What do you think?
Rate this book
336 pages, Hardcover
First published July 27, 2021
"Kyrie isn’t alone in believing something that isn’t true. Many people still believe you can see the Great Wall of China from the Moon, despite the fact that Apollo astronauts confirmed that you cannot.8 Many people believe that one human year is equivalent to seven dog years, although dog age actually depends on the size and breed of the dog (after 7 years, a Saint Bernard is 54, but a Maltese is only 44).9 It’s often said that you lose your body heat fastest through your head, despite the fact experts have shown humans to be just as cold if they went without wearing pants as if they went without wearing a hat.10 People continue to insist that giving children sugar makes them hyperactive, despite the fact that virtually all tests show that sugar does not cause hyperactivity.11 And many people still believe that vitamin C is an effective treatment for a cold, despite the fact that experts have demonstrated little to no evidence that this is true."
"The two general styles of thinking are intuitive and reflective thinking. To understand the distinction, try answering this question:
A bat and a ball cost $1.10 in total. The bat costs $1.00 more than the ball. How much does the ball cost?
If you are like most people, your first answer was 10 cents. Although that’s the most common answer, it is wrong. If the ball cost 10 cents, then the bat would cost $1.00, and the bat would thereby cost only 90 cents more than the ball. The bat costs $1.00 more than the ball, and the only way for that to be the case is for the bat to cost $1.05 and the ball to cost 5 cents. What makes this problem difficult is that the pull of the intuitive and incorrect response is significantly stronger because it comes to mind more quickly than the correct response. In order to arrive at the correct response, you must fight against the intuitive pull and stop to reflect for a few moments—it requires reflective thinking..."
"High-propensity bullshitters are remarkably easy to spot. They are the type of people often found evangelizing and proselytizing about their beliefs to anyone willing to listen.
They do this because convincing otherwise rational people to agree with their opinions reduces any psychological discomfort they may feel for believing their own bullshit.
Because relying on evidence to make decisions does not appeal to them, high-propensity bullshitters tend to show signs of irritation when asked to provide reasons for their beliefs..."
"...As such, time-restricted eating may trigger some beneficial health effects, such as reduced fat mass, increased lean muscle mass, reduced inflammation, improved heart function with age, increased mitochondrial volume, ketone body production, improved repair processes, and enhanced aerobic endurance."