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RATIONALITY - STEVEN PINKER KARTONIERT (TB)

Humans today are often portrayed as cavemen out of time  poised to react to a lion in the grass
with a suite of biases  blind spots  and illusions. But cognitive scientist and rational
optimist Steven Pinker argues that this cannot be the whole picture. A list of the ways in
which we are stupid cannot explain how we're so smart: how we discovered the laws of nature 
transformed the planet  and lengthened and enriched our lives. Indeed  if humans were
fundamentally irrational  how did they discover the benchmarks for rationality against which
humans fall short? The topic could not be more timely. In the 21st 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 sequenced the genome and detected the Big Bang produce so much
fake news  conspiracy theories  and 'post-truth' rhetoric? Rationality explains the key tools
for rational thinking  guiding the reader through the basics of logic  critical thinking 
probability  correlation and causation  and helping us to make rational choices alone and with
others. Rationality matters. As the world reels from foolish choices made in the past and
dreads a future that may be shaped by senseless choices in the present  rationality may be the
most important asset that citizens and influencers command. Steven Pinker  the great defender
of human progress  having documented how the world is not falling apart  now shows how we can
enhance rationality in our lives and in the public sphere. Rationality is the perfect toolkit
to seize our own fates.

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