Bibliograph

Deadly decisions, how false knowledge sank the Titanic, blew up the shuttle and led America into war, Christopher Burns

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Label

Deadly decisions, how false knowledge sank the Titanic, blew up the shuttle and led America into war, Christopher Burns

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 337-346) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Deadly decisions

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

235025722

Responsibility statement

Christopher Burns

Sub title

how false knowledge sank the Titanic, blew up the shuttle and led America into war

Summary

One of the country's leading experts on modern information management, searches the biology of the brain, the behavior of groups, and the structure of organizations for practical answers to the problem of "virtual truth"--Elaborate constructs of internally consistent evidence and assumptions that purport to describe reality but can often be dead wrong.--From publisher description

Table Of Contents

1. False knowledge : Titanic: unsinkable ; Medicine, money and war: unthinkable -- 2. Virtual truth : Three Mile Island: the opposite is true ; Ignore, deny, forget ; Shuttle Challenger: no one is to blame ; A conspiracy of silence -- 3. Members of the mind : The truthful brain ; Some things must be believed to be seen ; USS Vincennes: the system worked fine ; Faster than the speed of thought -- 4. Challenging truth : Betsy Lehman: truth to power ; The truthful team ; Inspiration, reason, and consensus ; Les Philosophes -- 5. The information war : The stag hunt ; Blinking red ; Facts, values, and concepts ; 9/11: reality hits home ; What went wrong? -- 6. Deadly decisions : The information bubble ; Katrina: warners and warnees ; Uncertainty absorption ; Mrs. Aristotle's teeth ; Six tests for truth ; The truth/action paradox -- 7. The coming epidemic : Avian flu: the facts ; Believing WHO? ; Considering disaster -- 8. Waltzing into war : Faking the news ; Manufacturing truth ; There is less to this than meets the eye ; Invading Iraq: the smoking gun ; Mission accomplished -- 9. Truth systems : The truthful organization ; Truth systems crumble ; Can democracy survive? ; So? ; The future isn't what it used to be

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