TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kurlansky, Mark,
AU  - Zelz,Eric
TI  - Big lies: from Socrates to social media 
SN  - 9780884489122
AV  - BJ1421 .K875 2022
U1  - 177.3 23
PY  - 2022///]
CY  - homaston, Maine : 
PB  - Tilbury House Publishers, 
KW  - Truthfulness and falsehood
KW  - Critical thinking
KW  - Corruption
KW  - Misinformation
KW  - Disinformation
KW  - Propaganda
KW  - History
KW  - Honesty
KW  - Deception
KW  - Young adult literature
KW  - Informational works
KW  - lcgft
N1  - Includes bibliographic references (pages 305-309) and index; Entreaty --; Masked revelers in a carnival of lies --; The Enlightenment and the unenlightened --; Denial: the short way around science --; Favorite lies about women --; A snowball in France: the blame game --; Soviet mathematics: 2 + 2 = 5 --; The truth about American truth --; Big dictators and big lies --; Photographic lies --; Saving children: a best-loved lie --; The golden lasso of truth; 13+ years
N2  - 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. Big lies are as old as civilization; they corrupt public understanding and discourse, turn science upside down, and reinvent history. The future stewards of our world require a how-to manual for seeing through big lies and thinking critically, because big lies require believers, and democracy depends on independent thought
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