{"id":1482,"date":"2023-02-13T04:43:40","date_gmt":"2023-02-13T12:43:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/nonfictionmonday\/?p=1482"},"modified":"2023-02-12T15:44:48","modified_gmt":"2023-02-12T23:44:48","slug":"big-lies-from-socrates-to-social-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/nonfictionmonday\/big-lies-from-socrates-to-social-media\/","title":{"rendered":"BIG LIES: from Socrates to Social Media"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asuen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/biglies.jpg?resize=525%2C670&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"670\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19161\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>BIG LIES: from Socrates to Social Media<\/em><br \/>\nby Mark Kurlansky (Author) and Eric Zelz  (Illustrator)<br \/>\n<em>@ <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YLq2ci\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/6037\/9780884489122\">Bookshop<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Booktalk:<\/strong> Big lies are told by governments, politicians, and corporations to avoid responsibility, cast blame on the innocent, win elections, disguise intent, create chaos, and gain power and wealth. Yes, big lies are as old as civilization. They corrupt public understanding and discourse, turn science upside down, and reinvent history. They prevent humanity from addressing critical challenges. They perpetuate injustices. They destabilize the world. <\/p>\n<p>The modern age has provided ever-more-effective ways of spreading lies, but it has also given us the scientific method, which is the most effective tool for finding what is true. In the book\u2019s final chapter, find out how you can deconstruct an allegation. Ask if there is credible, testable evidence to support it. If not, suspect a lie. A scientific theory has to be testable, and so does an allegation. Then ask more questions! Who is the source? Who benefits? Is there a money trail? Especially in the age of social media, critical thinking counters lies and chaos. <em>Are you ready to think for yourself?<\/em> <\/p>\n<p><strong>Snippet:<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asuen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/biglies1.png?resize=495%2C631&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"495\" height=\"631\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19160\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6536\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asuen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/nonfiction.monday.jpg?resize=158%2C111\" alt=\"Nonfiction Monday\" width=\"158\" height=\"111\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">It&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/asuen.com\/nonfictionmonday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nonfiction Monday!<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Copyright \u00a9 2023 <a href=\"https:\/\/asuen.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Anastasia Suen<\/a> All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BIG LIES: from Socrates to Social Media by Mark Kurlansky (Author) and Eric Zelz (Illustrator) @ Amazon | Bookshop Booktalk: Big lies are told by governments, politicians, and corporations to avoid responsibility, cast blame on the innocent, win elections, disguise intent, create chaos, and gain power and wealth. Yes, big lies are as old as &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/asuen.com\/nonfictionmonday\/big-lies-from-socrates-to-social-media\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;BIG LIES: from Socrates to Social Media&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nonfiction-monday-round-up"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pam6qm-nU","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":606,"url":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/nonfictionmonday\/spies-lies-and-disguise\/","url_meta":{"origin":1482,"position":0},"title":"Spies, Lies, and Disguise","author":"Anastasia Suen","date":"December 16, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Spies, Lies, and Disguise: The Daring Tricks and Deeds that Won World War II by Jennifer Swanson (Author) amd Kevin O'Malley (Illustrator) Booktalk: In the late 1930s, times were desperate. 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