Critical Thinking

A Practical Guide to Seeing Through Bias, Noise and Manipulation

Critical Thinking by David G Smith
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Critical Thinking

A Practical Guide to Seeing Through Bias, Noise and Manipulation

Most critical thinking books hand you a few things like recognizing cognitive biases and a pep talk. This one hands you an entire system: a rigorous four-part curriculum across 400+ pages moving from the mental wiring that distorts judgment, to the logic and statistics that correct it, to real-world defenses for the algorithmic AI age, to the strategic frameworks for high-stakes decisions under uncertainty. Built on Kahneman & Tversky's Nobel-winning research and decades of peer-reviewed work, distilled into one system.

POWERHOUSE SYNTHESIS Built on Kahneman & Tversky's Nobel-winning research plus decades of peer-reviewed work in psychology, statistics, and behavioral economics, curated into one coherent system

4-PART PROGRESSIVE FRAMEWORK: 400+ pages moving from neural bugs, through the math of logic and statistics, into the modern internet, and finally into strategic decision systems.

100+ CONCEPT TOOLBOX: Biases, fallacies, techniques and heuristics mapped with clear definitions, real-world examples, common misapplications, and cross-references for fast recall.

REAL STAKES, NOT HYPOTHETICALS: Dozens of true walkthroughs showing how good people, thinking badly, produced catastrophic real-world outcomes.

HANDS-ON TRAINING: Over a dozen structured drills and exercises built to turn concepts into durable cognitive muscle memory, not just trivia.

DEFENSE IN THE MODERN AI AND ALGORITHM INFORMATION ENVIRONMENT: Dedicated tactics against dark patterns, outrage-driven polarization, and AI chatbots engineered to keep agreeing with you.

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Publisher
Amazon
Pages
466

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Published in
North Haven, CT USA
Copyright Date
2026

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Format
Paperback
Number of pages
466
Dimensions
9 x 6 x 1.15 inches

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL62543694M
ISBN 13
9798194730490

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Work ID
OL45977222W

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