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The TV Delusion

Author : Simon Day
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781545454138
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (541 download)

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Download or read book The TV Delusion written by Simon Day and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-05-11 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever had that feeling that something is very wrong with the world, but haven't quite been able to put your finger on what it is? Perhaps you've thought that some of the stories you've heard from the TV news don't quite ring true? "The TV Delusion" explores the origins of these feelings of unease by tackling the questions that most of us tend to avoid: What makes us want to believe the stories we are told? Why is it that we tend to cling to beliefs in preference to making our own observations? And what are we all doing here anyway? It delves into a wealth of perplexing, and sometimes uncomfortable, topics in order to filter fact from fiction and arrive at a reality that's far closer to the truth than most of us will have ever seen before. Simon Day and Joanna van der Leer have been researching world events, both past and present, for more than five years, and the result is this roller-coaster ride through psychology, philosophy, religion, history, politics and logic. No stone has been left unturned in their efforts to reveal the truth, but rather than preaching a dogma, its themes are portrayed in a manner designed to encourage the reader to think critically and reach their own conclusions. Since its birth in the late 1920s, the TV's role has grown from that of mere entertainer to what, for many of us, is now our "window on the world" and the source of our cultural identity. With this evolution, it seems that the TV has become the font of many of our beliefs, and the single most effective instrument in history for shaping our reality. A central question is the extent to which traditional religion has been superseded by the TV and the implications this might have on our ability to maintain authority over our own thoughts. But it's not all doom and gloom, since half of the battle is accepting that there's a problem in the first place. "The TV Delusion" identifies the roots of our devotion to the TV, and so gives us the means to break free of its spell. In doing so, it offers us the potential to change our reality, and that of our family and friends, for the better.

The Delusion

Author : Laura Gallier
Publisher : NavPress
ISBN 13 : 1496422406
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (964 download)

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Download or read book The Delusion written by Laura Gallier and published by NavPress. This book was released on 2017-10-03 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2018 Christy Award winner! By March of Owen Edmonds’s senior year, eleven students at Masonville High School have committed suicide. Amid the media frenzy and chaos, Owen tries to remain levelheaded—until he endures his own near-death experience and wakes to a distressing new reality. The people around him suddenly appear to be shackled and enslaved. Owen frantically seeks a cure for what he thinks are crazed hallucinations, but his delusions become even more sinister. An army of hideous, towering beings, unseen by anyone but Owen, are preying on his girlfriend and classmates, provoking them to self-destruction. Owen eventually arrives at a mind-bending conclusion: he’s not imagining the evil—everyone else is blind to its reality. He must warn and rescue those he loves . . . but this proves to be no simple mission. Will he be able to convince anyone to believe him before it’s too late? Owen’s heart-pounding journey through truth and delusion will force him to reconsider everything he believes. He both longs for and fears the answers to questions that are quickly becoming too dangerous to ignore.

Suspicious Minds

Author : Joel Gold
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 143918156X
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book Suspicious Minds written by Joel Gold and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-07-21 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Truman Show delusion and other strange beliefs"--Cover.

The Deception

Author : Laura Gallier
Publisher : Wander
ISBN 13 : 1496433920
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (964 download)

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Download or read book The Deception written by Laura Gallier and published by Wander. This book was released on 2019 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A year and a half after the horrific Masonville High mass shooting, Owen is determined to uncover why the Creepers have converged on his land and the school--a necessary step toward his ultimate mission to drive evil forces out of Masonville.

Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing

Author : Shelia Videbeck
Publisher : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
ISBN 13 : 1975116380
Total Pages : 1046 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (751 download)

