He has some valuable insights into the mobbing and shaming brigade on social media, and how the act of wielding a pitchfork does not make one heroic.Ī lot of myths are debunked with solid science.
This book also offers us a reminder of the human cost when sinister narratives take hold in a nation's psyche and when you isolate and dehumanize certain groups, the next step of elimination is not far off. He notes that our ability to reason, reflect and infer is one of our finest skills and is what perhaps best characterises us as a species. The Irrational Ape is about how trust in experts, science and evidence-based studies has fallen, replaced by fake-news, the rise of populism, anti-intellectualism, the anecdote and a lack of logical thinking.ĭavid Robert Grimes wants us to try and get back to clear reasoning, given the amazing achievements of the human race in getting this far, despite coming close to nuclear war on several occasions. Misinformation, untruths and viral propaganda can speed around the world, with such velocity now, via social media and the internet, that facts have a very hard time keeping pace. We live in a polarised world, with many of the old certainties no longer viewed as such.
The Irrational Ape is about how trust in experts, science and evidence-based studies has fallen, replaced by fake-news, the rise of populism, anti-intellectualism, the anecdote and a lack of logical thinking, writes RTÉ News Health Correspondent Fergal Bowers
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