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02222aim a2200349Ii 4500 001 5862B3D228C611EC8818A65F53ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20211009010026 007 sd fsngnnmmned 008 210902s2021 nyunnnne z n eng d 020 $a 1984843540 020 $a 9781984843548 035 $a (OCoLC)1266530270 040 $a TEFMT $b eng $e rda $c TEFMT $d OCLCO $d TEF $d OCLCO $d BLACP $d FM0 $d UAP $d IWP $d SILO 100 1 $a Pinker, Steven, $d 1954- . 245 10 $a Rationality : $b what it is, why it seems scarce, why it matters [sound recording (CD)] / $c Steven Pinker. 250 $a Unabridged. 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b Penguin Audio, $c [2021] 300 $a 9 audio discs (approximately 11 hr., 19 min.) : $b CD audio, digital ; $c 4 3/4 in. 306 $a 111900 511 0 $a Read by Arthur Morey. 520 $a Today humanity is reaching new heights of scientific understandingâand also appears to be losing its mind. How can a species that developed vaccines for Covid-19 in less than a year produce so much fake news, medical quackery, and conspiracy theorizing? Pinker rejects the cynical clich Ìthat humans are simply irrational, cavemen out of time saddled with biases, fallacies, and illusions. After all, we discovered the laws of nature, lengthened and enriched our lives, and set out the benchmarks for rationality itself. We actually think in ways that are sensible in the low-tech contexts in which we spend most of our lives, but fail to take advantage of the powerful tools of reasoning weâve discovered over the millennia: logic, critical thinking, probability, correlation and causation, and optimal ways to update beliefs and commit to choices individually and with others. These tools are not a standard part of our education, and have never been presented clearly and entertainingly in a single book, until now. 650 0 $a Critical thinking. 650 0 $a Practical reason. 650 0 $a Choice (Psychology) 700 1 $a Morey, Arthur. 941 $a 3 945 $a cdab 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20220413010256.0 952 $l S1PD771 $d 20220412014213.0 952 $l LAPH975 $d 20211009013029.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=5862B3D228C611EC8818A65F53ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search