The Irrational Ape

The Irrational Ape

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David Robert Grimes
David Robert Grimes
2020 • 400 pages

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How critical thinking and scientific method can help us to make the right decisions and spot fake news.

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Not quite the most accessible language for a non-native like me, but the journey was worth the time. It brought some unique ideas about how we fall for some manipulations, how fictions work, and how our individual and collective brains might sabotage us.

July 30, 2021

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