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Books like I Think, Therefore I Lie

A Mind of Its Own
by Cordelia Fine • 2005
Your brain is a self-serving lawyer, not an impartial scientist. The evidence is damning.
3.86
3k+
🧠 Cognitive Biases🤥 Self-Deception⚖️ Moral Psychology📊 Decision Science🤔 Motivated Reasoning
A Mind of Its Own Summary
A Mind of Its Own 97%
Your brain is a self-serving lawyer, not an impartial scientist. The evidence is damning.
by Cordelia Fine 2005
3.86
3k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases🤥 Self-Deception⚖️ Moral Psychology📊 Decision Science🤔 Motivated Reasoning
Neuroscience and Critical Thinking
by Albert Rutherford • 2019
Your brain edits reality before you see it. How to catch the cuts and decide better.
3.47
121
🧠 Cognitive Biases🔬 Cognitive Neuroscience📰 Information Literacy😤 Emotional Reasoning🎭 Self-Deception
Neuroscience and Critical Thinking Summary
Neuroscience and Critical Thinking 97%
Your brain edits reality before you see it. How to catch the cuts and decide better.
by Albert Rutherford 2019
3.47
121 ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases🔬 Cognitive Neuroscience📰 Information Literacy😤 Emotional Reasoning🎭 Self-Deception
Useful Delusions
by Shankar Vedantam • 2021
Self-deception isn't a flaw. It's what holds relationships, nations, and economies together.
3.84
2k+
🧠 Cognitive Biases🧬 Evolutionary Psychology🪞 Self-Deception🛒 Consumer Psychology⛪ Psychology Of Religion
Useful Delusions Summary
Useful Delusions 96%
Self-deception isn't a flaw. It's what holds relationships, nations, and economies together.
by Shankar Vedantam 2021
3.84
2k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases🧬 Evolutionary Psychology🪞 Self-Deception🛒 Consumer Psychology⛪ Psychology Of Religion
You Are Not So Smart
by David McRaney • 2011
Your brain is a self-justifying storyteller, and it's hiding the evidence from you.
3.86
36k+
🧠 Cognitive Biases👥 Social Psychology🎭 Self-Delusion⚡ Heuristics🧩 Memory Fallibility
You Are Not So Smart Summary
You Are Not So Smart 96%
Your brain is a self-justifying storyteller, and it's hiding the evidence from you.
by David McRaney 2011
3.86
36k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases👥 Social Psychology🎭 Self-Delusion⚡ Heuristics🧩 Memory Fallibility
Why We Lie
by David Livingstone Smith • 2004
Self-deception is an evolutionary tool: the lies you believe are the ones you sell best.
3.62
260
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🎭 Self-Deception🤥 Deception🗡️ Machiavellian Intelligence🌌 Unconscious Mind
Why We Lie Summary
Why We Lie 96%
Self-deception is an evolutionary tool: the lies you believe are the ones you sell best.
by David Livingstone Smith 2004
3.62
260 ratings
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🎭 Self-Deception🤥 Deception🗡️ Machiavellian Intelligence🌌 Unconscious Mind
Subliminal
by Leonard Mlodinow • 2012
The unconscious builds reality, distorts memory, and chooses your friends. You just take the credit.
4.05
14k+
🧠 Cognitive Psychology🌊 Unconscious Processing⚖️ Cognitive Biases🏗️ Constructed Reality🤝 Social Cognition
Subliminal Summary
Subliminal 96%
The unconscious builds reality, distorts memory, and chooses your friends. You just take the credit.
by Leonard Mlodinow 2012
4.05
14k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Psychology🌊 Unconscious Processing⚖️ Cognitive Biases🏗️ Constructed Reality🤝 Social Cognition
The Age of Magical Overthinking
by Amanda Montell • 2024
Your brain mistakes repetition for truth, confidence for skill, and the present for a crisis.
