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How to Talk to a Science Denier
by Lee McIntyre • 2021
Science denial isn't an information problem. It's an identity trap, and more facts spring it.
3.87
1k+
How to Talk to a Science Denier Summary
How to Talk to a Science Denier 91%
Science denial isn't an information problem. It's an identity trap, and more facts spring it.
by Lee McIntyre 2021
3.87
1k+ ratings
Good Reasonable People
by Keith Payne • 2024
Why the other side isn't crazy: the same self-justifying mind runs us all.
4.08
1k+
Good Reasonable People Summary
Good Reasonable People 91%
Why the other side isn't crazy: the same self-justifying mind runs us all.
by Keith Payne 2024
4.08
1k+ ratings
The Psychology of Conspiracy Theories
by Jan-Willem Van Prooijen • 2018
Big events need big causes. That single bias makes our minds vulnerable to conspiracy theories.
3.79
277
The Psychology of Conspiracy Theories Summary
The Psychology of Conspiracy Theories 91%
Big events need big causes. That single bias makes our minds vulnerable to conspiracy theories.
by Jan-Willem Van Prooijen 2018
3.79
277 ratings
Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me)
by Carol Tavris • 2007
Why smart people double down on bad decisions, rewrite history, and refuse to admit error.
4.04
29k+
Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me) Summary
Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me) 90%
Why smart people double down on bad decisions, rewrite history, and refuse to admit error.
by Carol Tavris 2007
4.04
29k+ ratings
Conspiracy
by Michael Shermer • 2022
Ancient threat detection meets Twitter. Your brain was not built for this, and it shows.
3.76
690
Conspiracy Summary
Conspiracy 90%
Ancient threat detection meets Twitter. Your brain was not built for this, and it shows.
by Michael Shermer 2022
3.76
690 ratings
The Self Illusion
by Bruce M. Hood • 2011
Your brain constructs the story of a unified you. Memory, culture, and neurons are the ingredients.
3.84
2k+
The Self Illusion Summary
The Self Illusion 90%
Your brain constructs the story of a unified you. Memory, culture, and neurons are the ingredients.
by Bruce M. Hood 2011
3.84
2k+ ratings
Post-Truth
by Lee McIntyre • 2018
Tobacco companies perfected the blueprint for making people doubt facts. Now it powers politics.
4.01
2k+
Post-Truth Summary
Post-Truth 90%
Tobacco companies perfected the blueprint for making people doubt facts. Now it powers politics.
by Lee McIntyre 2018
4.01
2k+ ratings
The Scout Mindset
by Julia Galef • 2021
Most thinking is self-defense. Clear thinking is a switch you never learned to flip.
4.09
7k+
The Scout Mindset Summary
The Scout Mindset 90%
Most thinking is self-defense. Clear thinking is a switch you never learned to flip.
by Julia Galef 2021
4.09
7k+ ratings
How to Think
by Alan Jacobs • 2017
You think you're reasoning, but you're mostly just belonging; here's how to tell the difference.
3.95
5k+
How to Think Summary
How to Think 90%
You think you're reasoning, but you're mostly just belonging; here's how to tell the difference.
by Alan Jacobs 2017
3.95
5k+ ratings
The Psychology of Stupidity
by Jean-François Marmion • 2019
The smartest people on why everyone, including you, keeps doing idiotic things.
3.16
3k+
The Psychology of Stupidity Summary
The Psychology of Stupidity 90%
The smartest people on why everyone, including you, keeps doing idiotic things.
by Jean-François Marmion 2019
3.16
3k+ ratings
Mental Immunity
by Andy Norman • 2021
Ideas infect minds like parasites. Cognitive immunity is real, fragile, and trainable.
3.59
432
Mental Immunity Summary
Mental Immunity 90%
Ideas infect minds like parasites. Cognitive immunity is real, fragile, and trainable.
by Andy Norman 2021
3.59
432 ratings
Prius Or Pickup?
by Marc Hetherington • 2018
Your parenting choices predict your politics. The hidden worldview driving American polarization.
3.85
523
Prius Or Pickup? Summary
Prius Or Pickup? 90%
Your parenting choices predict your politics. The hidden worldview driving American polarization.
by Marc Hetherington 2018
3.85
523 ratings
Neither Liberal nor Conservative
by Donald R. Kinder • 2017
Decades of surveys reveal what cable news won't: most Americans have no ideology at all.
