David J. Helfand

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David J. Helfand



Average rating: 3.76 · 236 ratings · 37 reviews · 4 distinct worksSimilar authors
A Survival Guide to the Mis...

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Physics of History

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The great Courses: The Phys...

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“our brains have evolved to become highly adept at finding patterns but not at gathering comprehensive and scrupulously unbiased data. We are always ready to find the remarkable coincidence in the fortune cookie’s prediction and the events of our day, ignoring all the events to which it had no connection.”
David J. Helfand, A Survival Guide to the Misinformation Age: Scientific Habits of Mind

“90 percent of all the information that exists in the world today was created in the past two years. Not much time for editing, testing, and serious reflection.”
David J. Helfand, A Survival Guide to the Misinformation Age: Scientific Habits of Mind

“in the larger population—among politicians, journalists, doctors, bureaucrats, and voters—the ability to reason quantitatively has largely vanished. This is scary.”
David J. Helfand, A Survival Guide to the Misinformation Age: Scientific Habits of Mind



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