3.42
31k+
🧠 Cognitive Biases🧬 Evolutionary Psychology🪞 Self-Deception📱 Information Overload📊 Behavioral Economics
The Age of Magical Overthinking Summary
The Age of Magical Overthinking 96%
Your brain mistakes repetition for truth, confidence for skill, and the present for a crisis.
by Amanda Montell 2024
3.42
31k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases🧬 Evolutionary Psychology🪞 Self-Deception📱 Information Overload📊 Behavioral Economics
Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me)
by Carol Tavris • 2007
Why smart people double down on bad decisions, rewrite history, and refuse to admit error.
4.04
29k+
🧠 Cognitive Dissonance🎭 Self-Deception🔄 Motivated Reasoning👁️ Bias Blind Spot💭 Memory Distortion
Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me) Summary
Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me) 96%
Why smart people double down on bad decisions, rewrite history, and refuse to admit error.
by Carol Tavris 2007
4.04
29k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Dissonance🎭 Self-Deception🔄 Motivated Reasoning👁️ Bias Blind Spot💭 Memory Distortion
Don't Believe Everything You Think
by Thomas Kida • 2006
Your brain hunts for stories, ignores stats, and rewrites its memories. Skepticism is the repair.
3.82
853
🧠 Cognitive Biases🔬 Scientific Skepticism💡 Critical Thinking🎲 Probability And Chance🧩 Memory Fallibility
Don't Believe Everything You Think Summary
Don't Believe Everything You Think 96%
Your brain hunts for stories, ignores stats, and rewrites its memories. Skepticism is the repair.
by Thomas Kida 2006
3.82
853 ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases🔬 Scientific Skepticism💡 Critical Thinking🎲 Probability And Chance🧩 Memory Fallibility
How We Know What Isn't So
by Thomas Gilovich • 1991
The mind finds pattern in noise, then argues for it with absolute conviction.
3.95
3k+
🧠 Cognitive Biases❤️ Motivated Reasoning🎲 Randomness Perception🔬 Scientific Skepticism👥 Social Cognition
How We Know What Isn't So Summary
How We Know What Isn't So 95%
The mind finds pattern in noise, then argues for it with absolute conviction.
by Thomas Gilovich 1991
3.95
3k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases❤️ Motivated Reasoning🎲 Randomness Perception🔬 Scientific Skepticism👥 Social Cognition
A Theory of Cognitive Dissonance
by Leon Festinger • 1957
The mental shortcuts that run your life are full of bugs. Here's how to debug them.
4.02
193
🧠 Mental Models🔍 Cognitive Biases⚡ Cognitive Dissonance💡 Critical Thinking🔄 Belief Change
A Theory of Cognitive Dissonance Summary
A Theory of Cognitive Dissonance 95%
The mental shortcuts that run your life are full of bugs. Here's how to debug them.
by Leon Festinger 1957
4.02
193 ratings
🧠 Mental Models🔍 Cognitive Biases⚡ Cognitive Dissonance💡 Critical Thinking🔄 Belief Change
The Mind's Past
by Michael S. Gazzaniga • 1998
Your brain acts, then invents a story about why. Your conscious self gets the press release.
3.77
115
🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience👁️ Consciousness Studies⚡ Unconscious Processing🎭 Self-Deception🔄 Memory Distortion
The Mind's Past Summary
The Mind's Past 95%
Your brain acts, then invents a story about why. Your conscious self gets the press release.
by Michael S. Gazzaniga 1998
3.77
115 ratings
🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience👁️ Consciousness Studies⚡ Unconscious Processing🎭 Self-Deception🔄 Memory Distortion
Being Wrong
by Kathryn Schulz • 2010
We can't feel wrong while being wrong, so we confuse certainty with accuracy every time.
