Новинки Дэвида Роберта Граймса

Дэвид Роберт Граймс — ирландский физик, получивший образование в Дублине и Оксфорде. Его профессиональная деятельность в основном связана с медицинской физикой, в частности — с исследованиями рака. Однако известность Граймсу принесла его борьба с лженаукой: в своих полемических статьях на страницах The Irish Times, The Guardian и других изданий он разоблачает…

Дэвид Роберт Граймс — ирландский физик, получивший образование в Дублине и Оксфорде. Его профессиональная деятельность в основном связана с медицинской физикой, в частности — с исследованиями рака. Однако известность Граймсу принесла его борьба с лженаукой: в своих полемических статьях на страницах The Irish Times, The Guardian и других изданий он разоблачает шарлатанов, которые пользуются беспомощностью больных людей, чтобы, суля выздоровление, выкачивать из них деньги. В "Неразумной обезьяне" автор собрал воедино свои многочисленные аргументированные возражения, которые могут пригодиться в спорах с адептами гомеопатии, сторонниками теории "плоской Земли", теми, кто верит, что микроволновки и мобильники убивают мозг, и прочими сторонниками всемирных заговоров.

Аудиокнига, которая наглядно показывает, почему умение критически мыслить – жизненно необходимо
Умение критически мыслить, не поддаваться панике, отделять факты от вымысла, а научные данные от фантазий шарлатанов – всё это может в прямом смысле спасти жизнь. Ну, или, как минимум, поспособствует тому, чтобы быть в этой жизни не обезьяной неразумной, а человеком мыслящим, Homo sapiens. При этом как в недрах истории, так и в современном мире мы встречаем уйму примеров того, как самые безумные, дремучие и невежественные теории облекаются в форму серьезных научных изысканий и воспринимаются как непреложная истина. Одна из основных задач этой аудиокниги – борьба с лженаукой во всех её проявлениях. Разбирая наиболее яркие примеры псевдонаучных мифов и лженаучных гипотез, Граймс подробно разбирает, как они создаются, почему имеют такое влияние на людей, что делать, чтобы не попасть под их влияние, и как их побеждать.
David Robert Grimes, 2020
А. Анваер, перевод на русский язык, 2021
А. Бондаренко, художественное оформление, макет, 2021
Издательство CORPUS
& ℗ ООО «Издательство АСТ», «Аудиокнига», 2021

It may seem a big claim, but knowing how to think clearly and critically has literally helped save the world. In September 1983, at the height of the Cold War, the Soviet Union's early warning system showed five US missiles heading towards the country. Stanislaw Petrov knew his duty: he was to inform Moscow that nuclear war had begun, so that they could launch an immediate and devastating response. Instead, he made a call to say the system was faulty. He'd assessed the situation and reasoned that an error was more likely than such a limited attack.

We may not have to save the planet from nuclear annihilation, of course, but our ability to think critically has never been more important. In a world where fake news, mistrust of experts, prejudice and ignorance all too often hold sway, we can all too easily be misled. We live in an era where access to all the knowledge in the world is at our fingertips, yet that also means misinformation and falsehoods can spread further and faster than ever before.

In The Irrational Ape, David Robert Grimes shows how we can be lured into making critical mistakes or drawing false conclusions, and how to avoid such errors. Given the power of modern science and the way that movements can unite to protest a cause via social media, we are in dangerous times. But fortunately, we can learn from our mistakes, and by critical thinking and scientific method we can discover how to apply these techniques to everything from deciding what insurance to buy to averting global disaster. This book, packed with fascinating case studies and examples, helps ensure we are ready for the modern world.

In The Irrational Ape, David Robert Grimes shows how we can be lured into making critical mistakes or drawing false conclusions, and how to avoid such errors. Given the power of modern science and the way that movements can unite to protest a cause via social media, we are in dangerous times. But fortunately, we can learn from our mistakes, and by critical thinking and scientific method we can discover how to apply these techniques to everything from deciding what insurance to buy to averting global disaster. This book, packed with fascinating case studies and examples, helps ensure we are ready for the modern world.

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It may seem a big claim, but knowing how to think clearly and critically has literally helped save the world. In September 1983, at the height of the Cold War, the Soviet Union's early warning system showed five US missiles heading towards the country. Stanislaw Petrov knew his duty: he was to inform Moscow that nuclear war had begun, so that they could launch an immediate and devastating response. Instead, he made a call to say the system was faulty. He'd assessed the situation and reasoned that an error was more likely than such a limited attack.

We may not have to save the planet from nuclear annihilation, of course, but our ability to think critically has never been more important. In a world where fake news, mistrust of experts, prejudice and ignorance all too often hold sway, we can all too easily be misled over issues such as vaccinations, climate change or conspiracy theories. We live in an era where access to all the knowledge in the world is at our fingertips, yet that also means misinformation and falsehoods can spread further and faster than ever before.

In The Irrational Ape, David Robert Grimes shows how we can be lured into making critical mistakes or drawing false conclusions, and how to avoid such errors. Given the power of modern science and the way that movements can unite to protest a cause via social media, we are in dangerous times. But fortunately, we can learn from our mistakes, and by critical thinking and scientific method we can discover how to apply these techniques to everything from deciding what insurance to buy to averting global disaster. This book, packed with fascinating case studies and examples, helps ensure we are ready for the modern world.