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3.72 AVERAGE
3.72 AVERAGE
Like the back cover says - this is a good book for people with opinions.
It'll definitely help you argue better, so if you do have opinions, and you like to finish a discussion having the advantage, this little thing will get into your subconscious and help you realize when your argument buddy is BSing.
Also, illustrations are dope.
It'll definitely help you argue better, so if you do have opinions, and you like to finish a discussion having the advantage, this little thing will get into your subconscious and help you realize when your argument buddy is BSing.
Also, illustrations are dope.
informative
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
reflective
informative
fast-paced
I think I followed about 82% of the ideas in this book, which makes me proud of myself. My favorite quote: "You can't threaten an atheist with hell. It doesn't make any sense. It's like a hippie threatening to punch you in your aura".
An outstanding book listing common logical fallacies . I loved the fact that the author has actually created a tree structure
This book is cute light reading on stupid arguments. For example, there are strawman arguments which misrepresent and attack people, and there are slippery slope arguments which repeatedly jump to conclusions.
Some fallacies are explained really well and the funny illustrations help as concise little examples. But there are a lot of fallacies that aren't explained very clearly at all. Also, it could have been better organized, maybe with a sectioned added here and there for comparing and contrasting similar fallacies. It seemed like a lot of the entries went like this: here is an example of fallacy x. It's actually an example of fallacy y with elements of x. Neither of which should be confused with fallacy z, which this particular example makes nearly indistinguishable.
It's not terrible. It's a good little refresher guide if logic and fallacies are something you're already fairly familiar with, but as an introduction to the subject, I think it would make it hard to distinguish between fallacies with commonalities.
It's not terrible. It's a good little refresher guide if logic and fallacies are something you're already fairly familiar with, but as an introduction to the subject, I think it would make it hard to distinguish between fallacies with commonalities.
Looks beautiful but doesn't quite work. The images don't really help the explanations and the explanations themselves aren't quite fleshed out enough. A nice idea though.
Cute, clever, and not particularly in-depth. It’ll be a fun book to pick up every now and then for a charming reminder of the faults in logic we can fall into.