Science Fictions

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It's easy to spot bad science when it makes absurd claims about weight loss, miracle cures and the healing power of crystals. But what about all those professors who claim to have the key to growing your inner confidence, restructuring the economy and overcoming bias? Stuart Ritchie was one of the first people to reveal that the science behind a whole host of claims - the Growth Mindset and Osborne's austerity policies among them, not to mention countless bestselling books - was either dodgy or downright wrong. In this brilliantly witty exposé he now shows the true scale of the problem, identifying spurious claims, unreliable data and plain nonsense across the science of education, health, economics, personal development and human relations. By explaining how the financing and publishing of science encourage malpractice, fraud, incompetence and the very biases that these scientists claim to understand, he shows how vital it is that we defend the integrity of the scientific process as the only basis on which to make decisions about our society and planet. Shocking and satirical yet deadly serious, Science Fictions is both immensely enjoyable and absolutely essential reading for anyone who aspires to be a clear-thinking rational human being.