Myths, Lies and Downright Stupidity by John Stossel
The author's libertarians view of the world comes through in this book. It is amazing how bad decisions are made based on really bad information. A case in point is the unwarranted fears about food irradiation. People die because an uneducated osteopath was scared of irradiated food and decided to stop it. John is a bit to quick to overgeneralize in the book in some situations. His contention that EEOC lawsuits don't help people they only enrich lawyers is only partiality true. He has a good section on parenting suggesting we teach children to think and not blindly obey.
John essentially provides a strong argument for evidenced based decision making in contrast to using magical or mythical thinking to arrive at solutions.
Myth: Greed is Bad - For Profit Lifeguards perform better than those trained by the Red Cross
The book, Myths, Lies and Downright Stupidity: Get Out the Shovel - Why Everything You Know is Wrong is available from Amazon.com.
John essentially provides a strong argument for evidenced based decision making in contrast to using magical or mythical thinking to arrive at solutions.
Myth: Greed is Bad - For Profit Lifeguards perform better than those trained by the Red Cross
The book, Myths, Lies and Downright Stupidity: Get Out the Shovel - Why Everything You Know is Wrong is available from Amazon.com.
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