The Bias That Divides Us: The Science and Politics of Myside Thinking

by Keith E Stanovich and Keith E. Stanovich

Why we don't live in a post-truth society but rather a myside society: what science tells us about the bias that poisons our politics.

In The Bias That Divides Us, psychologist Keith Stanovich argues provocatively that we don't live in a post-truth society, as has been claimed, but rather a myside society. Our problem is not that we are unable to value and respect truth and facts, but that we are unable to agree on commonly accepted...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262045753
• ISBN13: 9780262045759
• Release Date: August 2021
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"