3.90
61
Neither Liberal nor Conservative Summary
Neither Liberal nor Conservative 90%
Decades of surveys reveal what cable news won't: most Americans have no ideology at all.
by Donald R. Kinder 2017
3.90
61 ratings
The Securitarian Personality
by John R. Hibbing • 2020
Trump's most loyal voters aren't authoritarians. An ancient instinct to guard their own drives them.
3.66
29
The Securitarian Personality Summary
The Securitarian Personality 90%
Trump's most loyal voters aren't authoritarians. An ancient instinct to guard their own drives them.
by John R. Hibbing 2020
3.66
29 ratings
Suspicious Minds
by Rob Brotherton • 2015
Seeing patterns that aren't there once kept us alive. Now it fuels conspiracy theories.
3.87
2k+
Suspicious Minds Summary
Suspicious Minds 90%
Seeing patterns that aren't there once kept us alive. Now it fuels conspiracy theories.
by Rob Brotherton 2015
3.87
2k+ ratings
Uncivil Agreement
by Lilliana Mason • 2018
Policy isn't what divides America. The real fracture is tribal: race, faith, and party have merged.
3.84
762
Uncivil Agreement Summary
Uncivil Agreement 90%
Policy isn't what divides America. The real fracture is tribal: race, faith, and party have merged.
by Lilliana Mason 2018
3.84
762 ratings
Twilight of American Sanity
by Allen Frances • 2016
Trump is just a symptom. The real disorder is a Stone Age mind steering a technological superpower.
3.60
287
Twilight of American Sanity Summary
Twilight of American Sanity 90%
Trump is just a symptom. The real disorder is a Stone Age mind steering a technological superpower.
by Allen Frances 2016
3.60
287 ratings
The Ideological Brain
by Leor Zmigrod • 2025
Rigid minds make rigid ideologies, and the evidence is in the brain scans.
3.66
597
The Ideological Brain Summary
The Ideological Brain 90%
Rigid minds make rigid ideologies, and the evidence is in the brain scans.
by Leor Zmigrod 2025
3.66
597 ratings
Neuroscience and Critical Thinking
by Albert Rutherford • 2019
Your brain edits reality before you see it. How to catch the cuts and decide better.
3.47
121
Neuroscience and Critical Thinking Summary
Neuroscience and Critical Thinking 89%
Your brain edits reality before you see it. How to catch the cuts and decide better.
by Albert Rutherford 2019
3.47
121 ratings
How We Know What Isn't So
by Thomas Gilovich • 1991
The mind finds pattern in noise, then argues for it with absolute conviction.
3.95
3k+
How We Know What Isn't So Summary
How We Know What Isn't So 89%
The mind finds pattern in noise, then argues for it with absolute conviction.
by Thomas Gilovich 1991
3.95
3k+ ratings
A Mind of Its Own
by Cordelia Fine • 2005
Your brain is a self-serving lawyer, not an impartial scientist. The evidence is damning.
3.86
3k+
A Mind of Its Own Summary
A Mind of Its Own 89%
Your brain is a self-serving lawyer, not an impartial scientist. The evidence is damning.
by Cordelia Fine 2005
3.86
3k+ ratings
How Spies Think
by David Omand • 2020
From a former GCHQ chief: how spies structure their thinking to outsmart lies and cognitive traps.
3.62
832
How Spies Think Summary
How Spies Think 89%
From a former GCHQ chief: how spies structure their thinking to outsmart lies and cognitive traps.
by David Omand 2020
3.62
832 ratings
Expert Political Judgment
by Philip E. Tetlock • 2005
Political pundits barely beat chance. Those who change their minds and doubt themselves do best.
3.98
709
Expert Political Judgment Summary
Expert Political Judgment 89%
Political pundits barely beat chance. Those who change their minds and doubt themselves do best.
by Philip E. Tetlock 2005
3.98
709 ratings
A Theory of Cognitive Dissonance
by Leon Festinger • 1957
The mental shortcuts that run your life are full of bugs. Here's how to debug them.
4.02
193
A Theory of Cognitive Dissonance Summary
A Theory of Cognitive Dissonance 89%
The mental shortcuts that run your life are full of bugs. Here's how to debug them.
by Leon Festinger 1957
4.02
193 ratings
How Minds Change
by David McRaney • 2022
Facts alone don't change minds: the science of persuasion and a method that does.
