{"product_id":"9780988304895","title":"Why Brilliant People Believe Nonsense: A Practical Text For Critical and Creative Thinking","description":"\u003ci\u003e\"Engaging, thought-provoking, and surprisingly...fun!\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Dr. Fred Jones, professor, Supreme Court attorney, author and speaker\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRecent surveys of over 1,000 recruiters rank creative and strategic thinking at the top of their lists for both what they're looking for in candidates, and what they're having a hard time finding. This book, in a remarkably accessible, practical and entertaining way, equips readers to meet these needs, as well as to:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• Think more clearly\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• Innovate more creatively\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• Manage life's decisions with more confidence\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• Simplify complex and convoluted arguments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• Express convictions more powerfully\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTargeting high school seniors and college freshmen, but useful to all adult readers, the authors examine surprising and costly mental errors made by respected business leaders, entertainment moguls, musicians, scientists, civic leaders, generals and academics. Then, they draw practical applications to help readers avoid such mistakes and think more creatively in each field.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwenty-five chapters address innovation, outside-the-box thinking, creativity, questioning expert opinion, developing idea-driven cultures in businesses, research, logic, worldviews, crowd sourcing, paradigms, harnessing the power of teams, deductive and inductive thinking, etc.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter Titles\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy do brilliant people believe nonsense?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 1 - They're Overconfident\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 2 - They're Under Confident\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 3 - They're Married to Brands\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 4 - They're Blinded by Prejudices, Preconceptions and Biases\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 5 - They Believe What They Want to Believe\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 6 - They're Trapped by Traditions\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 7 - They Fail to Identify Hidden Assumptions\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 8 - They Underestimate the Power of the Paradigm\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 9 - They Fail to Account for Worldviews\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 10 - They Contradict, Leave Out Valid Options, and Knock Down Straw Men\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 11 - They Fall for Other Common Fallacies\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 12 - They Either Fail to Recognize Fallacies, or Misapply The Ones They Know\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 13 - They Draw Conclusions from Inadequate Evidence\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 14 - They're Snowed by Success Bias\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 15 - They \"Discover\" Meaningless Patterns\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 16 - They Fail to Closely Examine Statistics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 17 - They Make Common Statistical Blunders\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 18 - They Fail to Learn from History\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 19 - They Learn the Wrong Lessons from History\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 20 - They Miss Subtle Shifts in Word Meanings\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 21 - They Misinterpret Phrases and Sentences\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 22 - They Use Faulty Parallels and Analogies\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 23 - They Fail to Identify and Interpret Fiction and Figurative Language\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 24 - They're Overwhelmed by Their Emotions and Passions\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 25 - They Fail to Reason with Emotional Intelligence and Common Sense\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Why Brilliant People Believe Nonsense should be must reading, not just for every college freshman, but for anyone who wants to think clearly and rationally.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Doug Erlandson, Ph.D., author, assistant professor of philosophy, University of Nebraska (retired).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wisdom Creek Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49785287442672,"sku":"9780988304895","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780988304895","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}