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Stop being reasonable : how we really change our minds / Eleanor Gordon-Smith.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : PublicAffairs, an imprint of Hachette Book Group, 2019Edition: First US editionDescription: 225 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781541730441
  • 1541730445
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Contents:
Everything was protein powder and nothing hurt -- A treatise on the ways your dick is not like this burrito -- Faith, or, George Michael was wrong -- Fake it 'til you make it and/or forget who you are -- The hard drive and the camel's back -- Learning to forget what you never really knew -- How I learned to stop worrying and love the truth bomb -- A postscript about people who strap themselves to rockets.
Summary: What if you're not who you think you are? What if you don't really know the people closest to you? And what if your most deeply-held beliefs turn out to be. wrong? In Stop Being Reasonable, philosopher Eleanor Gordon-Smith tells gripping true stories that show the limits of human reason. Susie realizes her husband harbors a terrible secret, Dylan leaves the cult he's been raised in since birth, Alex discovers he can no longer return to his former identity after impersonating someone else on reality TV. All of them radically alter their beliefs about the things that matter most. What makes them change course? What does this say about our own beliefs? And, in an increasingly divided world, what does it teach us about how we might change the minds of others? Stop Being Reasonable is a mind-changing exploration of the murky place where philosophy and real life meet.
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A thought-provoking exploration of how people really change their minds, and how persuasion is possible.

In Stop Being Reasonable , Eleanor Gordon-Smith weaves a narrative that illustrates the limits of human reason.

Here, she tells the stories of people who have radically altered their beliefs--from the woman who had to reckon with her husband's terrible secret to the man who finally left the cult he had been raised in since birth. Gordon-Smith shows how we can change the course of our own lives, and asks: what made someone change course? How should their reversals affect how we think about our own beliefs? And in an increasingly divided world, what do they teach us about how we might change the minds of others?
Inspiring, perceptive, and moving, Stop Being Reasonable explores why resistance to evidence is often rooted in self-preservation and fear, why we feel shame in admitting we are wrong, and why who we believe is often more important than what we believe. This fascinating book will completely change the way you look at the power of persuasion.

Everything was protein powder and nothing hurt -- A treatise on the ways your dick is not like this burrito -- Faith, or, George Michael was wrong -- Fake it 'til you make it and/or forget who you are -- The hard drive and the camel's back -- Learning to forget what you never really knew -- How I learned to stop worrying and love the truth bomb -- A postscript about people who strap themselves to rockets.

What if you're not who you think you are? What if you don't really know the people closest to you? And what if your most deeply-held beliefs turn out to be. wrong? In Stop Being Reasonable, philosopher Eleanor Gordon-Smith tells gripping true stories that show the limits of human reason. Susie realizes her husband harbors a terrible secret, Dylan leaves the cult he's been raised in since birth, Alex discovers he can no longer return to his former identity after impersonating someone else on reality TV. All of them radically alter their beliefs about the things that matter most. What makes them change course? What does this say about our own beliefs? And, in an increasingly divided world, what does it teach us about how we might change the minds of others? Stop Being Reasonable is a mind-changing exploration of the murky place where philosophy and real life meet.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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