EAN: 9780141989860

RATIONALITY - STEVEN PINKER KARTONIERT (TB)

A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2021    'Punchy  funny and invigorating ... Pinker is the high priest
of rationalism' Sunday Times     'If you've ever considered taking drugs to make yourself
smarter  read Rationality instead. It's cheaper  more entertaining  and more effective'
Jonathan Haidt  author of The Righteous Mind    In the twenty-first century  humanity is
reaching new heights of scientific understanding - and at the same time appears to be losing
its mind. How can a species that discovered vaccines for Covid-19 in less than a year produce
so much fake news  quack cures and conspiracy theorizing?   In Rationality   Pinker rejects the
cynical cliché that humans are simply an irrational species - cavemen out of time fatally
cursed with biases  fallacies and illusions. After all  we discovered the laws of nature 
lengthened and enriched our lives and set the benchmarks for rationality itself. Instead  he
explains  we think in ways that suit the low-tech contexts in which we spend most of our lives
but fail to take advantage of the powerful tools of reasoning we have built up over millennia:
logic  critical thinking  probability  causal inference  and decision-making under uncertainty.
These tools are not a standard part of our educational curricula  and have never been presented
clearly and entertainingly in a single book - until now.   Rationality matters. It leads to
better choices in our lives and in the public sphere  and is the ultimate driver of social
justice and moral progress. Brimming with insight and humour  Rationality will enlighten 
inspire and empower.   'A terrific book  much-needed for our time' Peter Singer

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