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What It Is, How to Find It, and Why It Still Matters

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A clear-eyed look at thinking straight in a world crowded with noise, bias, and misinformation."Fake news." "Alternative facts." "Post-truth." Misinformation is everywhere, sparking public confusion and polarization. In Truth, best-selling author Michael Shermer cuts through the noise to argue that not only does truth still matter—but also that it's essential to our individual and collective ... Read more

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"A wonderfully lucid, accessible, and wide-ranging account of the boundary between justified and unjustified belief." —Sam Harris, New York Times–bestselling author of The Moral Landscape and The End of FaithIn this work synthesizing thirty years of research, psychologist, historian of science, and the world's best-known skeptic Michael Shermer upends the traditional thinking about how humans form ... Read more

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Why Darwin Matters

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The Moral Arc

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The New York Times–bestselling author of The Believing Brains explores how science makes us better people.From Galileo and Newton to Thomas Hobbes and Martin Luther King, Jr., thinkers throughout history have consciously employed scientific techniques to better understand the non-physical world. The Age of Reason and the Enlightenment led theorists to apply scientific reasoning to the non
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Science Friction

Where the Known Meets the Unknown

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The Science of Good and Evil

Why People Cheat, Gossip, Care, Share, and Follow the Golden Rule

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