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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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