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This book is a crash course in effective reasoning, meant to catapult you into a world where you start to see things how they really are, not how you think they are. The focus of this book is on logical fallacies, which loosely defined, are simply errors in reasoning. With the reading of each page, you can make significant improvements in the way you reason and make decisions.

Many of our ideas about the world are based more on feelings than facts, sensibilities than science, and rage than reality. We gravitate toward ideas that make us feel comfortable in areas such as religion, politics, philosophy, social justice, love and sex, humanity, and morality. We avoid ideas that make us feel uncomfortable. This avoidance is a largely unconscious process that affects our judgment and gets in the way of our ability to reach rational and reasonable conclusions.

This book is based on the first five years of The Dr. Bo Show, where Bo takes a critical thinking-, reason-, and science-based approach to issues that matter with the goal of educating and entertaining. Every chapter in the book explores a different aspect of reason by using a real-world issue or example.

Roughly 95% of Americans don't appear to have an ethical problem with animals being killed for food, yet all of us would have a serious problem with humans being killed for food. As you start to list properties that the animal lacks to justify eating them, you begin to realize that some humans also lack those properties, yet we don't eat those humans. In Eat Meat... or Don't, we examine the moral arguments for and against eating meat with both philosophical and scientific rigor.

Positive humanism is an applied secular humanistic philosophy based on the scientific findings of positive psychology that focuses on personal, professional, and societal flourishing. As an applied philosophy its focus is on ideas that lead to increased well-being. As a secular humanistic philosophy, there are no appeals to the supernatural, the magical, or the mystical. The philosophy is founded on reason and critical thinking.

By daring to question "sacred" religion, challenging your childhood beliefs, and risking eternal damnation, you will discover an appreciation for religion on a new level, as well as a renewed appreciation for the human race. Through a unique blend of science, philosophy, theology, and a touch of humor, you will see how you can trust your logic and reason, be true to yourself, and embrace God - not as a being, but as a concept - "The Concept".

Claims are constantly being made, many of which are confusing, ambiguous, too general to be of value, exaggerated, unfalsifiable, and suggest a dichotomy when no such dichotomy exists. Good critical thinking requires a thorough understanding of the claim before attempting to determine its veracity. Good communication requires the ability to make clear, precise, explicit claims, or "strong" claims. The rules of reason in this book provide the framework for obtaining this understanding and ability.

A fact is a fact, right? Unfortunately, it's not that simple. A "fact" is primarily defined as "a thing that is indisputably the case". The problem with that definition is that virtually anything can be disputed, and most things are. But the legal language of "beyond a reasonable doubt" applies to this definition. Many times, especially on the Internet, facts that are disputed are done so without reasonable doubt.

What is a "normal" childhood? Does it include almost being murdered by your sister with an ax? Speeding around town in the back of a station wagon because your mom is chasing an "alien spaceship"? Being busted by the police for intent to light a pond on fire? Tackling your mom to the ground and wrestling a knife out of her hand because she was trying to kill your dad?

Think of success as a game of chance in which you have control over the odds. As you begin to master concepts in personal achievement, you are increasing your odds of achieving success. Year to Success is a full-year course in success, designed to be a practical guide to achieving your definition of success. Each day of this course will, through practical application, increase your odds of achieving success. It has been said that one line of wisdom can change your life more than volumes of books. Imagine what hundreds of words of wisdom can do.

With the help of a freakishly wise janitor, a newly-hired membership director struggles to keep a fitness center afloat while being given ridiculous tasks from an ethically-questionable owner. Take an opinionated and all-around diverse group of fitness trainers, add a sketchy owner, a genius janitor, and throw in an endearing but largely incompetent general manager, and you have the perfect recipe for riotous, chaotic hilarity. You have Squat!

The story follows James Murphy, who lives an extraordinarily unique life learning ordinary life lessons to which everyone can relate through his many misadventures. James' misadventures feature everything from swindling friends out of valuable baseball cards to run-ins with bullies and kids in Connecticut "gangs", from awkward romantic heartbreak to family party fiascos, from sophisticated pranks that build up to a court appearance and community service to a death defying "rafting" incident.

This is audiobook nine of the Life Mastery course: Learning from Others. The topics include accepting Criticism and apologizing.

This is book eight of the Life Mastery course: Mastering Vocabulary. This short book discusses the importance of a good vocabulary, as well as more than 100 vocabulary words every successful individual should know.

This book is part of a course that covers hundreds of life-enhancing topics. This is more than a course on self-improvement: It is a course on mastering life. By the end of this course, you will be on the right track to designing the life you want to live and living it well.

This audiobook is part of a course that covers hundreds of life-enhancing topics that they don't teach in high school or most colleges, but should. This is more than a course on self-improvement; it is a course on mastering life. If life had an instruction book...this would be it. This is book six of the Life Mastery course: Being Diplomatic. The topics include: Three Questions to Diplomacy; The Word "But"; and Never Be Wrong Again. By the end of this course, you will be on the right track to designing the life you want to live, and living it well!

This is audiobook five of the Life Mastery course: Persuasion Skills. The topics include: winning others to your way of thinking; six words to successful communication; analogies, similes, and anecdotes; and using questions effectively.

This is audiobook four of the Life Mastery course: Grammar. The topics include the importance of good grammar and 50 of the most common grammar mistakes and how to avoid them.

This is more than a course on self-improvement; It is a course on mastering life. Topics include: expressing sincere interest in others, avoiding criticizing and complaining, empathy, remembering and using people's names, being flexible, building rapport, smiling, the art of praise and compliment, and avoiding "one-upping". By the end of this course, you will be on the right track to designing the life you want to live and living it well!

This audiobook is part of a course that covers hundreds of life-enhancing topics that they don't teach in high school or most colleges, but should. This is more than a course on self-improvement; it is a course on mastering life. If life had an instruction book...this would be it. This is book two of the Life Mastery course: Mastering Conversation Skills. The topics include: small talk; reading body language; meeting people; and active listening.