4.12
4k+
How Minds Change Summary
How Minds Change 89%
Facts alone don't change minds: the science of persuasion and a method that does.
by David McRaney 2022
4.12
4k+ ratings
Black and White Thinking
by Kevin Dutton • 2021
Your brain sorts the world into two piles. It saved your ancestors. It sabotages you.
3.57
489
Black and White Thinking Summary
Black and White Thinking 89%
Your brain sorts the world into two piles. It saved your ancestors. It sabotages you.
by Kevin Dutton 2021
3.57
489 ratings
What's Our Problem?
by Tim Urban • 2023
A society can think like a scientist or a zealot. Right now, the zealot is in charge.
4.24
6k+
What's Our Problem? Summary
What's Our Problem? 89%
A society can think like a scientist or a zealot. Right now, the zealot is in charge.
by Tim Urban 2023
4.24
6k+ ratings
A Lot of People Are Saying
by Russell Muirhead • 2019
Conspiracism changed. It no longer explains, only tears down, and it now occupies the White House.
3.60
784
A Lot of People Are Saying Summary
A Lot of People Are Saying 89%
Conspiracism changed. It no longer explains, only tears down, and it now occupies the White House.
by Russell Muirhead 2019
3.60
784 ratings
From Politics to the Pews
by Michele F. Margolis • 2018
Partisanship leads, faith follows: five decades of data that reverse the religion-politics link.
3.89
35
From Politics to the Pews Summary
From Politics to the Pews 89%
Partisanship leads, faith follows: five decades of data that reverse the religion-politics link.
by Michele F. Margolis 2018
3.89
35 ratings
The Believing Brain
by Michael Shermer • 2011
Your beliefs came first. Every rational argument arrived afterward to defend them.
3.93
8k+
The Believing Brain Summary
The Believing Brain 89%
Your beliefs came first. Every rational argument arrived afterward to defend them.
by Michael Shermer 2011
3.93
8k+ ratings
Think Again
by Adam M. Grant • 2021
The people who get the most things right are the fastest to admit they were wrong.
4.13
150k+
Think Again Summary
Think Again 89%
The people who get the most things right are the fastest to admit they were wrong.
by Adam M. Grant 2021
4.13
150k+ ratings
Moral Politics
by George Lakoff • 1996
Liberals and conservatives don't just disagree; they're running different family simulations.
4.03
2k+
Moral Politics Summary
Moral Politics 89%
Liberals and conservatives don't just disagree; they're running different family simulations.
by George Lakoff 1996
4.03
2k+ ratings
The Hidden Brain
by Shankar Vedantam • 2009
Your unconscious picks presidents, sentences criminals, and spawns terrorists without your consent.
3.99
3k+
The Hidden Brain Summary
The Hidden Brain 89%
Your unconscious picks presidents, sentences criminals, and spawns terrorists without your consent.
by Shankar Vedantam 2009
3.99
3k+ ratings
Us Against Them
by Donald R. Kinder • 2009
An instinct to split the world into us and them shapes nearly every American political opinion.
3.97
33
Us Against Them Summary
Us Against Them 89%
An instinct to split the world into us and them shapes nearly every American political opinion.
by Donald R. Kinder 2009
3.97
33 ratings
White Identity Politics
by Ashley Jardina • 2019
One in three white Americans now see their race as politically meaningful. That changes everything.
3.90
208
White Identity Politics Summary
White Identity Politics 89%
One in three white Americans now see their race as politically meaningful. That changes everything.
by Ashley Jardina 2019
3.90
208 ratings
Parasitic Mind
by Gad Saad • 2020
The West is not just polarized; it is infected. The pathogen came from the university.
3.94
9k+
Parasitic Mind Summary
Parasitic Mind 89%
The West is not just polarized; it is infected. The pathogen came from the university.
by Gad Saad 2020
3.94
9k+ ratings
The Knowledge Illusion
by Steven Sloman • 2017
Ask someone to explain a toilet. They can't. That gap powers civilization.
3.84
3k+
The Knowledge Illusion Summary
The Knowledge Illusion 89%
Ask someone to explain a toilet. They can't. That gap powers civilization.
by Steven Sloman 2017
3.84
3k+ ratings
When Prophecy Fails
by Leon Festinger • 1956
When a doomsday prophecy failed, belief didn't shatter. It grew stronger.
