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Calling Bullshit : The Art of Skepticism in a Data-Driven World by Carl T. Bergstrom and Jevin D. West (2020, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherRandom House Publishing Group
ISBN-100525509186
ISBN-139780525509189
eBay Product ID (ePID)15038872792
Product Key Features
Book TitleCalling Bullshit : the Art of Skepticism in a Data-Driven World
Number of Pages336 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2020
TopicCorruption & Misconduct, Linguistics / Sociolinguistics, General, Applied Psychology
IllustratorYes
GenrePolitical Science, Philosophy, Language Arts & Disciplines, Psychology
AuthorCarl T. Bergstrom, Jevin D. West
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.1 in
Item Weight20.2 Oz
Item Length9.5 in
Item Width6.5 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2020-003592
Reviews"The information landscape is strewn with quantitative cowflop; read this book if you want to know where not to step." --Jordan Ellenberg, author of How Not to be Wrong "If I could make this critical handbook's contents required curriculum for every high school student (thus replacing trigonometry), then I would do so. I highly recommend Calling Bullshit for our modern existence in the age of misinformation, and regret only that I didn't think of the title for my own book."-- Cathy O'Neil, author of Weapons of Math Destruction "Part playful polemic and part serious scientific treatise on a plague that 'pollutes our world by misleading people about specific issues and . . . undermines our ability to trust information in general' . . . [ Calling Bullshit is] a statistically challenging master class in the art of bullshit detection." --Kirkus Reviews "If you want to read what will surely be a classic, buy Calling Bullshit . It addresses the most important issue of our time: the decline in respect for Truth. It is also a literary masterpiece. Every page--indeed, every paragraph--is a new bit of fun." --George Akerlof, 2001 Nobel Laureate in economics, "The information landscape is strewn with quantitative cowflop; read this book if you want to know where not to step." --Jordan Ellenberg, author of How Not to be Wrong "If I could make this critical handbook's contents required curriculum for every high school student (thus replacing trigonometry), then I would do so. I highly recommend Calling Bullshit for our modern existence in the age of misinformation, and regret only that I didn't think of the title for my own book." --Cathy O'Neil, author of Weapons of Math Destruction "I laughed, I cried--to read Bergstrom and West's great examples of 'bullshit.' This is a gripping read for anybody who cares about how we are fooled (and how not to be), and the connection to numeracy and science. But it's also just great fun to read the surprising and colorful stories that weave together to make the points of this necessary book for our times." --Saul Perlmutter, senior scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory "If you want to read what will surely be a classic, buy Calling Bullshit . It addresses the most important issue of our time: the decline in respect for Truth. It is also a literary masterpiece. Every page--indeed, every paragraph--is a new bit of fun." --George Akerlof, 2001 Nobel Laureate in economics "Each of us now swims through deception so pervasive that we no longer realize it's there. Calling Bullshit presents a master class in how to spot it, how to resist it, and how to keep it from succeeding." --Paul Romer, 2018 Nobel Laureate in economics "Part playful polemic and part serious scientific treatise on a plague that 'pollutes our world by misleading people about specific issues and . . . undermines our ability to trust information in general' . . . [ Calling Bullshit is] a statistically challenging master class in the art of bullshit detection." -- Kirkus Reviews
SynopsisBullshit isn't what it used to be. Now, two science professors give us the tools to dismantle misinformation and think clearly in a world of fake news and bad data. "A modern classic . . . a straight-talking survival guide to the mean streets of a dying democracy and a global pandemic."-- Wired Misinformation, disinformation, and fake news abound and it's increasingly difficult to know what's true. Our media environment has become hyperpartisan. Science is conducted by press release. Startup culture elevates bullshit to high art. We are fairly well equipped to spot the sort of old-school bullshit that is based in fancy rhetoric and weasel words, but most of us don't feel qualified to challenge the avalanche of new-school bullshit presented in the language of math, science, or statistics. In Calling Bullshit, Professors Carl Bergstrom and Jevin West give us a set of powerful tools to cut through the most intimidating data. You don't need a lot of technical expertise to call out problems with data. Are the numbers or results too good or too dramatic to be true? Is the claim comparing like with like? Is it confirming your personal bias? Drawing on a deep well of expertise in statistics and computational biology, Bergstrom and West exuberantly unpack examples of selection bias and muddled data visualization, distinguish between correlation and causation, and examine the susceptibility of science to modern bullshit. We have always needed people who call bullshit when necessary, whether within a circle of friends, a community of scholars, or the citizenry of a nation. Now that bullshit has evolved, we need to relearn the art of skepticism., It's not just fake news. Bullshit is everywhere. Now, two science professors give us the tools to dismantle misinformation and think clearly in a data-saturated world. The world is awash in bullshit, and we're drowning in it. Politicians are unconstrained by facts. Science is conducted by press release. Startup culture elevates bullshit to high art. These days, calling bullshit is a noble act. Based on Carl Bergstrom and Jevin West's popular course at the University of Washington, Calling Bullshit is a modern handbook to the art of skepticism. Bergstrom, a computational biologist, and West, an information scientist, catalogue bullshit in its many forms, explaining and offering readers the tools to see through the obfuscations, deliberate and careless, that dominate every realm of our lives. They instruct readers to ask: - Who is saying it? - How do they know? - What do they have to gain by persuading me? - Are the numbers or results too good or too dramatic to be true? - Is the claim comparing like with like or apples and oranges? - Is it confirming your personal bias? In this lively guide to everything from misleading statistics to "fake news," Bergstrom and West help you recognize bullshit whenever and wherever you encounter it--in data, in conversation, even within yourself--and explain it to your crystal-loving aunt or casually racist uncle. Now more than ever, calling bullshit is crucial to a properly functioning community, whether it be a circle of friends, a network of academics, or the citizenry of a nation.
LC Classification NumberB837.B47 2020
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