3.94
7k+
🧠 Cognitive Biases💫 Human Fallibility🤔 Intellectual Humility🔄 Belief Revision🪞 Self-Deception
Being Wrong Summary
Being Wrong 95%
We can't feel wrong while being wrong, so we confuse certainty with accuracy every time.
by Kathryn Schulz 2010
3.94
7k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases💫 Human Fallibility🤔 Intellectual Humility🔄 Belief Revision🪞 Self-Deception
Think
by Guy P. Harrison • 2013
Your brain fools itself. The scientist's rules for seeing past the self-deceptions that cost you.
3.36
687
🔬 Scientific Skepticism🧐 Critical Thinking⚠️ Cognitive Biases👾 Pseudoscience🧠 Brain Health
Think Summary
Think 95%
Your brain fools itself. The scientist's rules for seeing past the self-deceptions that cost you.
by Guy P. Harrison 2013
3.36
687 ratings
🔬 Scientific Skepticism🧐 Critical Thinking⚠️ Cognitive Biases👾 Pseudoscience🧠 Brain Health
The Social Leap
by William Von Hippel • 2018
We're savannah apes in skyscrapers: cooperative, self-deceiving, and never satisfied for long.
4.23
2k+
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🧬 Human Evolution👥 Social Cognition🎭 Self-Deception🦚 Sexual Selection
The Social Leap Summary
The Social Leap 95%
We're savannah apes in skyscrapers: cooperative, self-deceiving, and never satisfied for long.
by William Von Hippel 2018
4.23
2k+ ratings
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🧬 Human Evolution👥 Social Cognition🎭 Self-Deception🦚 Sexual Selection
25 Days to Better Thinking & Better Living
by Linda Elder • 2006
Your mind is wired for self-deception. A 25-day plan to catch it in the act.
3.80
465
🧠 Critical Thinking⚠️ Cognitive Biases🎭 Self-Deception🧱 Mental Discipline🏛️ Socratic Method
25 Days to Better Thinking & Better Living Summary
25 Days to Better Thinking & Better Living 95%
Your mind is wired for self-deception. A 25-day plan to catch it in the act.
by Linda Elder 2006
3.80
465 ratings
🧠 Critical Thinking⚠️ Cognitive Biases🎭 Self-Deception🧱 Mental Discipline🏛️ Socratic Method
The Invisible Gorilla
by Christopher Chabris • 2010
Your memory rewrites the past, your confidence hides incompetence, and there's a gorilla nobody saw.
3.91
15k+
🧠 Cognitive Biases👀 Attention Management💭 Memory Fallibility😎 Overconfidence🔍 Scientific Skepticism
The Invisible Gorilla Summary
The Invisible Gorilla 95%
Your memory rewrites the past, your confidence hides incompetence, and there's a gorilla nobody saw.
by Christopher Chabris 2010
3.91
15k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases👀 Attention Management💭 Memory Fallibility😎 Overconfidence🔍 Scientific Skepticism
The Life-Changing Science of Detecting Bullshit
by John V. Petrocelli • 2021
Bullshit has a playbook. Learn the cognitive habits and questions that neutralize it first.
3.48
1k+
🧠 Cognitive Biases🤔 Critical Thinking🔍 Evidence Evaluation🎯 Persuasion Tactics❌ Reasoning Errors
The Life-Changing Science of Detecting Bullshit Summary
The Life-Changing Science of Detecting Bullshit 95%
Bullshit has a playbook. Learn the cognitive habits and questions that neutralize it first.
by John V. Petrocelli 2021
3.48
1k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases🤔 Critical Thinking🔍 Evidence Evaluation🎯 Persuasion Tactics❌ Reasoning Errors
Why We Believe What We Believe
by Andrew B. Newberg • 2006
Prayer dims the self, meditation sharpens focus: the neural signature of why you believe.
4.01
331
🧠 Cognitive Biases👁️ Perception And Reality🧱 Belief Formation💊 Placebo Effect🧘 Spiritual Experiences
Why We Believe What We Believe Summary
Why We Believe What We Believe 95%
Prayer dims the self, meditation sharpens focus: the neural signature of why you believe.
by Andrew B. Newberg 2006
4.01
331 ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases👁️ Perception And Reality🧱 Belief Formation💊 Placebo Effect🧘 Spiritual Experiences
Brain Bugs
by Dean Buonomano • 2011
Phantom limbs, false memories, irrational fears: the flaws evolution built into your brain.
