Agi’s Reviews > The Irrational Ape: Why Flawed Logic Puts us all at Risk and How Critical Thinking Can Save the World > Status Update

Ok, so... It's a really good book with a loooot (as in- A LOT) of good stories. All to prove the point and importance of critical and logical thinking. And as much as I enjoy it, I honestly think it's bit long for what it's trying to prove. I'm getting bit tired (I think?) of it. It should be titled "Stupidity, Biases, Cherry Picking, Human Nature. Samples."

I like this argument! So many times I see statistics stating amount of ppl instead of percentage (let say, diabetics by countries). Taking in count number of ppl vs percentage per country we will get different results in "Which Country Has Most Diabetics". That bothered me a lot in "The Disease Delusion" by Jeffrey Bland.

I like this argument! So many times I see statistics stating amount of ppl instead percentage (let say diabetes by countries). Taking in count number of ppl vs percentage per country we will get different results in which country has most diabetics. That bothered me in "In Defence of Food" by Michael Pollan

Ppl believe in thousands of gods and spiritual beings without any proof of their existence. No amount of logic will convince them otherwise. Popularity of conspiracy theories, religion and cults should tell you all. Most of worlds population dont want to be sceptic, search all the facts and think independently. They want to "belong". Btw, books now is getting repetitive... But has some interesting stories tho.

...and I would love to see in this book statistics on how much more ppl are addicted to cannabis in countries where cannabis are legal, compared to where marijuana is illegal. How legalisation influenced tourism and taxes? Critically thinking- ppl will be always using, legal or not. So why not make it legal and make money out of it?