Bibliograph

Debunk it!, how to stay sane in a world of misinformation, John Grant

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Debunk it!, how to stay sane in a world of misinformation, John Grant

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 288-293) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Debunk it!

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1085578085

Responsibility statement

John Grant

Sub title

how to stay sane in a world of misinformation

Summary

Uses modern, ripped-from-the-headlines examples to clearly explain how to identify bad evidence and dismantle poor arguments

Table Of Contents

Facing up to misinformation. This stuff is everywhere ; The damage that it does ; On weasel words ; Building your own bullshitometer -- Stalking the wild baloney. Noble monkeys: where we all came from ; The wonderful power of woo ; Bugs and bodies: mysteries of medicine ; Implacable foes of reason: the antivaxers ; No hoax: the truth about climate change ; That isn't exactly how it went: faking history ; Coprolite claims: faking archaeology ; All the news that's fit to take

Target audience

adolescent

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