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Download or read book Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing written by Shelia Videbeck and published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. This book was released on 2019-09-16 with total page 1046 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Practical Focus on the Skills and Concepts Essential to Your Success With an accessible, clear and student-friendly approach, Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing clarifies challenging concepts and helps you build a foundation for working successfully with clients experiencing mental health challenges regardless of care setting. The text explores the full spectrum of psychiatric nursing, helping you master specific nursing interventions, hone your therapeutic communication skills and learn to apply content effectively within the framework of the nursing process. New! Unfolding Patient Stories written by the National League for Nursing put the nursing process in a realistic context to prepare you for successful client interactions and interventions. Clinical Vignettes familiarize you with the features of major disorders you are likely to encounter in practice. Therapeutic Dialogues help you perfect your communication skills with specific examples of nurse-client interactions. Best Practice boxes provide the latest evidence-based findings in psychiatric nursing. Self-Awareness features foster your personal and professional development through self-reflection. Concept Mastery Alerts clarify important concepts essential to your classroom and clinical success. Watch and Learn icons point you to corresponding true-to-life Lippincott® Theory to Practice Video Series videos for a richer understanding of important mental health disorders. Built-In Study Guide reinforces your understanding with multiple-choice questions, multiple-response questions and clinical examples at the end of each chapter. Nursing Care Plans demonstrate effective approaches for addressing specific client disorders. Drug Alerts highlight essential concerns related to psychotropic drugs. Warning boxes alert you to FDA considerations for specific medications. Cultural Considerations help you ensure culturally sensitive care for a wide range of client populations. Elder Considerations sections prepare you to care for the growing population of older adults. Client/Family Education boxes boost your teaching capabilities. Nursing Interventions etail key treatment strategies for specific disorders. DSM-5 Diagnostic Criteria boxes summarize the medical diagnostic features of specific disorders.

Delusions of Gender: How Our Minds, Society, and Neurosexism Create Difference

Author : Cordelia Fine
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393340244
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (933 download)

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Download or read book Delusions of Gender: How Our Minds, Society, and Neurosexism Create Difference written by Cordelia Fine and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2011-08-08 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sex discrimination is supposedly a distant memory. Yet popular books, magazines and even scientific articles defend inequalities by citing immutable biological differences between the male and female brain. Why are there so few women in science and engineering, so few men in the laundry room? Well, they say, it's our brains.

Delusion in Death

Author : J. D. Robb
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101600209
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book Delusion in Death written by J. D. Robb and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-09-11 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lieutenant Eve Dallas must foil a terrorist plot in this explosive thriller in the #1 New York Times bestselling In Death series. It was just another after-work happy hour at a bar downtown—until the madness descended. And after twelve minutes of chaos and violence, more than eighty people lay dead. Lieutenant Eve Dallas is trying to sort out the inexplicable events. Surviving witnesses talk about seeing things—monsters and swarms of bees. They describe sudden, overwhelming feelings of fear and rage and paranoia. When forensics makes its report, the mass delusions make more sense: it appears the bar patrons were exposed to a cocktail of chemicals and illegal drugs that could drive anyone into temporary insanity—if not kill them outright. But that doesn’t explain who would unleash such horror—or why. Eve’s husband, Roarke, happens to own the bar, but he’s convinced the attack wasn’t directed at him. It’s bigger than that. And if Eve can’t figure it out fast, it could happen again, anytime, anywhere. Because it’s airborne…

The Delusion

Author : Laura Gallier
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780988365803
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (658 download)

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Download or read book The Delusion written by Laura Gallier and published by . This book was released on 2012-10-01 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author Laura Gallier takes readers on a thrilling, suspense-filled journey where the supernatural unseen world becomes visible. The eerie storyline entertains from start to finish and transcends mere fiction as readers must decide for themselves: Do unseen forces of good and evil actually exist? When Owen Edmonds begins experiencing horrifying hallucinations, he struggles to keep it together while frantically searching for a cure. His mission to reclaim his sanity takes a devastating turn for the worse, however, when his delusions become even more shocking and sinister. Owen's relentless quest for logical answers leads him to a mind-bending conclusion-he's not merely imagining forces of evil at work; everyone else is blind to the evil that is. He has to warn others-to find a way to rescue them-despite their disbelief. Experience life through Owen Edmonds' eyes and decide for yourself: Is he deceived or are we?

The Technical Delusion

Author : Jeffrey Sconce
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 1478002441
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book The Technical Delusion written by Jeffrey Sconce and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2019-02-08 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Delusions of electronic persecution have been a preeminent symptom of psychosis for over two hundred years. In The Technical Delusion Jeffrey Sconce traces the history and continuing proliferation of this phenomenon from its origins in Enlightenment anatomy to our era of global interconnectivity. While psychiatrists have typically dismissed such delusions of electronic control as arbitrary or as mere reflections of modern life, Sconce demonstrates a more complex and interdependent history of electronics, power, and insanity. Drawing on a wide array of psychological case studies, literature, court cases, and popular media, Sconce analyzes the material and social processes that have shaped historical delusions of electronic contamination, implantation, telepathy, surveillance, and immersion. From the age of telegraphy to contemporary digitality, the media emerged within such delusions to become the privileged site for imagining the merger of electronic and political power, serving as a paranoid conduit between the body and the body politic. Looking to the future, Sconce argues that this symptom will become increasingly difficult to isolate, especially as remote and often secretive powers work to further integrate bodies, electronics, and information.