3.80
3k+
🧬 Evolutionary Psychology🧠 Cognitive Biases📝 Memory Flaws🔄 Neural Plasticity👁️ Perceptual Illusions
Brain Bugs Summary
Brain Bugs 94%
Phantom limbs, false memories, irrational fears: the flaws evolution built into your brain.
by Dean Buonomano 2011
3.80
3k+ ratings
🧬 Evolutionary Psychology🧠 Cognitive Biases📝 Memory Flaws🔄 Neural Plasticity👁️ Perceptual Illusions
Kluge
by Gary F. Marcus • 2008
Your brain is an evolutionary patch job: why you forget, misjudge, and chase empty pleasures.
3.83
2k+
🧬 Evolutionary Psychology🧠 Cognitive Biases⏳ Evolutionary Mismatch💭 Memory Fallibility🏗️ Mental Architecture
Kluge Summary
Kluge 94%
Your brain is an evolutionary patch job: why you forget, misjudge, and chase empty pleasures.
by Gary F. Marcus 2008
3.83
2k+ ratings
🧬 Evolutionary Psychology🧠 Cognitive Biases⏳ Evolutionary Mismatch💭 Memory Fallibility🏗️ Mental Architecture
Your Brain Is Playing Tricks On You
by Albert Moukheiber • 2019
Reality is your brain's best guess. Its shortcuts are predictable, and spotting them is trainable.
3.85
803
🧠 Cognitive Biases🔍 Critical Thinking📰 Misinformation⚡ Mental Shortcuts🤲 Intellectual Humility
Your Brain Is Playing Tricks On You Summary
Your Brain Is Playing Tricks On You 94%
Reality is your brain's best guess. Its shortcuts are predictable, and spotting them is trainable.
by Albert Moukheiber 2019
3.85
803 ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases🔍 Critical Thinking📰 Misinformation⚡ Mental Shortcuts🤲 Intellectual Humility
The Irrational Ape
by David Robert Grimes • 2019
Your brain runs on faulty code, and politicians, advertisers, and quacks have the manual.
4.26
1k+
🧠 Cognitive Biases🧩 Logical Fallacies💭 Critical Thinking🥼 Pseudoscience🕵️ Conspiracy Theories
The Irrational Ape Summary
The Irrational Ape 94%
Your brain runs on faulty code, and politicians, advertisers, and quacks have the manual.
by David Robert Grimes 2019
4.26
1k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases🧩 Logical Fallacies💭 Critical Thinking🥼 Pseudoscience🕵️ Conspiracy Theories
Blind Spots
by Max H. Bazerman • 2011
Most unethical behavior is driven by mental gaps, not character flaws. A lens to see what you miss.
3.68
597
🐝 Behavioral Ethics🧠 Cognitive Biases👀 Unconscious Bias📈 Behavioral Economics🏢 Corporate Ethics
Blind Spots Summary
Blind Spots 94%
Most unethical behavior is driven by mental gaps, not character flaws. A lens to see what you miss.
by Max H. Bazerman 2011
3.68
597 ratings
🐝 Behavioral Ethics🧠 Cognitive Biases👀 Unconscious Bias📈 Behavioral Economics🏢 Corporate Ethics
A Field Guide to Lies and Statistics
by Daniel J. Levitin • 2016
How to spot the tricks in any graph, survey, or news report before they fool you.
