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**Why flawed logic puts us all at risk, and how critical thinking can save the world.**It may seem a big claim, but**knowing how to think clearly**and critically**has literally helped save the world**. In September 1983, at the height of the Cold War, the Soviet Union's early warning system showed five US missiles heading towards the country. Stanislaw Petrov knew his duty: he was to inform Moscow that nuclear war had begun, so that they could launch an immediate and devastating response. Instead, he made a call to say the system was faulty. He'd assessed the situation and reasoned that an error was more likely than such a limited attack. We may not have to save the planet from nuclear annihilation, of course, but**our ability to think critically has never been more important**. In a world where**fake news**,**mistrust of experts**, prejudice and ignorance all too often hold sway, we can all too easily be misled. We live in an era where access to all the knowledge in the world is at our fingertips, yet that also means misinformation and falsehoods can spread further and faster than ever before. In__The Irrational Ape__, David Robert Grimes shows how**we can be lured into making cri

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Author

David Robert Grimes

Publisher

Simon & Schuster UK

Published

2019

Language

EN

ISBN

9781471178269

Category

science

Subjects

Philosophy, Science, Humanities

Rating

4.5 / 5 (472 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14