k+ ratings

🧠 Cognitive Biases 🤔 Critical Thinking 📰 Misinformation

The Myth of Mars and Venus

by Deborah Cameron • 2007

Verbal ability overlaps 99.75% between sexes. The gender-communication industry is built on noise.

4.03

482

🗣️ Gender And Language 💬 Language Myths ⚡ Gender Stereotypes

The Myth of Mars and Venus 90%

Verbal ability overlaps 99.75% between sexes. The gender-communication industry is built on noise.

by Deborah Cameron 2007

4.03

482 ratings

🗣️ Gender And Language 💬 Language Myths ⚡ Gender Stereotypes

How to Become a Really Good Pain in the Ass

by Christopher W. DiCarlo • 2007

Why the most annoying person in the room is often right, and how to become them.

3.58

270

🧠 Cognitive Biases 🔍 Fallacy Spotting 📊 Evidence Evaluation

How to Become a Really Good Pain in the Ass Summary

How to Become a Really Good Pain in the Ass 90%

Why the most annoying person in the room is often right, and how to become them.

by Christopher W. DiCarlo 2007

3.58

270 ratings

🧠 Cognitive Biases 🔍 Fallacy Spotting 📊 Evidence Evaluation

The Life-Changing Science of Detecting Bullshit

by John V. Petrocelli • 2021

Bullshit has a playbook. Learn the cognitive habits and questions that neutralize it first.

3.48

1k+

🧠 Cognitive Biases 🤔 Critical Thinking 🔍 Evidence Evaluation

The Life-Changing Science of Detecting Bullshit Summary

The Life-Changing Science of Detecting Bullshit 90%

Bullshit has a playbook. Learn the cognitive habits and questions that neutralize it first.

by John V. Petrocelli 2021

3.48

1k+ ratings

🧠 Cognitive Biases 🤔 Critical Thinking 🔍 Evidence Evaluation

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