3.76
5k+
🔍 Information Literacy💡 Critical Thinking🤔 Cognitive Biases🔬 Scientific Skepticism📊 Statistical Literacy
A Field Guide to Lies and Statistics Summary
A Field Guide to Lies and Statistics 94%
How to spot the tricks in any graph, survey, or news report before they fool you.
by Daniel J. Levitin 2016
3.76
5k+ ratings
🔍 Information Literacy💡 Critical Thinking🤔 Cognitive Biases🔬 Scientific Skepticism📊 Statistical Literacy
The Confidence Game
by Maria Konnikova • 2015
Anyone can be conned. The con artist's real genius is finding what you already want to believe.
3.65
6k+
🧠 Cognitive Biases🎭 Social Engineering📊 Behavioral Economics🎯 Victim Psychology🃏 Con Artistry
The Confidence Game Summary
The Confidence Game 94%
Anyone can be conned. The con artist's real genius is finding what you already want to believe.
by Maria Konnikova 2015
3.65
6k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases🎭 Social Engineering📊 Behavioral Economics🎯 Victim Psychology🃏 Con Artistry
Irrationality
by Stuart Sutherland • 1992
Predictable mental errors everyone makes, from overconfidence to throwing good money after bad.
3.91
2k+
🧠 Cognitive Biases🔍 Decision Science📊 Statistical Thinking👥 Social Conformity🎭 Emotional Biases
Irrationality Summary
Irrationality 94%
Predictable mental errors everyone makes, from overconfidence to throwing good money after bad.
by Stuart Sutherland 1992
3.91
2k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases🔍 Decision Science📊 Statistical Thinking👥 Social Conformity🎭 Emotional Biases
Good Thinking
by David Robert Grimes • 2021
Bad logic corrupts medicine, politics, and media. A physicist shows how to spot it.
4.29
312
🧠 Cognitive Biases⚖️ Logical Fallacies🔬 Scientific Skepticism💭 Critical Thinking📰 Media Literacy
Good Thinking Summary
Good Thinking 94%
Bad logic corrupts medicine, politics, and media. A physicist shows how to spot it.
by David Robert Grimes 2021
4.29
312 ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases⚖️ Logical Fallacies🔬 Scientific Skepticism💭 Critical Thinking📰 Media Literacy
The Moral Animal
by Robert Wright • 1994
Our noblest impulses and our ugliest desires share one source: millions of years of evolution.
4.08
12k+
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology👤 Human Nature🐒 Behavioral Evolution🎭 Self-Deception💑 Mating Strategies
The Moral Animal Summary
The Moral Animal 94%
Our noblest impulses and our ugliest desires share one source: millions of years of evolution.
by Robert Wright 1994
4.08
12k+ ratings
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology👤 Human Nature🐒 Behavioral Evolution🎭 Self-Deception💑 Mating Strategies
The Certainty Illusion
by Timothy Caulfield • 2025
Science, reviews, and expert advice are corrupted by hype, profit, and bias.
3.95
614
🧠 Information Literacy🧩 Cognitive Biases🏥 Health Misinformation📢 Science Communication🛒 Marketing Manipulation
The Certainty Illusion Summary
The Certainty Illusion 94%
Science, reviews, and expert advice are corrupted by hype, profit, and bias.
by Timothy Caulfield 2025
3.95
614 ratings
🧠 Information Literacy🧩 Cognitive Biases🏥 Health Misinformation📢 Science Communication🛒 Marketing Manipulation
Invisible Rivals
by Jonathan R Goodman • 2025
We compete constantly without knowing it; language is the weapon that hides the battle.
3.76
33
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🕵️ Hidden Motives🤝 Cooperation And Cheating🎫 Moral Licensing🪞 Self-Deception
Invisible Rivals Summary
Invisible Rivals 94%
We compete constantly without knowing it; language is the weapon that hides the battle.
by Jonathan R Goodman 2025
3.76
33 ratings
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🕵️ Hidden Motives🤝 Cooperation And Cheating🎫 Moral Licensing🪞 Self-Deception
Black and White Thinking
by Kevin Dutton • 2021
Your brain sorts the world into two piles. It saved your ancestors. It sabotages you.
