A fun and entertaining way to learn critical thinking and logical reasoning
Ali Almossawi holds a Masters in Engineering Systems from MIT and a Masters in Software Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University. He currently lives in San Francisco with his wife and daughter where he works as a data visualization designer for Mozilla and a creative director for the design firm Skyrill, while also collaborating on projects with his colleagues at the MIT Media Lab. Ali's work has appeared in publications such as Wired.
'I love this illustrated book of bad arguments. A flawless
compendium of flaws.'
*Prof. Alice Roberts, anatomist, presenter of the BBC's 'The
Incredible Human Journey'*
'A wonderfully digestible summary of the pitfalls and techniques of
argumentation. I can't think of a better way to be taught or
reintroduced to these fundamental notions of logical discourse. A
delightful little book.'
*Aaron Koblin, Creative Director of the Data Arts team at
Google*
'Seriously, An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments should be on every
school curriculum. Twitter will be a more civil place.'
*BuzzFeed*
'Bad arguments, great illustrations … gorgeous.'
*Boing Boing*
'[A] wonderful primer on the logical fallacies that have been
screwing up our thinking … since shortly after the invention of
dirt.'
*Dangerous Minds*
'A great primer for anyone looking to understand logical fallacies
… Pass it along to the arguers — good and bad — in your life.'
*io9*
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