3.80
1k+
When Prophecy Fails Summary
When Prophecy Fails 89%
When a doomsday prophecy failed, belief didn't shatter. It grew stronger.
by Leon Festinger 1956
3.80
1k+ ratings
Subliminal
by Leonard Mlodinow • 2012
The unconscious builds reality, distorts memory, and chooses your friends. You just take the credit.
4.05
14k+
Subliminal Summary
Subliminal 89%
The unconscious builds reality, distorts memory, and chooses your friends. You just take the credit.
by Leonard Mlodinow 2012
4.05
14k+ ratings
The Intelligence Trap
by David Robson • 2019
Intelligence can make you more biased, not less. The trap is hidden in how smart people reason.
3.99
3k+
The Intelligence Trap Summary
The Intelligence Trap 89%
Intelligence can make you more biased, not less. The trap is hidden in how smart people reason.
by David Robson 2019
3.99
3k+ ratings
Rationality
by Steven Pinker • 2021
How a single mental toolkit built science, law, and democracy, and why it keeps short-circuiting.
3.84
7k+
Rationality Summary
Rationality 89%
How a single mental toolkit built science, law, and democracy, and why it keeps short-circuiting.
by Steven Pinker 2021
3.84
7k+ ratings
Political Animals
by Rick Shenkman • 2016
Democracy asks 150-person brains to govern millions. The predictable failures, and the fix.
3.87
189
Political Animals Summary
Political Animals 89%
Democracy asks 150-person brains to govern millions. The predictable failures, and the fix.
by Rick Shenkman 2016
3.87
189 ratings
The Misinformation Age
by Cailin O'Connor • 2018
False beliefs spread through social networks, not faulty brains. And the math proves it.
3.77
1k+
The Misinformation Age Summary
The Misinformation Age 89%
False beliefs spread through social networks, not faulty brains. And the math proves it.
by Cailin O'Connor 2018
3.77
1k+ ratings
Your Brain Is Playing Tricks On You
by Albert Moukheiber • 2019
Reality is your brain's best guess. Its shortcuts are predictable, and spotting them is trainable.
3.85
803
Your Brain Is Playing Tricks On You Summary
Your Brain Is Playing Tricks On You 89%
Reality is your brain's best guess. Its shortcuts are predictable, and spotting them is trainable.
by Albert Moukheiber 2019
3.85
803 ratings
The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
by Steven Novella • 2018
The skeptic's manual: how to beat your brain's biases and spot pseudoscience.
4.39
5k+
The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe Summary
The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe 89%
The skeptic's manual: how to beat your brain's biases and spot pseudoscience.
by Steven Novella 2018
4.39
5k+ ratings
How to Actually Change Your Mind
by Eliezer Yudkowsky • 2018
Humble confession changes nothing. The specific moves that actually correct your thinking.
4.28
294
How to Actually Change Your Mind Summary
How to Actually Change Your Mind 89%
Humble confession changes nothing. The specific moves that actually correct your thinking.
by Eliezer Yudkowsky 2018
4.28
294 ratings
The Political Brain
by Drew Westen • 2007
Why facts and policy details lose elections: the emotional brain runs the voting booth.
4.05
2k+
The Political Brain Summary
The Political Brain 89%
Why facts and policy details lose elections: the emotional brain runs the voting booth.
by Drew Westen 2007
4.05
2k+ ratings
Rationality
by Eliezer Yudkowsky • 2015
Human reason is buggy code. Here is the patch from cognitive science and AI.
4.32
2k+
Rationality Summary
Rationality 89%
Human reason is buggy code. Here is the patch from cognitive science and AI.
by Eliezer Yudkowsky 2015
4.32
2k+ ratings
I Think, Therefore I Lie
by Warren Archer • 2019
Self-deception evolved first, lying to others came second, and objectivity was never the goal.
3.44
9
I Think, Therefore I Lie Summary
I Think, Therefore I Lie 89%
Self-deception evolved first, lying to others came second, and objectivity was never the goal.
by Warren Archer 2019
3.44
9 ratings
Not Born Yesterday
by Hugo Mercier • 2020
Mass persuasion rarely works. Bad ideas spread because they feel true, not because we're gullible.
3.90
473
Not Born Yesterday Summary
Not Born Yesterday 89%
Mass persuasion rarely works. Bad ideas spread because they feel true, not because we're gullible.
by Hugo Mercier 2020
3.90
473 ratings
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