3.57
489
🧠 Cognitive Biases🧬 Evolutionary Psychology🏷️ Categorical Thinking🖼️ Framing Effects⚡ Polarization
Black and White Thinking Summary
Black and White Thinking 94%
Your brain sorts the world into two piles. It saved your ancestors. It sabotages you.
by Kevin Dutton 2021
3.57
489 ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases🧬 Evolutionary Psychology🏷️ Categorical Thinking🖼️ Framing Effects⚡ Polarization
Suspicious Minds
by Rob Brotherton • 2015
Seeing patterns that aren't there once kept us alive. Now it fuels conspiracy theories.
3.87
2k+
🧠 Cognitive Biases🕵️ Conspiracy Psychology🧬 Evolutionary Psychology👥 Social Cognition🤔 Critical Thinking
Suspicious Minds Summary
Suspicious Minds 94%
Seeing patterns that aren't there once kept us alive. Now it fuels conspiracy theories.
by Rob Brotherton 2015
3.87
2k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases🕵️ Conspiracy Psychology🧬 Evolutionary Psychology👥 Social Cognition🤔 Critical Thinking
Post-Truth
by Lee McIntyre • 2018
Tobacco companies perfected the blueprint for making people doubt facts. Now it powers politics.
4.01
2k+
🔬 Science Denial🧠 Cognitive Biases📢 Disinformation🫧 Filter Bubbles🏛️ Post-Truth Politics
Post-Truth Summary
Post-Truth 94%
Tobacco companies perfected the blueprint for making people doubt facts. Now it powers politics.
by Lee McIntyre 2018
4.01
2k+ ratings
🔬 Science Denial🧠 Cognitive Biases📢 Disinformation🫧 Filter Bubbles🏛️ Post-Truth Politics
Mindware
by Richard E. Nisbett • 2015
You don't perceive reality. You construct it, using mental shortcuts you never knew you had.
3.75
2k+
🧠 Cognitive Biases🧩 Mental Models💰 Behavioral Economics⚖️ Decision Science🌏 Cultural Psychology
Mindware Summary
Mindware 94%
You don't perceive reality. You construct it, using mental shortcuts you never knew you had.
by Richard E. Nisbett 2015
3.75
2k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases🧩 Mental Models💰 Behavioral Economics⚖️ Decision Science🌏 Cultural Psychology
Idiot Brain
by Dean Burnett • 2016
Motion sickness, overeating, and anxiety: not glitches but survival instincts from the savannah.
3.97
11k+
🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience🧬 Evolutionary Psychology🧩 Cognitive Biases📝 Memory Fallibility👁️ Sensory Perception
Idiot Brain Summary
Idiot Brain 94%
Motion sickness, overeating, and anxiety: not glitches but survival instincts from the savannah.
by Dean Burnett 2016
3.97
11k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience🧬 Evolutionary Psychology🧩 Cognitive Biases📝 Memory Fallibility👁️ Sensory Perception
What Makes Your Brain Happy and Why You Should Do the Opposite
by David DiSalvo • 2011
Your brain favors certainty, shortcuts, and approval. The biases to catch and the override rules.
3.83
4k+
🧠 Cognitive Biases📉 Behavioral Economics🧬 Evolutionary Psychology⏳ Delayed Gratification🎮 Self-Control
What Makes Your Brain Happy and Why You Should Do the Opposite Summary
What Makes Your Brain Happy and Why You Should Do the Opposite 94%
Your brain favors certainty, shortcuts, and approval. The biases to catch and the override rules.
by David DiSalvo 2011
3.83
4k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases📉 Behavioral Economics🧬 Evolutionary Psychology⏳ Delayed Gratification🎮 Self-Control
The Honest Truth About Dishonesty
by Dan Ariely • 2012
Everyone cheats a little and still feels honest. The hidden forces that widen that gap.