The Diversity Delusion

Author : Heather Mac Donald
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 125020092X
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book The Diversity Delusion written by Heather Mac Donald and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2018-09-04 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By the New York Times bestselling author: a provocative account of the attack on the humanities, the rise of intolerance, and the erosion of serious learning America is in crisis, from the university to the workplace. Toxic ideas first spread by higher education have undermined humanistic values, fueled intolerance, and widened divisions in our larger culture. Chaucer, Shakespeare and Milton? Oppressive. American history? Tyranny. Professors correcting grammar and spelling, or employers hiring by merit? Racist and sexist. Students emerge into the working world believing that human beings are defined by their skin color, gender, and sexual preference, and that oppression based on these characteristics is the American experience. Speech that challenges these campus orthodoxies is silenced with brute force. The Diversity Delusion argues that the root of this problem is the belief in America’s endemic racism and sexism, a belief that has engendered a metastasizing diversity bureaucracy in society and academia. Diversity commissars denounce meritocratic standards as discriminatory, enforce hiring quotas, and teach students and adults alike to think of themselves as perpetual victims. From #MeToo mania that blurs flirtations with criminal acts, to implicit bias and diversity compliance training that sees racism in every interaction, Heather Mac Donald argues that we are creating a nation of narrowed minds, primed for grievance, and that we are putting our competitive edge at risk. But there is hope in the works of authors, composers, and artists who have long inspired the best in us. Compiling the author’s decades of research and writing on the subject, The Diversity Delusion calls for a return to the classical liberal pursuits of open-minded inquiry and expression, by which everyone can discover a common humanity.

Schizophrenia

Author : Mary Boyle
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317797833
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (177 download)

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Download or read book Schizophrenia written by Mary Boyle and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-01-21 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 2002. Schizophrenia: A Scientific Delusion?, first published in 1990, made a very significant contribution to the debates on the concepts of schizophrenia and mental illness. These concepts remain both influential and controversial and this new updated second edition provides an incisive critical analysis of the debates over the last decade. As well as providing updated versions of the historical and scientific arguments against the concept of schizophrenia which formed the basis of the first edition, Boyle covers significant new material relevant to today’s debates.

The Delusions of Crowds

Author : William J. Bernstein
Publisher : Grove Press
ISBN 13 : 0802157114
Total Pages : 491 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (21 download)

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Download or read book The Delusions of Crowds written by William J. Bernstein and published by Grove Press. This book was released on 2021-02-23 with total page 491 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This “disturbing yet fascinating” exploration of mass mania through the ages explains the biological and psychological roots of irrationality (Kirkus Reviews). From time immemorial, contagious narratives have spread through susceptible groups—with enormous, often disastrous, consequences. Inspired by Charles Mackay’s nineteenth-century classic Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, neurologist and author William Bernstein examines mass delusion through the lens of current scientific research in The Delusions of Crowds. Bernstein tells the stories of dramatic religious and financial mania in western society over the last five hundred years—from the Anabaptist Madness of the 1530s to the dangerous End-Times beliefs that pervade today’s polarized America; and from the South Sea Bubble to the Enron scandal and dot com bubbles. Through Bernstein’s supple prose, the participants are as colorful as their “desire to improve one’s well-being in this life or the next.” Bernstein’s chronicles reveal the huge cost and alarming implications of mass mania. He observes that if we can absorb the history and biology of this all-too-human phenomenon, we can recognize it more readily in our own time, and avoid its frequently dire impact.

Trick Mirror

Author : Jia Tolentino
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 0525510559
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (255 download)

