The Skeptics’ Guide to the Universe
How to Know What's Really Real in a World Increasingly Full of Fake
Dr. Steven Novella et al.
This is a wonderful overview of skeptical thought and biases that affect the way that every ... Read more
Respecting Truth
Willful Ignorance in the Internet Age
Lee McIntyre
A wonderful review and rebuke of the willful ignorance that is so prevalent these days. ... Read more
Escaping The Rabbit Hole
How to Debunk Conspiracy Theories Using Facts, Logic, and Respect
Mick West
This is a wonderful getting started guide for those trying to help friends, loved ones, ... Read more
True Enough
Learning to Live in a Post-Fact Society
Farhad Manjoo
True Enough is a wonderful technical overview of how and why The United States have populations ... Read more
The Death of Expertise
The Campaign Against Established Knowledge and Why It Matters
Tom Nichols
From the publisher, Oxford University Press: Technology and increasing levels of education have exposed people ... Read more
Calling Bullshit
The Art of Skepticism in a Data-Driven World
Carl T. Bergstrom and Jevin D. West
Calling Bullshit delves into the science of, well, bullshit.We are surrounded by bullshit these days. This book does well ... Read more
Post-Truth
Lee McIntyre
For me, this was the book that started it all. It’s a wonderful overview that ... Read more
Fantasyland
How America Went Haywire: A 500-Year History
Kurt Andersen
The history of America is inseparable from the influence of various fantasies and their believers, ... Read more
The Scientific Attitude
Defending Science from Denial, Fraud, and Pseudoscience
Lee McIntyre
From the publisher, MIT Press: An argument that what makes science distinctive is its emphasis ... Read more
Antisocial
Online Extremists, Techno-Utopians, and the Hijacking of the American Conversation
Andrew Marantz
From the publisher, Viking: For several years, Andrew Marantz, a New Yorker staff writer, has been embedded ... Read more
The Misinformation Age
How False Beliefs Spread
Cailin O'Connor and James Owen Weatherall
From the publisher, Yale University Press: The social dynamics of “alternative facts”: why what you ... Read more
This Is Not Propaganda
Adventures in the War Against Reality
Peter Pomerantsev
From the publisher, Public Affairs: Learn how the perception of truth has been weaponized in ... Read more