3.93
17k+
🔬 Behavioral Economics⚖️ Moral Psychology🧠 Cognitive Biases🪞 Self-Deception🦠 Social Contagion
The Honest Truth About Dishonesty Summary
The Honest Truth About Dishonesty 94%
Everyone cheats a little and still feels honest. The hidden forces that widen that gap.
by Dan Ariely 2012
3.93
17k+ ratings
🔬 Behavioral Economics⚖️ Moral Psychology🧠 Cognitive Biases🪞 Self-Deception🦠 Social Contagion
Duped
by Timothy R. Levine • 2019
Automatic trust works because lying is rare, but a handful of skilled deceivers bypass it entirely.
3.54
214
🔍 Lie Detection🤝 Truth Bias📝 Statement Analysis❓ Questioning Techniques📊 Base-Rate Neglect
Duped Summary
Duped 94%
Automatic trust works because lying is rare, but a handful of skilled deceivers bypass it entirely.
by Timothy R. Levine 2019
3.54
214 ratings
🔍 Lie Detection🤝 Truth Bias📝 Statement Analysis❓ Questioning Techniques📊 Base-Rate Neglect
Never Be Lied to Again
by David J. Lieberman • 1998
The tells that expose a liar, and the questions that make the truth unavoidable.
3.62
1k+
🔍 Lie Detection🎭 Deception Psychology🧍 Body Language🪞 Self-Deception👁️ Reading People
Never Be Lied to Again Summary
Never Be Lied to Again 94%
The tells that expose a liar, and the questions that make the truth unavoidable.
by David J. Lieberman 1998
3.62
1k+ ratings
🔍 Lie Detection🎭 Deception Psychology🧍 Body Language🪞 Self-Deception👁️ Reading People
Why We Make Mistakes
by Joseph T. Hallinan • 2009
Your brain edits reality, rewrites your memories, and is certain you're above average.
3.91
9k+
🧠 Cognitive Biases📊 Behavioral Economics✅ Error Reduction🎯 Attention Management🧩 Memory Fallibility
Why We Make Mistakes Summary
Why We Make Mistakes 94%
Your brain edits reality, rewrites your memories, and is certain you're above average.
by Joseph T. Hallinan 2009
3.91
9k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases📊 Behavioral Economics✅ Error Reduction🎯 Attention Management🧩 Memory Fallibility
Rationality
by Steven Pinker • 2021
How a single mental toolkit built science, law, and democracy, and why it keeps short-circuiting.
3.84
7k+
🧠 Cognitive Biases📊 Bayesian Reasoning🎯 Game Theory📈 Statistical Thinking🛡️ Motivated Reasoning
Rationality Summary
Rationality 94%
How a single mental toolkit built science, law, and democracy, and why it keeps short-circuiting.
by Steven Pinker 2021
3.84
7k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases📊 Bayesian Reasoning🎯 Game Theory📈 Statistical Thinking🛡️ Motivated Reasoning
The Joy of Science
by Jim Al-Khalili • 2022
Spot falsehoods, change your mind, and find wonder: the scientific method applied to daily life.
3.60
624
🔬 Scientific Thinking🧠 Cognitive Biases📰 Misinformation🤔 Critical Thinking✨ Scientific Wonder
The Joy of Science Summary
The Joy of Science 94%
Spot falsehoods, change your mind, and find wonder: the scientific method applied to daily life.
by Jim Al-Khalili 2022
3.60
624 ratings
🔬 Scientific Thinking🧠 Cognitive Biases📰 Misinformation🤔 Critical Thinking✨ Scientific Wonder
Sleights of Mind
by Stephen L. Macknik • 2010
Every magic trick exploits a specific neural shortcut. What sleight of hand reveals about the brain.
3.94
3k+
🪞 Perceptual Illusions🧠 Cognitive Biases👁️ Attention And Awareness💭 Memory Distortion💊 Placebo Effect
Sleights of Mind Summary
Sleights of Mind 94%
Every magic trick exploits a specific neural shortcut. What sleight of hand reveals about the brain.
by Stephen L. Macknik 2010
3.94
3k+ ratings
🪞 Perceptual Illusions🧠 Cognitive Biases👁️ Attention And Awareness💭 Memory Distortion💊 Placebo Effect
The Knowledge Illusion
by Steven Sloman • 2017
Ask someone to explain a toilet. They can't. That gap powers civilization.
