The Poisoning of the American Mind
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The Poisoning of the American Mind

  1. 442 pages
  2. English
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The Poisoning of the American Mind

About this book

What would you have to believe in order to dress up as a shaman, paint your face, and storm the U.S. Capitol? What could possibly lead somebody to claim that it upholds white supremacy to encourage hard work, self-reliance, rational thinking, punctuality, and politeness?
 
Such behaviors would have been unimaginable only a few years ago. And yet here we are, witnessing millions of people across the political spectrum displaying these clear indications of an epistemically poisoned mind. Both red America and blue America are retreating into their own information bubbles, seceding from a common reality. Both consume far too much misinformation and disinformation, developing worldviews that can sometimes be unintelligible to others. 
 
This book explores these disturbing developments and what they mean for our society and implores us all to recover a shared sense of what is true.

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Yes, you can access The Poisoning of the American Mind by Lawrence M. Eppard,Jacob L. Mackey,Lee Jussim in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Ciencias sociales & Civismo y ciudadanía. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Dedication
  2. Acknowledgements
  3. Overview
  4. Chapter 1: Golden Age of Information
  5. Chapter 2: Epistemic Crisis
  6. Chapter 3: Ideological Silos and Epistemic Secession
  7. I. Defending Truth
  8. Chapter 4: The Constitution of Knowledge
  9. Chapter 5: Why Should We Trust Science?
  10. Chapter 6: Understanding Science
  11. Chapter 7: How Science Works
  12. Chapter 8: A Skeptical Manifesto
  13. Chapter 9: Common Tactics of Science Denialism
  14. Chapter 10: There is Plenty of Trustworthy Journalism
  15. Chapter 11: Identifying Reliable News Sources
  16. Chapter 12: How NewsGuard Works
  17. Chapter 13: How the Media Bias Chart is Created
  18. Chapter 14: The Harper’s Letter
  19. II. Problems in Right-wing Silos
  20. Chapter 15: Deceit and the Danger to Democracy
  21. Chapter 16: A Fire Hose of Dishonesty
  22. Chapter 17: Fox’s Pander-for-Profit Business Model
  23. Chapter 18: Please Lie to Me, Tucker Carlson
  24. Chapter 19: How We Know Recent Elections Were Not Stolen
  25. Chapter 20: Truth and Consequences
  26. Chapter 21: The “Great Replacement” and the “Big Lie”
  27. Chapter 22: The “Ground Zero Mosque” Presaged Today’s GOP
  28. Chapter 23: Anti-Immigrant Lies
  29. Chapter 24: QAnon and the Satanic Panics of Yesteryear
  30. Chapter 25: How Industry Undermines Public Health
  31. Chapter 26: I Was an Exxon-funded Climate Scientist
  32. Chapter 27: The Alt-Right and Moral Righteousness
  33. III. Problems in Left-wing Silos
  34. Chapter 28: Virtuous Lies
  35. Chapter 29: Universities Must Choose One Telos
  36. Chapter 30: Defining “Wokeness”
  37. Chapter 31: Ideology and the Social Sciences
  38. Chapter 32: Attacks on Reality from the Left
  39. Chapter 33: Bad Behavioral Science Exposed
  40. Chapter 34: The Questionable Science of Microaggressions
  41. Chapter 35: Problems with the IAT
  42. Chapter 36: The Gender Identity Debate
  43. Chapter 37: The Alt-Left and Moral Righteousness
  44. IV. I Don’t Know — Therefore, Aliens
  45. Chapter 38: Common Traits of Conspiracy Thinkers
  46. Chapter 39: Flat Earthers and Disinformation
  47. Chapter 40: QAnon, Descartes, and Brains in Vats
  48. Chapter 41: Anatomy of a Viral Conspiracy Theory
  49. Chapter 42: Fighting Conspiracy Theories with Evidence
  50. V. Parting Thoughts
  51. Chapter 43: In Defense of Merit in Science
  52. Chapter 44: The Importance of Facts and Expertise
  53. Chapter 45: What Caused the Alt-Left and Alt-Right?
  54. Chapter 46: Disinformation, Democracy, and the Rule of Law
  55. Chapter 47: Strengthening Information Ecosystems
  56. Chapter 48: We Need a Shared Reality
  57. Chapter 49: The Epistemological Conditions of a Liberal Democratic Republic
  58. Chapter 50: Searching for Answers
  59. Endnotes