False
How Mistrust, Disinformation, and Motivated Reasoning Make Us Believe Things that Aren't True
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 3 June 2025
- ISBN 9780197765272
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages256 pages
- Size 240x162x23 mm
- Weight 499 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
This book illuminates the psychology of false belief that lies at the root of the kind of science denialism, political polarization, and rampant belief in misinformation and disinformation alike that has become so common in today's post-truth world.
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An illuminating exploration of the psychology of false belief that lies at the root of science denialism, political polarization, and rampant belief in misinformation and disinformation.
Microchips in our vaccines, stolen elections, climate change denial?in the face of a bewildering range of misbeliefs that stem from mistrust of informational sources, exposure to misinformation and disinformation, and partisan polarization, it's easy to dismiss those who disagree with us as "delusional", "psychotic", or merely "ignorant". But what if none of these judgments are supported by how we really come to believe things, and the truth is that we are all prone to false beliefs? What can we do to protect ourselves in this post-truth world?
Drawing on decades of experience as a psychiatrist and clinical professor, Joe Pierre invites readers to journey with him through the normal quirks of brain functioning?such as "heuristics", cognitive biases, motivated reasoning, cognitive dissonance, and bullshit receptivity?that create the cognitive vulnerabilities to false belief innate within us all. With a cross-disciplinary approach, False illuminates the psychology of false belief that lies at the root of contemporary media mistrust, science denialism, and political polarization, and highlights that contrary to popular opinion, deficits of intelligence and mental health are usually not to blame.
With a refreshingly unbiased lens, Pierre suggests an antidote to false beliefs and makes the case for softening our convictions, viewing our ideological opponents with compassion, and mending the rifts in our relationships as individuals and societies alike.
The most consequential riddle in human psychology is why so many people believe such incredibly wrong and dangerous things. Joe Pierre, master of this mystery, has written a fascinating book that best describes and explains the seductive appeal of lies, misinformation, and conspiracy theory. Only by plumbing the depths of gullibility can we hope to neutralize its increasingly corrosive effects on our ever more fragile democracy
Table of Contents:
Preface
Chapter 1: Delusions, Distortions, and Misbeliefs, Oh My!
Chapter 2: The Psychology of Overconfidence
Chapter 3: Confirmation Bias on Steroids
Chapter 4: The Flea Market of Opinion
Chapter 5: The Disinformation Industrial Complex
Chapter 6: Conspiracy Theories Gone Wild
Chapter 7: Falling for Bullshit
Chapter 8: Divided States
Chapter 9: We Are Not Our Beliefs
Chapter 10: A Prescription for a Post-Truth World
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