May Contain Lies: How Stories, Statistics, and Studies Exploit Our Biases – And What We Can Do About It

In this book, Alex Edmans teaches readers how to distinguish between statements, facts, data, evidence, and proof.

Using various examples, including a wellness guru's fabricated backstory and the Deepwater Horizon disaster, Edmans highlights the biases that cause us to misinterpret information.

He provides a practical guide to combat misinformation by exploring the relationships between statistics and the science of cause and effect, ultimately training readers to think more critically.