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Your Deceptive Mind: A Scientific Guide to Critical Thinking Skills
- Narrated by: Steven Novella
- Length: 12 hrs and 39 mins
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Summary
No skill is more important in today's world than being able to think about, understand, and act on information in an effective and responsible way. What's more, at no point in human history have we had access to so much information, with such relative ease, as we do in the 21st century. But because misinformation out there has increased as well, critical thinking is more important than ever.
These 24 rewarding lectures equip you with the knowledge and techniques you need to become a savvier, sharper critical thinker in your professional and personal life. By immersing yourself in the science of cognitive biases and critical thinking, and by learning how to think about thinking (a practice known as metacognition), you'll gain concrete lessons for doing so more critically, more intelligently, and more successfully.
The key to successful critical thinking lies in understanding the neuroscience behind how our thinking works - and goes wrong; avoiding common pitfalls and errors in thinking, such as logical fallacies and biases; and knowing how to distinguish good science from pseudoscience. Professor Novella tackles these issues and more, exploring how the (often unfamiliar) ways in which our brains are hardwired can distract and prevent us from getting to the truth of a particular matter.
Along the way, he provides you with a critical toolbox that you can use to better assess the quality of information. Even though the world is becoming more and more saturated information, you can take the initiative and become better prepared to make sense of it all with this intriguing course.
PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio.
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- Paul
- 03-04-15
Beautifully presented
Recommended listening for learning how to understand your own flaws in thinking and catch & correct biases. Excellent!
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- jonty
- 14-07-15
Really good
Amazing talk by great speaker. Really says what it is in their title. Thinking about thinking and really being analytical and questioning yourself and others.
Highly recommend for anyone that likes to intellectually engage.
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- George
- 17-09-16
Outstanding
Outstanding courses! Difficult to grasp in one go the amount of information. Reviewing necessary in order to fully understand the topics.
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- David Mecrow
- 28-06-17
Thought Provoking and Interesting
Great concept, great execution. Really helpful at helping you dissect your own thoughts and others'
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- Jason William Alls
- 09-04-21
A worthy listen
It is interesting with some good guidance. Listen to it and take from it what you will. But always maintain an open mind!
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- Mr. G. Carpenter
- 25-06-20
Novella gives us a factual, no-nonsense approach.
Steven Novella teaches us that anyone can become a critical thinker, regardless of your starting point.
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- W. Park
- 05-09-22
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This is a lengthy, thorough and objective coverage of critical thinking. it links strongly to science but not beyond the cognition of an intelligent member of the public. Remember at the end of it critical thinking is needed to question if the course content is right. I am not feeling any cognitive dissonance.
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- Nadine
- 08-08-16
I found this very engaging, enjoyed every minute
Easy listening, enjoyable lectures. I would definitely recommend this audio book. Discusses a wide array of the cognitive biases we are all subject too.
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- S. Wilkinson
- 18-07-18
Amazing - highly reccomended
I am doing a PhD and all to often we are taught about subject technicalities but not about the process by which we gain new knowledge. This course is an excellent guide for that.
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- Alina
- 19-04-18
Great stuff.
I wish I listened to it before I started my year 3 in Psychology. Would have helped me so much.
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