Fortunately, the second portion of the book is generally much better. Here he provides his 101 ways to improve your thinking. There's nothing earth-shattering here, but he presents a lot of good rules, and does it in an accessible, humorous style. Avoiding bias, recognizing bias, relying on evidence, not getting too attached to your first hypothesis, keeping up with the news, and so on. Alas, the book is probably least likely to be read by those who could most benefit from it. Give a copy to that aged relative who forwards things to you that have been debunked by snopes, or who instantly decided that George Zimmerman should be let go (or summarily executed).
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- No. 118 (
essentialsaltes) wrote,
No. 118
essentialsaltes
Dumbth, by Steve Allen
Fortunately, the second portion of the book is generally much better. Here he provides his 101 ways to improve your thinking. There's nothing earth-shattering here, but he presents a lot of good rules, and does it in an accessible, humorous style. Avoiding bias, recognizing bias, relying on evidence, not getting too attached to your first hypothesis, keeping up with the news, and so on. Alas, the book is probably least likely to be read by those who could most benefit from it. Give a copy to that aged relative who forwards things to you that have been debunked by snopes, or who instantly decided that George Zimmerman should be let go (or summarily executed).
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20th HPL Film Fest
All the photos (and a couple videos) I flew up Thursday to Portland for the 20th anniversary fest. Got set up in my hotel, and then ventured out…
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A Broken Instrument, by Jason Brezinski
Jason was kind enough to send Dr. Pookie and me a real live dead tree advanced reading copy (more or less) of his book. Subtitled A Novel of Gritty…
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Hallow-warming
Third costume of the day! Had a great time at our Halloween Housewarming party. Dr. Pookie slaved all day long, and I slaved half a day long,…
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