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Debunk it! : how to stay sane in a world of misinformation

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  • 153.42 G7623.1 TEEN (CEN)

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Edition

Fake news edition.

Publication Information

Minneapolis, MN : Zest Books, [2019]

Physical Description

296 pages : illustration ; 19 cm

Summary

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

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.

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