Not Born Yesterday : : The Science of Who We Trust and What We Believe /

Not Born Yesterday : : The Science of Who We Trust and What We Believe / / Hugo Mercier.

Why people are not as gullible as we thinkNot Born Yesterday explains how we decide who we can trust and what we should believe-and argues that we're pretty good at making these decisions. In this lively and provocative book, Hugo Mercier demonstrates how virtually all attempts at mass persuasi...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DTL Humanities 2020
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Mercier, Hugo,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2020]
©2020
Year of Publication:2020
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (384 p.) :; 4 b/w illus.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • 1. THE CASE FOR GULLIBILITY
  • 2. VIGILANCE IN COMMUNICATION
  • 3. EVOLVING OPEN-MINDEDNESS
  • 4. WHAT TO BELIEVE?
  • 5. WHO KNOWS BEST?
  • 6. WHO TO TRUST?
  • 7. WHAT TO FEEL?
  • 8. DEMAGOGUES, PROPHETS, AND PREACHERS
  • 9. PROPAGANDISTS, CAMPAIGNERS, AND ADVERTISERS
  • 10. TITILLATING RUMORS
  • 11. FROM CIRCULAR REPORTING TO SUPERNATURAL BELIEFS
  • 12. WITCHES' CONFESSIONS AND OTHER USEFUL ABSURDITIES
  • 13. FUTILE FAKE NEWS
  • 14. SHALLOW GURUS
  • 15. ANGRY PUNDITS AND SKILLFUL CON MEN
  • 16. THE CASE AGAINST GULLIBILITY
  • NOTES
  • REFERENCES
  • INDEX

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