Third Millennium Thinking: Creating Sense in a World of Nonsense

Based on a wildly popular UC Berkeley course, a primer on how to think critically, make sound decisions, and solve problems-individually and collectively-using scientists' tricks of the trade.

In our deluge of information, it's getting harder and harder to distinguish the revelatory from the contradictory. How do we make health decisions in the face of conflicting medical advice? Does that article on GMOs even show what the authors claim? How can we navigate the next Thanksgiving discussion...