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2022-11-09 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

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Posted by DarthVader 2022-11-09 15:56|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 If you want to innoculate yourself against propaganda, "INFLUENCE: The Psychology of Persuasion" by Robert Cialdini is a good place to start.
It is a short book, but after reading it, you will understand how used car salesman, telemarketers, advertisers and such try to take advantage of you. Once you see it, it cannot be unseen.

Posted by SteveS 2022-11-09 17:23|| 2022-11-09 17:23|| Front Page Top

#2 /\ Thanks for that ref Steve. I've just started reading Susan B. Martinez 'The Mysterious Origins of Hybrid Man.'

Someone posted here a day or two ago. Absolutely fascinating.

Posted by Besoeker 2022-11-09 17:29|| 2022-11-09 17:29|| Front Page Top

#3 A Daniel Levitin title I would recommend:

Weaponized Lies: How to Think Critically in the Post-Truth Era

Originally published as:

A Field Guide to Lies: Critical Thinking with Statistics and the Scientific Method

"Lies are an absence of facts and, in many cases, a direct contradiction of them."

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-11-09 19:16|| 2022-11-09 19:16|| Front Page Top

#4 Also, Harry G. Frankfurt - On Bullshit

My favorite quote from this excellent little book:

"It is impossible to be inadvertently insincere."

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-11-09 19:17|| 2022-11-09 19:17|| Front Page Top

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