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Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Pinker a cognitive scientist and rational optimist argues, in the 21st century, humanity is reaching new heights of scientific understanding--and at the same time appears to be losing its mind. How can a species that sequenced the genome and detected the Big Bang produce so much fake news, quack cures, conspiracy theories, and "post-truth" rhetoric? A big part of Rationality is to explain the benchmarks of rationality, so you can understand the basics...
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
An assessment of the human condition in the twenty-first century presents data demonstrating that life quality, health, prosperity, safety, peace, knowledge, and happiness are on the rise throughout the world because of the Enlightenment ideal of using reason and science.
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