3.84
3k+
🎭 Cognitive Biases🌐 Distributed Cognition👥 Collective Intelligence🤔 Intellectual Humility🤸 Embodied Cognition
The Knowledge Illusion Summary
The Knowledge Illusion 94%
Ask someone to explain a toilet. They can't. That gap powers civilization.
by Steven Sloman 2017
3.84
3k+ ratings
🎭 Cognitive Biases🌐 Distributed Cognition👥 Collective Intelligence🤔 Intellectual Humility🤸 Embodied Cognition
Tricks of the Mind
by Derren Brown • 2006
A mentalist reveals how cognitive biases, cold reading, and placebos hijack your brain every day.
4.04
7k+
🧠 Cognitive Biases🤔 Critical Thinking💭 Memory Techniques🃏 Cold Reading🔍 Modern Skepticism
Tricks of the Mind Summary
Tricks of the Mind 94%
A mentalist reveals how cognitive biases, cold reading, and placebos hijack your brain every day.
by Derren Brown 2006
4.04
7k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases🤔 Critical Thinking💭 Memory Techniques🃏 Cold Reading🔍 Modern Skepticism
Foolproof
by Sander van der Linden • 2023
Correcting lies comes too late. A weakened dose of manipulation, taken beforehand, builds immunity.
3.97
969
🦠 Misinformation Studies🧠 Cognitive Biases📰 Media Literacy📱 Social Media Effects🕵️ Conspiracy Psychology
Foolproof Summary
Foolproof 93%
Correcting lies comes too late. A weakened dose of manipulation, taken beforehand, builds immunity.
by Sander van der Linden 2023
3.97
969 ratings
🦠 Misinformation Studies🧠 Cognitive Biases📰 Media Literacy📱 Social Media Effects🕵️ Conspiracy Psychology
May Contain Lies
by Alex Edmans • 2024
Why bad statistics and success stories feel convincing, and a systematic way to see through them.
4.11
1k+
🧠 Cognitive Biases🤔 Critical Thinking📰 Misinformation📊 Statistical Literacy🛒 Behavioral Economics
May Contain Lies Summary
May Contain Lies 93%
Why bad statistics and success stories feel convincing, and a systematic way to see through them.
by Alex Edmans 2024
4.11
1k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases🤔 Critical Thinking📰 Misinformation📊 Statistical Literacy🛒 Behavioral Economics
The Story Paradox
by Jonathan Gottschall • 2021
Story logic that built nations now tears them apart. The psychology is identical.
3.70
446
🧠 Social Psychology📖 Narrative Persuasion💥 Group Conflict📉 Post-Truth Politics🏛️ Collective Memory
The Story Paradox Summary
The Story Paradox 93%
Story logic that built nations now tears them apart. The psychology is identical.
by Jonathan Gottschall 2021
3.70
446 ratings
🧠 Social Psychology📖 Narrative Persuasion💥 Group Conflict📉 Post-Truth Politics🏛️ Collective Memory
How to Actually Change Your Mind
by Eliezer Yudkowsky • 2018
Humble confession changes nothing. The specific moves that actually correct your thinking.
4.28
294
🧠 Cognitive Biases🎯 Rationality Training🙇 Epistemic Humility📊 Bayesian Reasoning🎭 Motivated Reasoning
How to Actually Change Your Mind Summary
How to Actually Change Your Mind 93%
Humble confession changes nothing. The specific moves that actually correct your thinking.
by Eliezer Yudkowsky 2018
4.28
294 ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases🎯 Rationality Training🙇 Epistemic Humility📊 Bayesian Reasoning🎭 Motivated Reasoning
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