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Download or read book Trick Mirror written by Jia Tolentino and published by Random House. This book was released on 2019-08-06 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “From The New Yorker’s beloved cultural critic comes a bold, unflinching collection of essays about self-deception, examining everything from scammer culture to reality television.”—Esquire Book Club Pick for Now Read This, from PBS NewsHour and The New York Times • “A whip-smart, challenging book.”—Zadie Smith • “Jia Tolentino could be the Joan Didion of our time.”—Vulture FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE’S JOHN LEONARD PRIZE FOR BEST FIRST BOOK • NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY AND HARVARD CRIMSON AND ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review • Time • Chicago Tribune • The Washington Post • NPR • Variety • Esquire • Vox • Elle • Glamour • GQ • Good Housekeeping • The Paris Review • Paste • Town & Country • BookPage • Kirkus Reviews • BookRiot • Shelf Awareness Jia Tolentino is a peerless voice of her generation, tackling the conflicts, contradictions, and sea changes that define us and our time. Now, in this dazzling collection of nine entirely original essays, written with a rare combination of give and sharpness, wit and fearlessness, she delves into the forces that warp our vision, demonstrating an unparalleled stylistic potency and critical dexterity. Trick Mirror is an enlightening, unforgettable trip through the river of self-delusion that surges just beneath the surface of our lives. This is a book about the incentives that shape us, and about how hard it is to see ourselves clearly through a culture that revolves around the self. In each essay, Tolentino writes about a cultural prism: the rise of the nightmare social internet; the advent of scamming as the definitive millennial ethos; the literary heroine’s journey from brave to blank to bitter; the punitive dream of optimization, which insists that everything, including our bodies, should become more efficient and beautiful until we die. Gleaming with Tolentino’s sense of humor and capacity to elucidate the impossibly complex in an instant, and marked by her desire to treat the reader with profound honesty, Trick Mirror is an instant classic of the worst decade yet. FINALIST FOR THE PEN/DIAMONSTEIN-SPIELVOGEL AWARD FOR THE ART OF THE ESSAY

The Fine Art of Delusional Thinking

Author : Bonnie Trachtenberg
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780984998531
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (985 download)

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Download or read book The Fine Art of Delusional Thinking written by Bonnie Trachtenberg and published by . This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you always wished you had a glamorous career? A spouse who worships you? An awesome set of wheels? A fantabulous social life? With The Fine Art of Delusional Thinking, all these goals can be within your grasp. You'll never again fret about your weight, your monthly bills, your love life, or your bank account. This witty and concise how-to book from best-selling author Bonnie Trachtenberg teaches you everything you'll need to know to turn your humdrum existence into a lifestyle others will envy. So delude your way to a happy life-with help from an expert.

Delusions of Everyday Life

Author : Leonard Shengold
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780300062687
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (626 download)

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Download or read book Delusions of Everyday Life written by Leonard Shengold and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1995-01-01 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We are all more primitive and irrational than we care to acknowledge, says Dr. Leonard Shengold in this profound and eloquent book. We all suffer to some degree from delusions--vestiges of infantile mental functioning that continue into adult life and that at times of crisis manifest themselves in narcissistic thoughts of omnipotence, immortality, or perfection. Dr. Shengold argues that we can never eliminate these delusions of everyday life, but we can lessen their effect if we acknowledge, or "own", them. He asserts that insight into what we are and what has happened to us is a prerequisite for caring about others and for accepting the transient conditions of life--both necessary to attain happiness. Dr. Shengold discusses delusions we all experience as well as delusions associated with paranoia, perversions, being in love, and identification with delusional parents. He illustrates his ideas by referring to the lives and works of such literary figures as Shakespeare, Swift, Tolstoy, Pascal, Rilke, Randall Jarrell, Dickens, Hardy, and, especially, Samuel Butler. Dr. Shengold also brings in relevant clinical material because, as he points out, delusions of everyday life are at the heart of misunderstanding and conflict in life and of resistance to change in psychological treatment. These delusions must be attenuated if therapy is to be successful.

Paranoia

Author : Daniel Freeman
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9781841695228
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (952 download)

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Download or read book Paranoia written by Daniel Freeman and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scholarly, comprehensive, illustrated by clinical examples throughout and written by leading researchers in this field, this study defines the phenomenon of paranoia in detail and analyzes the content of persecutory delusions.

The AI Delusion

Author : Gary Smith
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0192557793
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (925 download)

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Download or read book The AI Delusion written by Gary Smith and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-08-23 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We live in an incredible period in history. The Computer Revolution may be even more life-changing than the Industrial Revolution. We can do things with computers that could never be done before, and computers can do things for us that could never be done before. But our love of computers should not cloud our thinking about their limitations. We are told that computers are smarter than humans and that data mining can identify previously unknown truths, or make discoveries that will revolutionize our lives. Our lives may well be changed, but not necessarily for the better. Computers are very good at discovering patterns, but are useless in judging whether the unearthed patterns are sensible because computers do not think the way humans think. We fear that super-intelligent machines will decide to protect themselves by enslaving or eliminating humans. But the real danger is not that computers are smarter than us, but that we think computers are smarter than us and, so, trust computers to make important decisions for us. The AI Delusion explains why we should not be intimidated into thinking that computers are infallible, that data-mining is knowledge discovery, and that black boxes should be trusted.