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Average rating: 4.05 · 2,003 ratings · 297 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

	Everything Is Predictable: How Bayesian Statistics Explain Our World 4.02 avg rating — 1,121 ratings — published 2024 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How to Read Numbers: A Guide to Stats in the News (and Knowing When to Trust Them) by Tom Chivers (Goodreads Author), David Chivers 4.31 avg rating — 465 ratings — published 2021 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Rationalist's Guide to the Galaxy: Superintelligent AI and the Geeks Who Are Trying to Save Humanity's Future 3.85 avg rating — 417 ratings — published 2019 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Set: The Rationalist's Guide to the Galaxy / How to Read Numbers / Everything Is Predictable 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Tom Chivers rated a book it was amazing The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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