Andrew Shtulman is an associate professor of psychology and cognitive science at Occidental, where he directs the Thinking Lab. His work has been featured in Scientific American, CBS News, and the New Yorker. He lives in Pasadena, California.
"[A] fascinating, empathetic book....Mr. Shtulman distills some
useful ways to improve science education in the classroom and for
the adult public."--Wall Street Journal
"Although this book is thoroughly researched with a wealth of
scholarly sources cited, Shtulman reaches a broad audience by
investigating topics that everyone can understand."--Library
Journal
"Anti-vaxxers, creationists, global warming skeptics... I have
devoted my career to understanding why people deny science in the
teeth of overwhelming evidence. As the cognitive psychologist
Andrew Shtulman shows in one of the most important books ever
written on this most important subject, it turns out that it isn't
the facts in dispute, but incorrect intuitive theories people hold
about the world underlying the facts that is the problem. In this
new age of fake news and pseudo facts, Scienceblind is a candle in
the dark."--Michael Shermer, Publisher of Skeptic magazine,
columnist for Scientific American, and author of Why People Believe
Weird Things, Why Darwin Matters, and The Moral Arc
"At last, a fantastic book for the general reader on what intuitive
theories are and why they are so important to our daily lives.
Shtulman explains why we are all vulnerable to intuitive
misconceptions, the potential harm intuitions can wreak, and why we
should all follow Carl Sagan's advice, 'I try not to think with my
gut.'"--Bruce Hood, author of The Self Illusion and founder of
Speakezee.org
"Cogently explained."--New York Times Book Review
"In Scienceblind, Andrew Shtulman vividly presents an original and
important idea, one that is highly relevant to science education,
the public understanding of science, and the role of science in
intellectual life."--Steven Pinker, Johnstone Professor of
Psychology, Harvard University, and the author of How the Mind
Works and The Stuff of Thought
"Lucid and methodical."--Nature
"This timely, important, and well-crafted book by Shtulman voices a
convincing and unsettling argument about the persistence of science
denial that has even broader implications for the state of public
discourse.... [A] thoughtful analysis."--Publishers Weekly
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