Critical thinking is one of the key competencies of the person of the future. The ability to question and analyze any information is a great way to protect yourself from deception and manipulation. Tom Chatfield encourages you to analyze everything, everywhere: at work, in school and in everyday life, and gives practical recommendations on how to do this. The author lists the signs by which you can recognize untruths and distinguish real arguments from false ones. Introduces deduction, induction and abduction, helps develop behavioral and mental strategies, talks about the enormous possibilities of language and rhetoric. The book is written with an excellent sense of humor, it contains many vivid examples and descriptions of various phenomena, paradoxes and traps. It will be useful to everyone who does not want to be fooled by pseudo-logic, statistics or convincing-sounding beautiful words.