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Table of contents :
OSQ522 Truth vs Lies Cover
From the Editor
Table of Contents
Our Inner Universes
Why Good Thoughts Block Better Ones
How to Think about "Implicit Bias"
Schooled In Lies
Climate Miseducation
Why We Trust Lies
Tough Calls
Confronting Unknowns
The Cause of America's Post-Truth Predicament
Perfect Storm for Fringe Science
Leaps of Confusion
Big Data and Small Decisions
When "Like" Is a Weapon
A New World Disorder
The Attention Economy
How Facebook Hinders Misinformation Research
The Shared Past That Wasn't
The Black Box of Social Media
Arguing the Truth
Post-Truth: A Guide for the Perplexed
Why We Believe Conspiracy Theories
Contagious Dishonesty
Evidence Shouldn't Be Optional
The Science of Antiscience Thinking
How Professional Truth Seekers Search for Answers
The Truth about Scientific Models
How Much Can We Know?
End Note: Fake-News Sharers

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